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Milwaukee Ave. to remain closed at Kilbourn until June of 2024 due to Grayland Metra Station work in Old Irving
by BRIAN NADIG
Milwaukee Avenue will remain closed at Kilbourn Avenue until June of 2024 as part of Metra’s project to replace the bridge over the roadway and rebuild the nearby Grayland Station in the Old Irving Park area, according to Metra.
Milwaukee Avenue has been closed in both directions for more than a year, and Metra officials have previously said that the closing will continue until the end of 2023. Prior to the summer of 2022, Milwaukee was closed in one direction for many months, but officials at the time maintained closing the street to both northbound and southbound traffic would speed up the $36.1 million project.
ted to continue after the roadway opens, as the completion of the project is estimated to occur by the end of next year.
As of last month, the long-delayed project was about 60 percent completed.
Residents have complained about early morning noise and other disruptions due to the construction work.
Signs for the vehicular and bicycle detours will remain in place until road reopens. Southeast-bound vehicular traffic on Milwaukee Avenue is rerouted south on Cicero Avenue and east on Addison Street back to Milwaukee Avenue. Northwest-bound traffic is diverted west on Addison and north on Cicero to Milwaukee.
Bicycle and pedestrian traffic are rerouted along Addison Street and Kilbourn Avenue, and protected bike lanes are in place on Addison during the closure.
Metra is replacing the 123-year-old bridge that carries the Milwaukee District North Line over Milwaukee near Kilbourn. As part of this project, Grayland Station, just south of the bridge, is being rebuilt with longer platforms, new public address equipment, visual information signs, shelters with on-demand heat on each side, new lighting and new stairs and ramps, making it fully ADA-compliant.
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