Green, Pink Line Service Disruptions Extended Due Lake Street Bridge Work

DOWNTOWN — Disruptions to Green and Pink line service in the Loop will continue until Wednesday, which is two days longer then previously anticipated due to complications on the Lake Street Bridge overhaul. Full Green and Pink line service is now scheduled to resume by 4 a.m. Wednesday, the Chicago Department of Transportation and CTA announced. The service was originally expected to be restored by Monday morning, but the deadline was pushed back Sunday. The disruptions are due to the reconstruction of the Lake Street Bridge, which carries the Green and Pink line tracks into the Loop. The complexity of work to connect a new bridge leaf to the existing bridge is causing the extended disruption of train service, CDOT announced. Green Line trains will not run between Clinton and Clark/Lake; Pink Line trains will not operate in the Loop due to the work, the CTA previously announced. Shuttle buses will serve Green Line riders between Clinton and Clark/Lake for the duratio