10-25-2019, 04:57 PM
(10-25-2019, 03:16 PM)sevenman Wrote:(10-25-2019, 07:56 AM)ijmorlan Wrote: Related to this discussion, does anybody know when the intersection of King and Weber in this area became a straight-through transition from King to Weber rather than an intersection with Weber ending at King?It was when Hwy 8 was widened in that area. They required the space to widen the Hwy from 4 to 8 lanes and consequently King St. was removed from the Weber intersection to Wilfred Ave.. The large retaining wall was shifted over and the Franklin bridge was also extended.
The Freeport area became as it is now when the current Hwy 8 bypass was built in 1987.
King St. still exists from just north of the King/Weber (former) intersection to north of Kinzie.
I don’t recall with full detail, but I’m pretty sure the widening only removed it north of the remaining small section (including the section which used to have the Dairy Queen). I’m wondering specifically about the intersection between the two streets. The other answer that it was when the expressway was first constructed certainly makes sense.