- LaSalle (CTA Blue Line)
LaSalle is an 'L' station on the
Chicago Transit Authority 's Blue Line. It is a subway station with a singleisland platform located at 150 West Congress Parkway in the Loop district ofChicago , Illinois. [cite web |last=Garfield |first=Graham |url=http://www.chicago-l.org/stations/lasalle-congress.html |title=LaSalle |accessdate=2008-02-17 |work=Chicago "L".org ]History
LaSalle station opened on
February 25 1951 as the southern terminal of the Milwaukee-Dearborn subway on the CTA's Milwaukee Avenue route.cite book |title=The Chicago "L" |last=Borzo |first=Greg |year=2007 |publisher=Arcadia Publishing |location=Chicago |chapter=Chapter Nine: Finally a Subway |pages=pp. 91–102 |id=ISBN 978-0-7385-5100-5 ] It remained a terminal station until it was linked to the new Congress Expressway route in 1958.
=CTA Bus Connections=*1 - Indiana/Hyde Park
*7 - Harrison
*22 - Clark
*24 - Wentworth
*36 - Broadway
*126 - Jackson
*129 - West Loop/South Loop
*130 Grant Park Treasures (Seasonal Service)
*132 - Goose Island Express
*145 - Wilson/Michigan Express
*151 - Sheridan (Owl Service)References
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