State/Lake L station to close Monday for 3 years of construction
The CTA's elevated State/Lake station in the Loop is scheduled to close Monday and not reopen for three years.
The $444-million reconstruction project won’t be completed until sometime in 2029, according to the CTA.
Trains will bypass the station for the duration of the work. The station, built in 1895, serves the Brown, Green, Orange, Pink and Purple lines. The adjacent Red Line subway station at Lake Street won’t be affected.
The planned station features platforms that are twice as wide, elevators for full ADA accessibility and a massive glass canopy.
Demolition will affect traffic around State and Lake. Lake Street has been intermittently closed vehicle traffic since early December. Once the station closes, Lake Street will be limited to local traffic between Dearborn Street and Wabash Avenue. Bus stops will remain open on State Street.
Sidewalks on Lake Street and State Street will remain open to pedestrians, officials said.
The station is currently the city’s fifth busiest. More than 8,400 people tapped into the State/Lake station on average each weekday in September, according to CTA data.
For more information about the project and to sign up for updates, visit www.statelakestation.org.