It’s Lollapalooza Week and the streets near Grant Park are closing down
Fans cheer during the Lollapalooza music festival in Grant Park on July 30, 2022, in Chicago.
The city has begun closing streets and sidewalks across downtown Chicago as Grant Park prepares to hostThe Office of Emergency Management and Communications announced several ongoing and upcoming street and sidewalk closures, advising motorists and pedestrians to take other routes. Most will reopen Aug. 7, the day after the music festival ends.Balbo Drive from Columbus Drive to DuSable Lake Shore Drive is closed and will remain closed until Aug. 13.
Jackson Drive from Columbus Drive to Lake Shore Drive is also closed and will remain closed until Aug. 12. Like the Balbo Drive closure, it will extend west to Michigan Avenue at 8 p.m. Monday until Aug. 7.The OEMC said the stretch of Columbus Drive between Monroe Street and Roosevelt Road will close at 8 p.m. Monday too. Northbound center lanes on Columbus Drive between 13th Street and Roosevelt Road will also close Monday evening. Columbus Drive will reopen Aug. 7.
The Congress Plaza circle will close from Michigan Avenue to Columbus Drive at 8 p.m. Monday and reopen Aug. 7. Monroe Street from Michigan Avenue to Lake Shore Drive will close Wednesday until the morning of Aug. 7.
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