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Maybe it's just the long game. Maybe full access isn't in play in 2015 but maybe after W73rd gets done and people get used to 35 MPH then in the next round of upgrades a decade from now they could have an easier time selling a few more interections.

West Shoreway speed limit drops to 35 mph in the fall as boulevard conversion begins (( some photos in the article )) Article summarizing the Thursday meeting Speed limits on the now-50 mph Shoreway will drop to 40 mph when construction starts June 22 to replace the pavement on the three-mile Shoreway between Clifton Boulevard/Lake Avenue and the Main Avenue Bridge. The speed limit will be reduced further to the boulevard-level 35 mph this fall. Two lanes of the Shoreway will be maintained in both directions throughout most of the construction. More lanes may be closed occasionally, during off-peak times. A full three lanes will be open in the winter when construction is halted. There will be intermittent, posted detours for entrance and exit ramps at Lake Avenue, Edgewater Park, West 49th Street, West 45th Street and West 25th Street. The ramp closures will be phased in so reasonable detours are in place and simultaneous closing of ramps is kept to a minimum...

Bye Bye, Shoefly! Yay. Ready for the tracks to go back to their rightful place ... further away from my bedroom!

Some work on Templin Bradley (5/25/15) The W73rd RR bridg looking north... telling you you are heading into the park :) Excavation on the tunnel under the RR tracks beginning

I know ... ugh. I feel the same way. I see all this build build build around me every day both at home (Detroit-Shoreway) and work (UH) and then and think the population must be doing OK ... then we hemorrhage another few thousand :(

They're out walking the tracks tonight and staking out to move them to their permanent location over the bridge. Also, over at the Breakwater Bluffs site they demo'd all of the buildings on the South edge of the site. I took this panoramic from roughly 62nd and Breakwater facing North. (( it look like a "corner" but it's just breakwater on both edges ))

Hey neighbor! I'm really loving the neighborhood so far. That Father Frescati extension certainly help with connectivity. While they're at it, they should just punch Frescati all the way through to W. 69, and tear down those ugly yellow suburban style houses ;) ... I'm actually only half-joking. There's still an issue with connectivity between W. 69 and W. 70 - you'd either have to go all the down to Detroit or Father Caruso to just go one block over. I wonder why connectivity is such a mess in this particular part of the neighborhood. I'm guessing it's the result of various private developers not working together. Until the W. 73rd St. project began in August 2013, father Caruso Drive was the main connector. It ran continuously without a stop sign from West 73rd to West 65th. It even continued almost all the way to the powerhouse one battery Park sta it even continued almost all the way to the powerhouse when battery Park rated buildout. People would drive superfast down people would drive superfast down. it. (I personally witnessed three near accidents with kids on bikes and or dogs with cars doing 50+ miles an hour down father Caruso)

Was out walking the dog this am and struck up a conversation with a NS supervisor. Re-routing of the first set of tracks to permanent location over the bridge to be done on 5/17 with the second to follow a few days later. Bye-bye, shoelfy. Can't wait to have Fr. Caruso back again... so many yahoos cutting through our back drive to get from 69th to 70th that it's driving me nuts.

Thanks. Can you believe that I did not bother to check on the progress of the railroad bridge project?? No worries ... here you go. (I had to walk a great distance of 50 feet to get this pic.. so I hope you appreciate it ;) )

Lots of build in the neighborhood :) Great pics. Thanks! ps -- both sets of RR tracks now laid across the W73rd brige. Should be removing the shoefly soon.

CYC is Rocky River (and a much prettier penny than EYC). Inside the Edgewater basin, sharing an entrance, are two marinas. On the right is Edgewater Mariana with the new docks replaced after sandy. On the left (west) is EYC which got new docks after Agnes in 1972. And as for the Edgewater Marina docks looking good.... their looks might be the only good thing about them ODNR Ignored Local Experts to Fast-Track an Edgewater Marina Project Bound for "Catastrophic Failure" Anyway... sorry to drift OT. ... More work crews out on the RR bridge and working the tracks East of 73rd today. There! Back on topic!

Very minor point of correction. The new docks are at Edgewater Marina. The docks at EYC are the same old same old .... and will cost me a pretty penny in new club capital improvement fees once they do move to replace them. ;) (( wish EYC would have gotten some of the Katrina money :) ))

Flight path coming in this afternoon provided an excellent look at the construction. Demo on the bluffs area progressing, a view of the bridge, etc all on one pic.

On some Cleveland streets parked cars have zero effect. People still drive however fast they want to. Lake Ave in the mornings comes to mind--I've seen a few people almost get whacked walking about between two parked cars. I think the comparison of the future 73rd to what Lake Road looks like is close... a little busy maybe, but a close approximation. There will be a morning and evening "rush". I'm not sure where the break-even street would be, but my guess would be that anyone West of 65th heading downtown will find it faster to use 73rd rather than going down 45th. The bluffs, when built out, will go to 45th down Tillman.

Here's the bridge from the Shoreway at Edgewater park. Matt Zone says "wait 'til you see it with a splash of color!"

Also noted trucks hauling away loads of dirt/fill coming out form the W. 70th service entrance of the factory at 70th and Fr. Caruso. Not sure what the timetable for building demo is.

Bridge for the RR tracks is done. The pic doesn't show it but on the North side facing the lake where traffic will come up from the Shoreway the stone is cut with big block letters reading "GORDON SQUARE" . A nice welcome. :)

Not the best pic but ... that truck north of the RR tracks at W 70th was laying down fresh railroad ties atop the tracks. I take that as a sign they're getting ready to cut out the shoefly and re-route back to normal and over the new bridge.

Was speaking to one of my neighbors ... not exactly an official source but he said that the "pour was curing" and that the bridge will be done soon. RR tracks to be moved back to original position in June. Father Caruso from 67th to 70th by end of Summer.

Construction at Battery Park W73rd viewed from the Shoreway a couple of days ago. The bridge is for the RR tracks. They've made a lot of progress.

Construction at Battery Park W73rd viewed from the Shoreway a couple of days ago. The bridge is for the RR tracks. They've made a lot of progress.

I think the W 73rd extension is to be done Fall 2015. Then they'll close down the Route 2 eastbound Edgewater exit again from around Labor Day 2015 over the Winter for the last of it... then I think fully opened for good Spring 2016.

Finally took a walk out to the construction site today after a month or more. The bridge for the railroad now completely spans the dig so that you could walk across it. They've been making steady progress.

Amtrak is conducting a test program in Illinois to bring small pets on the trains that operate within that state. So it might expand at some point. Stay tuned! Details: http://www.amtrak.com/servlet/ContentServer?c=Page&pagename=am%2FLayout&cid=1248543529563&WT.z_va_evt=redirect&WT.z_va_topic=Policies&WT.z_va_unit=Traveling%20with%20Animals&WT.z_va_group=Misc%20Policies I have been following that pilot program with great interest. It would be awesome to crate the dog and hop on for a quick trip to NYC with all the dog-friendly hotels

Great shot! The pic is almost exactly in front of my house ? Slightly off-topic: I wish Amtrak would finally allow pets on the train so I could go to New York and Chicago via train.