DOWNTOWN — The Navy Pier Flyover is really beginning to take shape.
Work on the new pedestrian path near Lake Michigan will shut down the Lake Shore Drive on ramp at Grand Avenue most of Wednesday, the Chicago Department of Transportation said. The closure will last from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., and repeat March 22.
Aimed at alleviating pedestrian and bicyclist traffic near the lakefront, the first two legs of the $60-million flyover are expected to open next year. And those stretches near Navy Pier and Ohio Street Beach are finally starting to resemble a finished product. The walkway, expected to completely open in 2018, will stretch from roughly Ohio Street Beach to DuSable Harbor, connecting to Navy Pier in between. The project is being paid for by the U.S. Department of Transportation and the State of Illinois. Construction began in 2014.
A map of the Navy Pier Flyover. [Navy Pier Flyover]
The Lake Shore Drive ramp is closing Wednesday to make way for the flyover's north retaining walls, the city said. Wacker Drive is being used as a detour.
Check out the slideshow above or scroll down below to see the project's progress:
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