Bloomingdale Trail - Albany Access Traditional Cache
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Bloomingdale Trail - Albany Access
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Enjoy a trip on Chicago's newest bike trail, The Bloomingdale Trail or The 606 (named for the prefix of the zip codes the trail passes through).
The 606 is a decade in the making.
As train traffic slowed on the Bloomingdale Line in the 1990s, attention turned to how the train line might be used to increase much-needed green space.
The City’s proposal to convert the Bloomingdale Line to a park was included in the 2004 Logan Square Open Space Plan, which prompted the Chicago Department of Transportation to begin applying for federal transportation funding for the project.
Numerous public meetings brought community input into the park and trail system’s design, function, and aesthetics of the parks, trail, and event spaces. That process culminated in an unveiling of the final design plans and overarching project name in June of 2013.
The trail finally opened on 6-06-2015.
The 606 brings together arts, history, design, trails for bikers, runners, and walkers, event spaces, alternative transportation avenues, and green, open space for neighbors, Chicagoans, and the world.
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