It will come as some surprise to any one who hasn't been riding the Lakefront Path that construction season is here. The path however is not undergoing any facelifts. The Shedd Aquarium is enlarging their office space and access to the path that goes near the site is detoured around the front of the Field Museum. This seems to be only a weekday scenario as every Friday afternoon the barricades are removed for the path cruisers on the weekends. The reroute isn't marked well and has the potential for some high speed collisions.
Then there is this random construction that has been going on for almost a year now. It is at Oakwood Blvd. and it seems to be part of a larger beach front project. Throughout the day heavy duty trucks cross at this point to bring materials to and from the site. The trucks wait for cyclists and I've never had a problem with it, however they have left two ruts the width of a truck axle in the path. Beware of the quick 1 2 bob as you pedal over and the nasty
S curve right after.
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