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- While plans for Chicago’s highway system were well underway by the 1950s, local officials found justification in the federal push to construct a national system of interconnected roadways to help Americans get to work, speed up traffic and reduce accidents.
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Chicago's streets were laid out in a grid that grew from the city's original townsite plan platted by James Thompson. Streets following the Public Land Survey System section lines later became arterial streets in outlying sections.
Systematic planning for public roads in Chicago began in 1910 when the Chicago Plan Commission was created to implement the plan of Daniel Burnham and Edward Bennett, which put heavy emphasis on avenues and thoroughfares.
Feb 6, 2024 · While plans for Chicago’s highway system were well underway by the 1950s, local officials found justification in the federal push to construct a national system of interconnected roadways to help Americans get to work, speed up traffic and reduce accidents. Congress passed the plan in 1956, funding 90% of construction costs.
Jan 22, 2015 · Chicago’s diagonal streets are much older that the Plan of Chicago or even the City of Chicago. According to Milo Quaife, in Chicago's Highways, Old and New , before Europeans set eyes on the dunes and swampland of the future Chicago, these routes were used by Native Americans.
Sep 21, 2017 · Chicago built its first rail connection in 1848 to connect the Windy City with the lead mines of Galena, Illinois. Later lines connected the city with Detroit, Cleveland, Cincinnati, New...
Public ownership of mass transit systems began in 1945 with the creation of the Chicago Transit Authority and developed on a piecemeal basis for the next 40 years as the privately owned companies got into financial difficulty because of dwindling ridership.
In 1940, the City Council of Chicago established the Westside Route, or Congress Expressway, as their first priority in a comprehensive superhighway system.
