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INDOT gains section of East Chicago roadways
In light of the closure of a 4-mile stretch of Cline Avenue between Calumet Avenue in Hammond and Michigan Avenue in East Chicago, the Indiana Department of Transportation has reached a “route transfer agreement” with East Chicago, which will give up sections of Riley and Dickey Roads. The agreement is effective October 1, and will [...]
READ MOREIDOT opens Kennedy Expressway ramps
The Illinois Department of Transportation said three entrance ramps from Chicago city streets to the Kennedy Expressway have opened to traffic. The ramps were opened before the afternoon rush hour and in time for IDOT to begin fighting the first major snow storm of the season. The entrance ramps from Jackson Boulevard and Adams Street [...]
READ MORESection of Burham Avenue in Calumet City closed for repairs
South Suburban motorists should expect a detour when traveling along Burnham Avenue through Calumet City. The bridge between 143rd Street in Burnham and State Street in Calumet City was closed Nov. 9 to all local traffic, the Illinois Department of Transportation said. All work is expected to be completed by late November, the agency said. [...]
READ MORESecond phase of Borman reconstruction nears completion
This week, eastbound traffic on the Borman Expressway (Interstate 80/94 in Lake County, Ind.) will be traveling on new concrete pavement, and three ramps will re-open to motorists, an Indiana Department of Transportation news release said. Beginning Tuesday morning, the eastbound center and right lanes will be moved south onto new pavement. Also, the ramp [...]
READ MORENorthbound Cicero closed through Sunday for railroad repairs
Motorists should expect delays through Sunday along Cicero Avenue at the Stevenson Expressway due to railroad crossing repairs, the Illinois Department of Transportation said in a news release. Canadian National Railroad crews will be repairing and replacing an at-grade crossing in the area, and motorists should expect heavy congestion along other routes in the towns [...]
READ MOREIDOT opens bridge structural data to the public
In launching a new Web site containing structural ratings for state-maintained bridges, the Illinois Department of Transportation promises to offer more access and be more transparency for motorists. The initiative will allow motorists to learn how safe the state’s nearly 27,000 bridges are, according to a IDOT news release announcing Web site. “We want the [...]
READ MORENighttime construction to restrict Borman Expressway beginning Sunday
Occasional lane restrictions between 9 p.m. and 5 a.m. are scheduled along the Borman Expressway in Lake County Indiana between Broadway and Central Avenue beginning Sunday, according to an Indiana Department of Transportation news release. The roadwork will continue through Oct. 31. Between midnight and 5 a.m., two lanes in each direction may be restricted, [...]
READ MOREStudy: Build roads for those who will use them
The Tribune’s Jon Hilkevitch has a great piece looking at a study by the League of Illinois Bicyclists that posits that road-widening and reconstruction projects done by local agencies are often superior to work done by state highway engineers. The difference: An interest in how changes affect everyone who uses a roadway versus a focus [...]
READ MOREIDOT: Steer clear of the Circle
IDOT on Wednesday was urging Chicago drivers to avoid downtown expressways for at least 24 hours after after pavement buckled on the westbound Kennedy Expressway at Adams Street. UPDATE: According to the Tribune’s Jon Hilkevitch, the expressway’s pavement buckled near Adams Street when concrete grout flowed through a crack in a repaired section of the [...]
READ MOREDraft EIS available for Elgin-O’Hare Expressway project
The first segment of the Elgin O’Hare Expressway West Bypass study is scheduled to be complete in early 2010 with a final environmental impact statement and record of decision that illustrates a preferred transportation system plan for the area. Once that preferred plan is identified, the Illinois Department of Transportation will begin the study’s second [...]
READ MOREBridge safety: Illinois puts inspection summaries online
Congress Parkway bridge over Chicago River got lowest possible rating for a span to stay open Ever since the 2007 collapse of an interstate highway spanning the Mississippi River in Minneapolis, Illinois officials have kept quiet about the deteriorating condition of many bridges here, citing security concerns in an era of terrorist threats.
READ MOREEisenhower Expressway expansion project is the next big thing
About seven miles could get wider from Mannheim Road to Cicero Avenue After promises for years that studies were in the works, preliminary engineering is finally under way for the Eisenhower Expressway expansion project, the next huge highway reconstruction planned for the Chicago area.
READ MOREStudy: Travel times to O’Hare halved with new roads
A preliminary study released by the Illinois Department of Transportation finds that a north-south expressway connecting the Jane Addams Tollway to the Tri-State Tollway on the west side O’Hare International Airport would significantly cut travel times to the airport. In addition, a long-planned extension of the Elgin-O’Hare Expressway would contribute to halving travel times for [...]
READ MOREINDOT halts holiday weekend construction
The Indiana Department of Transportation have halted all maintenance activities and work in construction zones through sunrise Tuesday. Depending on the stage of construction some work zones cannot be removed and will remain in place with road restrictions. INDOT and construction crews said in a news release that both directions of Interstate 65 between Ind. [...]
READ MORE159th Street being shutdown for almost two years
Commuters who have relied on 159th Street to avoid Bishop Ford Freeway construction will have another headache to deal with beginning Tuesday. The Illinois Department of Transportation on Thursday announced that 159th Street between Park Avenue and West/Center Avenue in Harvey will be closed from Sept. 8 through May 2011. Eastbound motorists will be detoured [...]
READ MOREFraser Road in Plainfield closing for five days
Motorists traveling through Plainfield will face construction for about five days beginning Sept. 9. Work crews will close Fraser Road just west of Illinois Route 59 to pour concrete for new pavement. During the closure, local traffic will be permitted access from the west. A posted detour will use a combination of Illinois Route 59, [...]
READ MOREGood-bye Western Ave. overpass?
Riddled with potholes and crumbling, 47th Ward Ald. Gene Schulter hopes to see the Western Avenue overpass gone. According to a report last month on the Chicago Tribune’s Web site, Schulter said the overpass that carries motorists over Belmont has cost the city millions of dollars in repairs and lowered real estate values over the [...]
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