Post#5 » by Howling Mad » Thu Aug 30, 2007 4:07 pm
Ok 1:30 or 2:00 which means... add an hour 2:30 3 then about 2 hours of travel time.
Hmmmm about 5 o'clock... your going to be in some traffic. Coming into the city isn't as bad as going out during that time so you should be alright but still heavy traffic.
I would suggest getting off at an earlier exit.
The exits go... Lawrence, Montrose, Irving Park then Addison. Dont take the visitor route to Wrigley and take Addison, I'll tell ya right now it sucks. It is the smallest road out of the four. Everybody gets off at Addison and it isn't fun traveling witht he rest of the traffic. The earlier the exit the better. You can always take the early exit then make a right on clark, the traffic coming from the North on Clark isn't so bad, mostly local. I personally wouldn't even take Clark I would go all the way towards the lake and turn right on Marina, or inner Lake Shore Drive then look for a spot around there(after Irving Park, about a couple blocks past Iriving, then its a 15 minute walk to the park[look at a map]; free parking and less traffic. You might get some congestion around the Lake Shore Drive exits, but its infinitely better then going down Addison.
All around Lake Shore Drive and surrounding side streets there is free parking. Look out for meter spots 'cause they only last two hours, obviously avoid them, also look at street sign, white in color with red surrounding the letters and numbers, these tell ya the parking sectors, if you don't find one on the block you can park there. Most ares will have several signs so you won't miss it if you find a spot and it is a reserved parking area.
Paying 20 bucks for parking sucks. Don't do it.
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