Navy Pier Flyover

Work on the trail where it tunnels through the bridge houses on the east side of the bridge was expected to be complete this month, weather permitting.

So keep you fingers crossed, Lakefront Trail users. With any luck in two months or so this snaillike project will finally be complete.

Thanks to the magic of traffic evaporation — the phenomenon that when you take away space for drivers, demand tends to go away as well — the lane closure seems to be having no discernible effect on car traffic.

Somewhere in our city right now, Streetsblog Chicago cofounder Steven Vance is sarcastically saying, "Why didn't I think of that?"

Currently the flyover gets you over the dangerous Grand and Illinois intersections, but you still need to use a narrow sidewalk to cross the river.

It's great that CDOT is using the strategy Steven Vance proposed five years ago.

Now that the flyover project is delayed until mid-2019, Active Trans is recommending an idea Steven Vance proposed five years ago.

A recent announcement by downtown alderman Brendan Reilly that the second phase of Navy Pier Flyover construction was about to begin was premature, according to a city official. In an email to residents on Friday, Reilly stated that Phase II of the $60 million bike/ped bridge, the section between the Ogden Slip and the Chicago River -- which was supposed to start this summer – would begin this week. However, that’s not the case, the official said this morning.

The Navy Pier Flyover is literally taking longer to build than the Golden Gate Bridge, but unfortunately it’s already getting deconstructed.