StreetsBlog Chicago highlighted the scary transit faced by pedestrians and bikers trying to cross Bubbly Creek on the Archer Avenue Bridge. In its article " Near South Side residents want to feel safe crossing the Archer Avenue bridge over Bubbly Creek ," Victoria Malis reports on the current situation and those who are trying to implement safety and transit improvements.

But she overlooked the crazy Archer Avenue bypass that used to bridge over South Ashland Avenue: voted by architecture students as "the city's ugliest intersection," as related in a 2004 article in the Chicago Reader . Does anyone else remember that crazy overpass? They've been taken down all over the neighborhood, including at Pershing and Ashland, and of course the legendary Damen Avenue overpass going between McKinley Park and Back of the Yards.

This Archer Avenue bridge intersection and squeeze has been a focus of concern for a long time. Let's hope we continue to see improvements. Who wants to invest in a bridge over Bubbly Creek?