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DOWNTOWN — If you think driving on Lake Shore ... curve that connected the north and south sections of the roadway three decades ago. Thirty years ago, a new, gentler curve replaced the infamous ...

And it would allow the notoriously sharp “S-curve” near Oak Street ... was reimagined without traffic signals, with Lake Shore Drive running underneath Chicago Avenue. Officials hope the ...

Vehicles drive along Lake Shore Drive near North Avenue Beach on May 26, 2021, in Chicago. An aerial view of an empty South Lake Shore Drive seen from Maggie Daley Park during the coronavirus ...

CHICAGO — There are more lane closures scheduled this week on Lake Shore Drive, for repaving the “S” curve. The closures will happen overnight between tonight and Thursday. Northbound ...

Lake Shore Drive’s S-curve is one of Chicago’s most aggravating roadways, but a striking new plan to straighten the famous bottleneck reimagines a large section of the lakefront. The project ...

Chicago Department of Transportation Share Lake Shore Drive, Chicago’s most scenic ... that traffic-halting Oak Street curve. And there’s that traffic signal at Chicago Avenue that stays ...

CHICAGO (WLS ... are expected along the roadway's Oak Street S-curve for resurfacing. Weather permitting, northbound Lake Shore Drive traffic will detoured at Randolph from 8:15 p.m.-5:45 ...

The discovery of a cracked support beam below the Lake Shore Drive bridge near Randolph Street prompted a closure of northbound lanes between Monroe Street to Grand Avenue on Monday. No injuries ...

Jean Baptiste Point DuSable, originally from present-day Haiti, settled near the mouth of the Chicago River in the late 1770s, according to the DuSable Heritage Association. The change renames a ...

CHICAGO (CBS) -- A man and woman were shot while driving on DuSable Lake Shore Drive near Oak Street Beach Wednesday night. At 9:19 p.m., the 19-year-old man and 21-year-old woman were driving ...