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==== 75th Street Corridor Improvement Project ====

The 75th Street Corridor Improvement Project (75th St. CIP) is the largest project in the CREATE Program.<ref>{{Cite web|title=CREATE 75th|url=https://www.75thcip.org/|access-date=2021-07-06|website=www.75thcip.org}}</ref> The project is located in the Chicago neighborhoods of [[Ashburn, Chicago|Ashburn]], [[Englewood, Chicago|Englewood]], [[Auburn Gresham, Chicago|Auburn Gresham]] and [[Chatham, Chicago|West Chatham]] along two passenger and four freight rail lines. It will eliminate the most congested rail chokepoint in the Chicago region, [[Belt Junction]], where 30 [[Metra]] and 90 freight trains per day cross each other's paths. It is broken out into four projects:

* Forest Hill Flyover (CREATE project P3)<ref>{{Cite web|title=Forest Hill Flyover (75th Street Corridor Improvement Project)|url=https://www.createprogram.org/projects/forest-hill-flyover-75th-street-corridor-improvement-project/|access-date=2021-07-06|website=CREATE Program|language=en-US}}</ref>