Editing Red Line (CTA) (section)

==={{anchor|Dan Ryan Branch}} Dan Ryan branch===
{{main|Dan Ryan branch}}
At 13th Street, the subway swings away from [[State Street (Chicago)|State Street]] on a reverse curve to the southwest then rises to another portal at 16th Street adjacent [[Metra]]'s [[Rock Island District]] line. The Red Line leaves at 16th Street and continues southward on an elevated structure to 24th Street. There is a stop at {{cta|Cermak–Chinatown}} on this portion.

South of [[Cermak Road]], the Red Line tracks enter the median strip of the Franklin Street Connector, The Red Line then tunnels beneath the expressway interchange between 28th and 30th Streets and continues the rest of the way to 95th Street in the median of the [[Dan Ryan Expressway]] (Interstate 90 & 94). Chicago pioneered using expressway medians for local "L" train lines (the other two being the [[Eisenhower Expressway]] and [[Kennedy Expressway]]s, which both carry portions of the Blue Line). The Red Line follows the Dan Ryan the rest of the way to the {{cta|95th/Dan Ryan}} terminal in [[Roseland, Chicago|Roseland]].

The 98th Yard lies just south and east of the Dan Ryan–[[Interstate 94 in Illinois|Bishop Ford Freeway]] interchange. Beyond the interchange, the Dan Ryan Expressway and Bishop Ford Freeway both continue towards the south city limits without a transit line in the median strips, but were built with wide grass medians in which future extensions of the rapid transit line remain an option. An extension to 130th Street is in its final planning stages. This extension includes three elevated stations at 103rd, 111th, and Michigan, an at-grade terminal station at 130th.

Stations along the Red Line serve important Chicago landmarks such as [[Rate Field]] and the [[Illinois Institute of Technology]] ({{cta|Sox–35th}}), [[DePaul University]] ({{cta|Fullerton}}), the [[Auditorium Building, Chicago|Auditorium Building]] of [[Roosevelt University]] ({{cta|Jackson|Red}}) and Loyola University Chicago ({{cta|Loyola}}), as well as the [[Magnificent Mile]] ({{cta|Grand|Red}}) and [[Chinatown, Chicago|Chinatown]] ({{cta|Cermak–Chinatown}}).

In May 2013, the branch, along with all nine stations, closed for five months to allow the replacement of the tracks and for construction crews to improve the stations on the branch. The newly reconstructed Dan Ryan branch and the nine stations reopened in October 2013.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Red Line South Project Countdown until Completion Day! |url=http://www.transitchicago.com/redsouth/ |access-date=October 8, 2013 |website=[[Chicago Transit Authority]]}}</ref>