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[ChiTownJohn]

I thought I'd post this here,

I'm sorry to say brothers I heard it was coming but Lower Wacker is going through the 2nd phase finally, what remained from the film is now shut down and probably soon gone, dont qoute me, and if thre was another post on this I apologise.

sad day I miss that stretch down there.

john

[Steam McQueen]

Wow, I had no idea.



Wacker Drive Construction Website | Upper & Lower Wacker Drive Reconstruction - Chicago

Preserved forever in the greatest film of all time.

[Ghostbluesman]

Damn.

Progress sucks. :-|

Rob

[TK826]

I hadn't heard much about it.

What section are they working on?

Not the stretch that empties onto Congress is it?

[Steam McQueen]

TK826 said:

Not the stretch that empties onto Congress is it?

The Congress Parkway is mentioned. There's maps and renderings to look at in PDF format. How do you open them damn things anyway? All I get is a page of non-stop symbols, letters and numbers?? That construction page is rather extensive.

Congress Parkway Interchange Construction | Revive Wacker Drive Project

I'd like to see the renderings of Lower Wacker.

Lower Wacker Drive 2010 Construction Project

It won't be the same but at least the intersections we know from the movie will still exist, they'll just look kinda different. I guess. At least there's still time to recreate a famous jump. :D

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Monroe St.
Start Date: Jan. 2012
Expected Completion: Summer 2012
Project: Removal of ramp located at the intersection of Wacker and Monroe. The ramp will be replaced with a new one-way ramp to Lower Wacker.

I read that and chuckled thinking, "the jump ramp is still there?" So, I guess we should chip in on the Alabama Bluesmobile and jump it over a Royal at Wacker and Monroe.