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Originally Posted by left of center
No need to bury the highway, simply have it end immediately at the Circle and extend Congress Parkway west.
It would still need to bridge over Desplaines as it currently does, but after that you can have traffic light-controlled intersections at Jefferson, Clinton and Canal. Canal can be brought to grade, and the extra space between the street at the existing grade level portion along the OPO can be turned into a wide, landscaped walkway.
Assuming the elevated portion of 290 between the Circle and the river is as old as the interchange that is currently being replaced, it would be pushing about 50 years and in need of replacement soon anyway.
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I agree with this 100%. Just remove the Congress/Canal grade separation and return it to being a normal street like it was when the post office was built in the first place. A normal intersection on either side of the building and regular streets all around would make a world of difference in terms of usability.
