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Chicago Tangles Expressway Plans and Funding
A Chicago report details expressway development under Virgil E. Gunlock and George A. Quinlan with Cook County highway authority. It notes two mile western extensions, slum demolitions, and 225 million dollars in city county financing from bonds and gas tax funds.
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Virgil E. Gunlock
Greater
Chicago
Cook County Highway Department
Cook County
Gunlock
Congress Street
Michigan Avenue
West
Wells Street
Halsted Street
Halsted
Baltimore & Ohioilroad
George A. Quinlan
Edens Parkway
Calumet Tri-State Expressway
State Division of Highways
Quinlan
Lakefront
Park District