morse avenue streetscape march 24, 2010 the city of chicago department of transportation

Morse Avenue Streetscape March 24, 2010

The City of Chicago Department of Transportation

Morse Avenue StreetscapeThe City of Chicago - Department of Transportation

Project study area

Project Boundary


Morse Avenue – Ashland to Wayne

• Resurface full roadway width

• New curb and gutter in the resurfaced area

• New Chicago Gateways 2000 Light poles at intersections and

double acorn loop lighting at mid-block.

• Curbed and fenced planters with irrigation at intersections

• Bump-outs with decorative paving

• Community identifiers on light poles at Sheridan and Clark

• Stamped Crosswalks

• Above ground planter pots on the sidewalk

• Community identifiers stamped on concrete sidewalk

• Trees in grates and decorative paving band along the parkway


Sections – Morse Ave

Sheridan and Clark Gateways Morse Avenue


Glenwood Avenue- Lunt to Farwell

• Widen sidewalk from 5’ to 9’

• New Chicago Gateways 2000 Light poles at intersections and

double acorn loop lighting at mid-block.

• Remove and replace all but 12’ of Glenwood pavement

• Bump-outs at cross streets with permeable pavers

• Above ground planters at bumpouts

• Trees in grates and permeable paving band along the

parkway

• Stamped asphalt cross walks where appropriate

• Community identifiers on light poles

• Roadway reconstruction to eliminate flooding

•Improved lighting under the CTA viaducts

•Open bottomed catch basins


Sections- Glenwood Avenue


Westside of CTA Train Eastside of CTA Train

Propose Glenwood Cross Section


Bicycle Lane Striping Designated Bike Lanes from Clark to Sheridan


Morse and Glenwood Avenues

Stamped Asphalt Crosswalk


Morse Avenue

Permeable Pavers and Trees in Grates


Community Identifier- Pole Light

Community Identifier


Community Identifier - In-ground Planter


Morse and Glenwood AvenuesAbove Ground

Planters


Morse and Glenwood Avenues Stamped Concrete Medallion


Proposed Trees and Plantings

Ginkgo BilobaKentucky Coffee Japanese Tree Lilac Redmond Linden

Burr Oak Swamp White OakHackberry


Proposed Above-ground Planters Plants

Wormwood

Annual DianthusSweet Alyssum

Snow-on-the-mountain

Perilla

Cornflower


Proposed in-ground Planter Plants

Autumn Joy Sedum Flower Carpet RoseKnockout Rose Little Bunny Fountain Grass

Bigroot CranesbillPurple ConeflowerCottage Pink


Construction Staging – Morse Ave.

Phase 1

Segment 1 - West side of Glenwood Avenue-Lunt Avenue to Morse Avenue

Construct west parkway, maintain pedestrian path at property line and 17’ of the existing paver block pavementParking prohibited, one-lane traffic southbound maintainedComplete pedestrian path construction

Segment 2 - North side of Morse Avenue-Glenwood Avenue to Ashland Avenue

Construct north parkway, maintain pedestrian path at property lineNorth parking prohibited, one-lane east and west bound and south parking maintainedComplete pedestrian path construction



Phase 2 Segment 1- South side of Morse Avenue- Ashland Avenue to Glenwood Avenue

Construct south parkway, maintain pedestrian path at property lineSouth parking prohibited, one-lane east and west bound and north parking maintainedComplete pedestrian path construction

Segment 2 – West side of Glenwood Avenue-Morse Avenue to Farwell Avenue

Construct west parkway, maintain pedestrian path at property line and 17’ of the existing paver block pavementParking prohibited, one-lane traffic southbound maintainedComplete pedestrian path construction



Phase 3

Segment 1 - East side of Glenwood Avenue- Farwell Avenue to Morse Avenue

Construct west half of roadway at CTA abutment, maintain east parkway and northbound trafficParking prohibitedConstruct east half of roadway and parkway, maintain pedestrian path at property line and northbound trafficParking prohibited -complete pedestrian path construction

Segment 2 - South side of Morse Avenue- Glenwood Avenue to Lakewood Avenue

Construct south parkway, maintain pedestrian path at property lineSouth parking prohibited, one-lane east and west bound and south parking maintainedComplete pedestrian path construction



Phase 4

Segment 1 - North side of Morse Avenue- Lakewood Avenue to Glenwood Avenue

Construct north parkway, maintain pedestrian path at property lineNorth parking prohibited, one-lane east and west bound and south parking maintainedComplete pedestrian path construction

Segment 2 – East side of Glenwood Avenue- Morse Avenue to Lunt Avenue

Construct west half of roadway at CTA abutment, maintain east parkway and northbound trafficParking prohibited Construct east half of roadway and parkway, maintain pedestrian path at property line and northbound trafficParking prohibited - complete pedestrian path construction


Pedestrian Access During Construction

morse avenue streetscape march 24, 2010 the city of chicago department of transportation

Documents

morse avenue streetscape

sheridan slide

parkway slide

ground planter slide

asphalt crosswalk slide

concrete medallion slide

glenwood avenues

sidewalk community identifiers