Three bridge closures along Chicago River have drivers near downtown seeing red

The Chicago Department of Transportation has closed three bridges across the Chicago River for reconstruction. With the ...
Yahoo

Chicago residents, officials question purpose of Border Patrol presence on river

Customs and Border Protection boats with armed agents were seen patrolling the Chicago River as part of "Operation Midway Blitz," leaving residents and business owners puzzled about the mission’s ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Fish Are Spawning in the Chicago River, Another Sign the Once-Contaminated Waterway Is Rebounding

The Chicago River was once a heavily polluted mess, a source of deadly diseases like cholera and typhoid fever. The waterway was so dirty that engineers famously reversed its direction in 1900 so it ...
Chicago Sun-Times

Hundreds plunge into Chicago River in city’s first open-water swim in nearly a century

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