NASCAR Chicago Street Race is in the rear-view mirror; when will streets reopen?

With the completion of the Grant Park 220, roads will begin opening late Sunday. The last street to reopen will be Balbo Drive on July 13, leaving just over a week until the park shuts down again for Lollapalooza.

map NASCAR Chicago street race Grant Park.

A full map of the NASCAR layout in Grant Park.

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NASCAR’s Chicago Street Race ended Sunday, but some roads around Grant Park won’t reopen until the middle of July.

Balbo Drive reopens July 13, the last street to be cleared, according to NASCAR’s own schedule.

That leaves a little over a week before the park shuts down again for Lollapalooza, which begins setting up July 21 and kicks off August 3.

Portions of DuSable Lake Shore Drive, Michigan Avenue and Roosevelt Road are slated to reopen between Sunday and Wednesday.

NASCAR’s schedule of road closures and reopening.

NASCAR’s schedule of road closures and reopening.

As workers move to take down the track wall, fence, and viewing structures, DuSable Lake Shore Drive, Michigan Avenue and Columbus Drive take priority in reopening, city officials said.

By the end of the night Sunday, northbound DuSable Lake Shore Drive will begin reopening, followed by southbound Michigan Avenue, which will start to reopen on Monday morning.

On July 4, Southbound DuSable Lake Shore Drive and Roosevelt Road will begin reopening.

On July 6, Congress Plaza Drive reopens.

The last batch of roads are slated to reopen by July 13, city officials said.

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