In the middle of downtown and in the heart of the 18-mile-long Lakefront Trail the flyover stretches about 2,160 feet. It begins at Jane Addams Park and the Ohio Street Beach on the north side of the Chicago River, to DuSable Harbor on the south side. The structure also includes a ramp that leads down to Navy Pier.
According to Lightfoot s office, the Navy Pier Flyover paid for by the state and the federal government was built in three phases as funding became available. That resulted in delays; the flyover was originally scheduled to be finished in 2018.
The first two phases were completed in 2018 and 2019. Structural and mechanical work on the Lakeshore Drive Bridge will continue through this year, the mayor s office said.
National Weather Service
Wind gusts peaked at 55 mph late Wednesday and toppled trees, at least one building and knocked out power to thousands of Chicagoans.
About 12,700 people lost power overnight mainly from downed lines caused by wind and falling or swaying tree branches, according to ComEd spokesman John Schoen. By noon Thursday, the number of customers with outages was down to 576, according to ComEd’s website.
No significant injuries were reported by city agencies despite gale-force winds and warnings by forecasters to tie down loose objects,
That includes a partial building collapse during the heaviest gusts in the Avondale neighborhood. A wall of 2901 N. Campbell Ave. collapsed onto a neighboring building undergoing demolition, causing a wall of that building to also fall, according to Chicago Department of Buildings spokeswoman Mimi Simon.
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