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CHICAGO (CBS) --The scene of Lake Shore Drive as an auto graveyard will go down as one of the most enduring images of the Blizzard of 2011, and at last, the Drive is now back open. As CBS 2's Mike ...
As WBBM Newsradio 780's Mike Krauser reports, "Lake Shore Drive" was released back in 1971 by the Chicago trio of Mitch ... after seeing news reports of the blizzard, suggesting a remake.
CHICAGO (WLS ... Even some response vehicles ended up trapped on Lake Shore Drive during the storm. Seven deaths were linked to the blizzard. But the weather also brought the snowed-in city ...
“We weren’t just watching Lake Shore Drive,” Santiago said. “We were watching the city of Chicago.” Other key players in the February decision to close Lake Shore were Streets and ...
The crushing February blizzard was the third worst in Chicago history ... into the median barrier on a northern section of Lake Shore Drive that can be opened to reverse the flow of traffic.
The Lake Shore Drive Bridge rises over the Chicago River on Nov. 6 ... Abandoned vehicles sit along northbound Lake Shore Drive after a blizzard hit the area on Feb. 2, 2011.
But this one because it truly met the definition of a blizzard ... stranded on Lake Shore Drive and, somehow, nearly 25,000 calls to 911 made in the span of 24 hours. Chicago Fire Department ...
The Groundhog Day Blizzard of 2011, which crippled Chicago for more than a day ... infamously stranded hundreds of cars on Lake Shore Drive overnight, as snow and high winds made lanes impassable.
Median breaks have been installed on Lake Shore Drive and can be removed in the event of a storm so that drivers do not get stranded. Also, the city of Chicago ... last year's blizzard, far ...
Illinois’ two U.S. Senators are looking into the safety of Lake Shore Drive. That follows last week’s blizzard ... They said the City of Chicago and the Park District will head up discussions ...
CHICAGOCHICAGO — Chicago emergency officials say they’ve reopened the city’s Lake Shore Drive after a massive blizzard left the vital thoroughfare filled with hundreds of abandoned vehicles.