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Originally Posted by PKDickman
We might have, via the proposed bridge at Southport/Throop, but they're hoping to vacate Southport south of where it joins Kingsbury, and run Dominick down to Cortland and to the bridge as their primary through route.
Makes sense from a lot layout stand point, but it snafus using Southport all the way from Fullerton.
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Seems dumb to make your expensive new bridge dead-end into a quiet side street (Webster). Connecting to Southport going north would distribute traffic far more efficiently.
There's a problem on the south end, too... Throop dead-ends at North Avenue, which is already overloaded. Southbound traffic can continue past North and access Elston, but only via an awkward dogleg at LeMoyne.
If the section of Throop south of North was converted to two-way, and a short new segment built to link Throop to Elston (ideally preserving the nice old Chicago Firebrick Co.) Sterling Bay would get a ton more value out of their new bridge. A continuous, bus-friendly route all the way from River West up into Lincoln Park and Lakeview hitting the bulk of their land holdings. Hell, you could even make a few key segments bus-only, to discourage through-traffic and keep the route uncongested.