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What is the Bloomingdale Trail?

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What is the Bloomingdale Trail?

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The site for the future Bloomingdale Trail is currently a 2.7 mile elevated railroad right-of-way on Chicago’s Northwest Side. The railroad originally shared the roadway, Bloomingdale Avenue, with pedestrians and other vehicles. Around 100 years ago, the railroad was raised 15 feet due to the danger of this situation. The raised right-of-way consists of reinforced concrete retaining walls, soil, and 37 bridges where it crosses other roads. Today, railroad use of the right-of-way has virtually stopped. The Bloomingdale Trail’s new life is about to begin. Read the Bloomingdale Trail blog for recent updates. The Bloomingdale Trail will be an integrated component within the conversion of the Bloomingdale rail embankment to an elevated, multi-use linear park and trail. The City of Chicago will soon be selecting a team of engineers, architects, landscape architects, planners, and art consultants to begin the first phase of engineering and preliminary design ideas for the park. The resulting

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