LaSalle is an
'L' station on the
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's
Blue Line. It is a subway station with a single
island platform located at 150 West Ida B. Wells Drive in the
Loop
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district of
Chicago, Illinois.
History
LaSalle station opened on February 25, 1951, as the southern terminal of the Milwaukee-Dearborn subway on the CTA's Milwaukee Avenue route.
It remained a terminal station until it was connected to the new
Congress Expressway
Interstate 290 (I-290) is an auxiliary Interstate Highway that runs westward from the Chicago Loop. The portion of I-290 from I-294 to its east end is officially called the Dwight D. Eisenhower Expressway. In short form, it is known as "the ...
route in June 1958.
Location
The station is located at 150 West Ida B. Wells Drive in the
Loop
Loop or LOOP may refer to:
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* Loop (mobile), a Bulgarian virtual network operator and co-founder of Loop Live
* Loop, clothing, a company founded by Carlos Vasquez in the 1990s and worn by Digable Planets
* Loop Mobile, an ...
district of
Chicago, Illinois. It is the closest station to
LaSalle Street Station
LaSalle Street Station is a commuter rail terminal at 414 South LaSalle Street in downtown Chicago. First used as a rail terminal in 1852, it was a major intercity rail terminal for the New York Central Railroad until 1968, and for the Chicago, R ...
,
terminal for
Rock Island District Metra trains.
Bus and rail connections
CTA CTA may refer to:
Legislation
*Children's Television Act, American legislation passed in 1990 that enforces a certain degree of educational television
*Counter-Terrorism Act 2008
*Criminal Tribes Act, British legislation in India passed in 1871 wh ...
* 24 Wentworth
*36 Broadway
Metra
*
LaSalle Street Station
LaSalle Street Station is a commuter rail terminal at 414 South LaSalle Street in downtown Chicago. First used as a rail terminal in 1852, it was a major intercity rail terminal for the New York Central Railroad until 1968, and for the Chicago, R ...
References
External links
LaSalle Street entrance from Google Maps Street View
CTA Blue Line stations
Railway stations in the United States opened in 1951
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