Old Ashland Bridge Moved To Western Avenue
CHICAGO (CBS) -- After a slow trek along North Avenue this morning a 100-year-old bridge is in place.
WBBM's Nancy Harty reports it was quite a spectacle, a slow moving parade of sorts with a 70-foot iron bridge riding down North Avenue and finally up to Western and St. Paul.
Old Ashland Bridge Moved To Western Avenue
"It is great steel. It is very expensive to build a new bridge and this was fabricated and it is the perfect fit, so why no re-purpose this bridge?" said Beth White with the Trust For Public Land, the private sector group that helped orchestrate the new use for the 100-year-old bridge.
The bridge is one of the final pieces along Bloomingdale Trail, converting it from freight rails to running trails. It is expected to open this fall.
