THELOOP
The Loop
The Loop is the long circuit of elevated railroad that forms the hub of the 'L' rapid transit system in Chicago, Illinois. As of February 2013, the branch has served 72,786 passengers every weekday. The Loop is so named because the railroad loops around a rectangle formed by Lake Street, Wabash Avenue, Van Buren Street, and Wells Street . The railroad loop has given its name to Chicago's downtown, which is known as the Loop. Numerous accounts assert that the use of this term predates the elevated railroad, deriving from the multiple cable car turntables, or loops, that terminated in the district, and especially those of two lines that shared a loop, constructed in ...The above text is a snippet from Wikipedia: The Loop (CTA)
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