Mid-City Transitway
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The Mid-City Transitway is a concept for the use of the right of way formerly proposed for the Crosstown Expressway in Chicago, Illinois. The uses being studied include a bus-only rapid-transit road (similar to a two-lane road running from McCormick Place north to the Loop), a truck-only bypass around the city center, or a rail rapid transit system.
Feasibility studies began in late 2002 and were commissioned by Richard M. Daley, the mayor of Chicago.
Current studies into the Mid-City Transitway utilize an abandoned railway enbankment just east of Cicero Avenue (Illinois Route 50) and other abandoned rail rights-of-way. The feasibility studies will help determine whether a two or four lane highway can be built atop the embankment. The study corridor is 22 miles (35.4 km) in length.
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- Hinz, G. (2002). Daley Goes Down Crosstown Road. Crain's Chicago Business, November 4, 2002 via Chicago-L.org. Retrieved December 27, 2005.
- McClendon, D. (2004). Expressways. Encyclopedia of Chicago. Retrieved December 27, 2005
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