Sox-35th
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200W
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Sox-35th is the most northern station in the median of the Dan Ryan Expressway but not on the Dan Ryan Extension which also has one more stop farther north, Cermark-Chinatown located on an elevated guideway when it opened on September 28, 1969. The stop serves Comisky Park (excuse me, U.S. Cellular Field) located just SW of the station across Wentworth Avenue (serving as the Dan Ryan's southbound service road). The east side of the Dan Ryan is followed here by the Metra Rock Island District. There new 35th Street/"Lou" Jones/Bronzeville Station opened on April 3, 2011 right alongside the 'L' Station. There is not an extra large entrance to serve the ballpark. The main southern entrance along the northern sidewalk of 35th Street (with a canopied crosswalk across the street to the southern side for bus connections) feels like any other. During game days, a normally closed gate is opened and two bus stop fareboxes are set up to handle extra patrons. After going through fare control there is a staircase followed by the elevator, two escalators (one after another) and then a final staircase down to the southern end of the island platform that is fully canopied. The stop has a secondary entrance at its northern end. Here a staircase leads up to a long covered walkway above the track area. The walkway is entirely glass on its eastern side but most of it is open with just a low fence on the western side. It leads to a single farecards only high turnstile (with no vending machine for buying them) just before it leads to the south sidewalk of 33rd Street.
All photos taken on 1 August, 2011
