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Old Posted Apr 17, 2012, 1:15 PM
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Originally Posted by ardecila View Post
Not according to the ChicagoLoopBridges site, courtesy of our city's resident bridge fanatics. Apparently this project is pretty far along.

The rehab is estimated to begin this fall; the city has an RFP out for the engineering.



It would be great to eventually get a signature modern bridge downtown... but it will probably be the pedestrian bridge at McClurg. There are also new bridges planned for Taylor and Polk, which are also opportunities for high-end design. All of those bridges need to be moveable.
That's a lot more than the usual sandblasting + new coat of paint/patch repairs. A lot of that work is going to require substantial closure time and line cuts to the Brown/Purple lines.
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