Every dime we make funds reporting from Chicago’s neighborhoods.Īlready subscribe? Click here to support Block Club with a tax-deductible donation. 12:00 AM CST on Designs for the new Red Line station at Argyle. After an apparent false alarm earlier this week, the CTA’s Belmont Flyover, officially called the Red-Purple Bypass, the roller coaster-like piece of infrastructure that will eliminate a current Red/Purple/Brown logjam north of the Belmont station in Lakeview, will actually be going into service early Friday morning. Jake Wittich is a Report for America corps member covering Lakeview, Lincoln Park and LGBTQ communities across the city for Block Club Chicago. To support these businesses, which are also facing the devastating coronavirus pandemic, the CTA launched a marketing campaign in October aiming to drive foot and digital traffic to their stores. An Edgewater jewelry shop has already left its storefront near the Bryn Mawr station for a location in Andersonville. The entire Red and Purple Modernization project won’t be complete until the end of 2024, causing nearby business owners to worry about the “heavy” impact of years of rail construction. They pushed a 46-year-old man to the ground and beat him under the platform in the 900 block of West Belmont around 4:30 a.m., police said. The first phase of the Red and Purple Modernization project includes the Red-Purple Bypass and a complete rebuilding of the CTA tracks and stations from Lawrence to Bryn Mawr in Uptown and Edgewater. Eva Watts, 20, and Sean Harris, 24, each face counts of aggravated battery and robbery in the attacks, Chicago police said. The Red-Purple Bypass is expected to be completed by June, but it’s only part of the CTA’s larger $2 billion Red and Purple Modernization project, a four-year renovation of nearly 10 miles of train tracks on the North Side. It would also increase Red and Purple line train speeds at the intersection by 60 percent. Credit: Jake Wittich/Block Club Chicago The Red-Purple bypass will allow Northbound Brown Line trains to completely avoid the Red and Purple line tracks by creating a bridge just north of the Belmont CTA station.īy eliminating this congestion, the CTA would be able to add eight Red Line trains with 7,200 customers per hour during rush periods, according to the agency. But the bypass would give the Brown Line its own dedicated rail line above the other tracks, reducing delays. When finished, the Red-Purple bypass will eliminate a bottleneck at one of the CTA’s busiest and most congested stations.Ĭurrently, northbound Brown Line trains intersect with the four tracks used by northbound and southbound Red and Purple line trains. The construction of the steel framework will continue for several months. LAKEVIEW - A flyover bypass that will let Brown Line trains more efficiently skirt the Red and Purple line tracks in Lakeview is taking shape.īuilders installed the first pieces of steel that will support the Brown Line’s bridge over Red and Purple line tracks just north of the Belmont station, the CTA said Wednesday.
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