Mid-City Transitway

Proposed transit project in the Chicago suburbs

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The Mid-City Transitway is a concept for the use of the right-of-way formerly proposed for the Crosstown Expressway in Chicago, Illinois. The uses being studied include a bus-only rapid-transit road (similar to a two-lane road running from McCormick Place north to the Loop), a truck-only bypass around the city center, or a rail rapid transit system (the favored and most feasible of the three primary concepts).

Feasibility studies began in late 2002 and were commissioned by Richard M. Daley, then mayor of Chicago.

Current studies into the Mid-City Transitway utilize a dormant Beltway Railroad railway embankment just east of Cicero Avenue (Illinois Route 50) and other abandoned rail rights-of-way. The feasibility studies will help determine whether a two or four-lane highway can be built atop the embankment. The study corridor is 22 miles (35.4 km) in length. As of December 2009[update], although feasibility studies have largely been completed, according to published reports, recent economic difficulties in city and state finances have made the initiation of construction on the project increasingly unlikely to proceed within the next seven to ten years.

## Proposed junctions

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### Rapid transit line

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* Montrose
* Irving Park/Milwaukee
* Addison
* Belmont
* Diversey
* Fullerton
* Armitage
* North
* Division
* Chicago
* Lake
-Transfer To CTA Green Line
* Congress
-Transfer To CTA Blue Line
* Roosevelt
* Cermak
-Transfer To CTA Pink Line
* 35th/Hawthorne
* 47th
* Archer
* Midway
* 67th
* Ford City
* 79th
* 83rd
* Cicero
* Pulaski/Southwest
* Kedzie
* Western
* Racine
* Halsted
* Shields
* 87th

## See also

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* Urban Ring Project (MBTA) in Boston, MA

## References

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* Hinz, G. (2002). Daley Goes Down Crosstown Road. Crain's Chicago Business, November 4, 2002 via Chicago-L.org. Retrieved December 27, 2005.
* McClendon, D. (2004). Expressways. Encyclopedia of Chicago. Retrieved December 27, 2005

## External links

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* City of Chicago: Mid-City Transitway[permanent dead link‍]

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Chicago "L"

Lines|

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* Blue Line
* Brown Line
* Green Line
* Orange Line
* Pink Line
* Purple Line
* Red Line
* Yellow Line

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Former|

* Howard–Englewood–Jackson Park
* Lake–Dan Ryan
* Loop Shuttle

Branches|

| Current|

* Ashland
* Cermak
* Dan Ryan
* East 63rd
* Evanston
* Forest Park
* Lake Street
* Loop
* Midway
* Milwaukee–Dearborn
* North Side
* O'Hare
* Ravenswood
* Skokie
* South Side
* State Street

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Former|

* Garfield Park
* Humboldt Park
* Kenwood
* Logan Square
* Metropolitan
* Normal Park
* Randolph Street and Cuyler Avenue
* Stock Yards
* Stub terminals
* Westchester

Stations|

* Current stations
* Former stations

Yards|

* 54th
* 61st/63rd
* 98th
* 120th (proposed)
* Ashland
* Desplaines
* Harlem
* Howard
* Kimball
* Linden
* Midway
* Rosemont
* Skokie Shops

Rolling
stock|

| Current|

* 2600-series
* 3200-series
* 5000-series
* 7000-series
* 9000-series

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Former|

* 4000-series
* 5000-series
* 6000-series
* 1–50 series
* 2000-series
* 2200-series
* 2400-series

Incidents|

* 1977 Chicago Loop derailment
* 2014 O'Hare station crash
* 2023 Howard station crash
* 2024 Chicago train shooting

Operators|

| Current|

* Chicago Transit Authority

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Former|

* Chicago Rapid Transit Company
* Lake Street Elevated Railroad
* Metropolitan West Side Elevated Railroad
* Northwestern Elevated Railroad
* South Side Elevated Railroad

| Interurbans|

* Chicago Aurora and Elgin Railroad
* Chicago North Shore and Milwaukee Railroad

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Other|

* Chicago Central Area Transit Plan
* CTA Holiday Train
* Mid-City Transitway
* Red Ahead
* Skip-stop on the Chicago "L"

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