City of Chicago to expand bus lanes along Chicago Avenue
CHICAGO -- The Chicago Department of Transportation announced Tuesday that it will expand bus-only lanes along Chicago Avenue between West Town and River North .This week, CDOT will begin installing red bus-only lanes for the No. 66 Chicago bus along the east-west thoroughfare between Sangamon and Larrabee streets – a distance of three and a half city blocks that includes the intersection with Halsted Street and the bridge over the North Branch of the Chicago River.
Together, these stretches total 3.9 miles.CDOT noted that nearly 40% of the No. 66 Chicago Avenue bus route will include a bus lane once the latest project is completed.The bus lane will be in effect 24 hours a day, seven days a week.The new bus-only lane between Sangamon and Larrabee streets will complement CDOT's planned project to replace the existing Chicago Avenue Bridge over the river's North Branch and the Chicago Avenue/Halsted Street viaduct.
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