WICKER PARK — Saturday's winds postponed the installation of a bridge arch along the Bloomingdale Trail. The bridge, spanning Milwaukee Avenue in Wicker Park, will be installed Sunday, officials said.
Beth White, executive director of the Trust for Public Land, the city's leading partner in the project, said that the wind needs to be lower than 15 mph and it was higher than that.
"Safety first," White said.
The installation will begin at 8 a.m. Sunday, 606 administators said; police said Milwaukee Avenue will be closed from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Milwaukee Avenue was opened Saturday afternoon, but Leavitt Street remained closed.
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"It's unfortunate, we would love to get it up today but wind is not cooperating. It will be safer to do it tomorrow," said Adam O'Holleran, a consulting engineer with the city.
Scheduled to open next summer, the Bloomingdale Trail is a 2.7-mile elevated walking, jogging and cycling path that was formerly a railroad line. The trail will serve as the centerpiece of a larger system with six ground-level parks also known as "The 606."
The trail is named for Bloomingdale Avenue, the street the path runs along between Ashland Avenue to the east in Bucktown and Ridgeway Avenue to the west in Logan Square.
Representatives from The Trust for Public Land, the city's leading private partner spearheading the estimated $91 million project, which kicked off last summer, will be onsite to provide information on the trail and give away swag.
Work on the bridge at Milwaukee Avenue and Bloomingdale Street, one of three overpass bridges that crosses the trail, began in March.
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