{"id":793917,"date":"2026-05-13T17:28:29","date_gmt":"2026-05-13T17:28:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/793917\/"},"modified":"2026-05-13T17:28:29","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T17:28:29","slug":"halsted-street-viaduct-progress-from-the-air","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/793917\/","title":{"rendered":"Halsted Street Viaduct Progress From The Air"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img width=\"777\" height=\"437\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/HalstedViaduct_042526-2-777x437.jpg\" class=\"u-photo wp-post-image\" alt=\"Halsted Street Viaduct drone photos\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"  \/>Image of Halsted Street Viaduct reconstruction provided by Patrick Williams<\/p>\n<p class=\"entry-meta\"> By: <a rel=\"author nofollow noopener\" class=\"fn p-author h-card\" href=\"https:\/\/chicagoyimby.com\/author\/daniel\" target=\"_blank\">Daniel Schell<\/a> 7:30 am on May 13, 2026<\/p>\n<p>A YIMBY reader sent over some drone shots from a late-April flyover of the Halsted Street Viaduct reconstruction. There are also glimpses of casino work, and the very beginnings of caisson activity at Halsted Pointe. Huge thank you to Patrick for dropping these images on us. Not many folks get this perspective of the city.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-90532 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/HalstedViaduct_042526-1-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Halsted Street Viaduct drone photos\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1440\"  \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image provided by Patrick Williams<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-90534 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/HalstedViaduct_042526-3-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Halsted Street Viaduct drone photos\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1440\"  \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Casino construction in the background; fog obscures the hotel tower. Image provided by Patrick Williams<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-90535 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/HalstedViaduct_042526-4-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Halsted Street Viaduct drone photos\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1440\"  \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Caisson rigs on site for Halsted Pointe. Image provided by Patrick Williams<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-90536 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/HalstedViaduct_042526-5-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Halsted Street Viaduct drone photos\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1440\"  \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image provided by Patrick Williams<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-90537 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/HalstedViaduct_042526-6-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Halsted Street Viaduct drone photos\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1440\"  \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image provided by Patrick Williams<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-90538 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/HalstedViaduct_042526-7-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Halsted Street Viaduct drone photos\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1440\"  \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image provided by Patrick Williams<\/p>\n<p>Over on the east bank at Chicago Avenue, the bridge house is gone, but the old bridge machinery \u2014 the mechanical guts that raised and lowered the span \u2014 remains in place. On a previous visit, we noticed protective plywood in use to keep the mechanics safe during demolition. It appears it\u2019s being preserved.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-90539\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/birdge-guts-01.jpg\" alt=\"Chicago Avenue Bridge reconstruction\" width=\"1250\" height=\"937\"  \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo by Daniel Schell<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-90540\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/birdge-guts-02.jpg\" alt=\"Chicago Avenue Bridge reconstruction\" width=\"1250\" height=\"938\"  \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Crews continue demolition on the east end of the Chicago Avenue Bridge over the river. 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