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OpenStreetMap map of the Pedway Sign of the Chicago Pedway. An underground Pedway tunnel Inside a Pedway bridge between the Ogilvie Transportation Center and 2 North Riverside Plaza The Chicago Pedway is a network of tunnels , ground-level concourses and bridges in Chicago, Illinois connecting skyscrapers, retail stores, hotels, and train ...
Aerial view of Phase II of the McCook Reservoir under construction in 2023. The Tunnel and Reservoir Plan (abbreviated TARP and more commonly known as the Deep Tunnel Project or the Chicago Deep Tunnel) is a large civil engineering project that aims to reduce flooding in the metropolitan Chicago area, and to reduce the harmful effects of flushing raw sewage into Lake Michigan by diverting ...
The George W. Dunne Cook County Administration Building(formerly known as the Brunswick Building) is a skyscraper located at 69 West Washington Street in Chicago, Illinois. [1] [2] The building, constructed between the years 1962 and 1964, is 475 ft (144.8 m) tall, and contains 35 floors. [1] It has a concrete structure. [1]
The State Street subway is an underground section of the Chicago "L" system, carrying the Red Line through the Chicago Loop. The subway is 4.9 mi (7.9 km) long, running underneath Clybourn Avenue, Division Street, and State Street. Red Line trains run through the State Street subway 24/7, with trains arriving every 4 to 15 minutes.
The Edward F. Dunne Crib was built in 1909. Named after Chicago Mayor Edward Fitzsimmons Dunne, who was in office at the time crib plans were approved, the 110-foot (34 m) diameter circular crib stands in 32 feet (9.8 m) of water and houses a 60-foot (18 m) diameter interior well connected to two new tunnels. The Dunne Crib is situated 50 feet ...
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The Chicago flood occurred on April 13, 1992, when repair work on a bridge spanning the Chicago River damaged the wall of an abandoned and disused utility tunnel beneath the river. The resulting breach flooded basements, facilities and the underground Chicago Pedway throughout the Chicago Loop with an estimated 250 million US gallons (1,000,000 ...
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