Sox–35th station: Difference between revisions

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A rapid transit line in the median of the Dan Ryan Expressway was initially proposed in 1958, before the expressway was built.<ref>{{cite web|title=Proposed $315,000,000 Twenty-Year Transit Expansion and Improvement Program|url=http://www.chicago-l.org/plans/images/NewHorizons/1958NewHorizonsMap.jpg|publisher=[[Chicago Transit Authority]]|accessdateaccess-date=May 27, 2011|date=July 30, 1958}}</ref> In 1966, Chicago voters passed a bond issue to provide $28 million in funding for new rail lines in the median of the Dan Ryan and [[Kennedy Expressway|Kennedy]] Expressways, qualifying the routes for federal aid funds.<ref>{{cite news|last=Buck|first=Thomas|title=New Rail Rapid Transit Lines Included|newspaper=[[Chicago Tribune]]|date=April 19, 1966}}</ref><ref name=buck2>{{cite news|last=Buck|first=Thomas|title=Plan Commission OK's Rail Routes in 2 Thruways|newspaper=[[Chicago Tribune]]|date=January 25, 1967}}</ref> The Chicago Plan commission approved plans for the new routes in January 1967, estimating the cost of the Dan Ryan line to be $38 million; Sox–35th, called White Sox–Illinois Tech at the time, was included in the plans.<ref name="buck2"/> Federal funding for the lines was approved in March 1967. Mayor [[Richard J. Daley]] subsequently stated that construction would begin immediately and projected the lines would open by the beginning of 1969, though engineers expected an opening date in late 1969 or early 1970.<ref>{{cite news|last=Schreiber|first=Edward|title=45.9 Million to Be Used on 2 New Lines|newspaper=[[Chicago Tribune]]|date=March 15, 1967}}</ref> Sox–35th and the other Dan Ryan stations opened on September 28, 1969. The final cost of the line was $38 million; the [[Chicago Tribune]] noted that it was constructed "in virtually record time".<ref name=opening>{{cite news|last=Buck|first=Thomas|title=Ryan Rail Service Starts Today|newspaper=[[Chicago Tribune]]|date=September 28, 1969}}</ref> Three days before the line opened, the CTA ran free trains on the route between Sox–35th and {{cta|95th/Dan Ryan}}.<ref>{{cite news|last=Buck|first=Thomas|title=New 'L' Route to Open With a Free Ride|newspaper=[[Chicago Tribune]]|date=September 25, 1969}}</ref> The new route led to the [[The Loop (CTA)|Loop]] in the north and continued west along the Lake Street Elevated; trains did not follow the current alignment of the Red Line north of Sox–35th until 1993.<ref name=opening/><ref>{{cite news|last=Kiernan|first=Louise|title=Train Crash Mars Debut of Howard-Ryan Line|newspaper=[[Chicago Tribune]]|date=February 22, 1993|author2=Jerry Thornton}}</ref>