Major street closures near Wrigley Field in Chicago, Chicago IL


Major street closures are in effect near Wrigley Field, including Ashland Avenue and 18th Street from Ashton to Damen. Traffic is being rerouted, and buses are not on reroute. Both north-south traffic on Ashland and eastbound traffic on 18th from Damen are closed. Ashton is also closed at this time.
Audio|Source: Chicago Police Citywide Dispatch Channels
01:53
Transcript:
00:00
The Kemp Squad, all closure[1]s were in Wrigley Field[2].
00:02
All closure[1]s.
00:03
6-11.
00:04
Okay, guys.
00:05
Team Maze at Wrigley.
00:06
Put in all your closure[1]s.
00:07
Sima Riggily.
00:08
Put in all your closure[1]s.
00:09
And the buses are not on reroute.
00:11
1200s and 12-0-4 cars.
00:13
Did you get the, uh, on 18 again?
00:16
4-4, uh, we got, are we close the racing, uh, boss?
00:19
You're on 18?
00:20
Are we close the 18, the lead? Are we close the 18?
00:23
We're coming up to Racine in about two minutes.
00:25
Where are you at?
00:26
Still going.
00:27
We haven't, we haven't, there's a lot of cars that are lined up.
00:30
There's 50 cars that are five years ago.
00:32
And then why I have it up on the air spot level four, we put the closure[1]s, the other closure effect on Ashland.
00:38
So no north and south Ashland anymore, and no eastbound on 18 from Damon.
00:43
So everything should be shut down from all to this, all the way to Damon.
00:46
Make sure those attacking guys over here left of Ashland and make sure they pull everything left.
00:51
all the traffic westbound in Pocene.
00:53
Okay, we were closed all the way up to Ashland, not including Ashton, but now it is 1219 and we need to close Ashland.
00:59
Close Ashland and everything from Ashton to Damon.
01:02
So everything east and west, needs to be closed down, pull all that traffic on 18 streets from Ashton through Damon Westbound, please.
01:10
And we're closing Ashton at this time as well.
01:12
Ashton will be now closed 1219 up front.
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
closure: Road Closure
[2]
Wrigley Field: Reference location
Disclaimer:
This was transcribed by AI and may contain errors. Please verify the information independently.
Location mentioned:
W 18th St & Ashland Ave, Chicago, IL 60608
This shows a Google Street View of the area near the location, which might not be the exact address.
Correct
Incorrect