SPRINGFIELD — The Illinois Department of Transportation today announced that lanes that have been closed for construction will reopen, where possible, for the Labor Day holiday to minimize travel disruption.
Non-emergency closures will be suspended from 3 p.m. Friday, Aug. 3, to 11:59 p.m. Monday, Sept. 2.
The following lane closures will remain in place during the holiday weekend. Work zone speed limits will remain in effect where posted. Please buckle up, put your phone down and drive sober.
Kankakee County
• Interstate 57 between Illinois 50 and the
Kankakee River; lane reductions continue.
• St. George Road over Interstate 57 near Bourbonnais; closed.
• Illinois 17 east of Kankakee; lane reductions continue.
Iroquois County
• Illinois 1 south of Wellington; lane reductions continue with traffic controlled by temporary signals.
Will County
• Goodenow Road over Plum Creek in Beecher;
closed, detour posted.
• Moen Avenue from Mound Road to Larkin Avenue in Rockdale; closed, detour
posted.
• Sioux Drive/Dove Drive from Sunset Drive to U.S. 6 in Channahon; lane
reductions continue.
• Weber Road from 135th Street to Normantown Road in Romeoville; lane
reductions continue.
• Illinois 102 from Old Chicago Road to Manteno Road in Wesley; closed;
detour posted.
• Interstate 55 from River Road to Arsenal Road in Wilmington; lane
reductions continue.
• U.S. 52 (Arsenal Road) 1.3 miles west of U.S. 45; lane reductions
continue with traffic controlled by temporary signals.
• Illinois 50 from Pauling Road to 2 miles south in Wilton Township; lane
reductions continue.
City of Chicago
• Westbound Bryn Mawr Avenue between Harlem
and Oriole avenues; lane reductions continue.
• Westbound Higgins Avenue between Oriole and Canfield avenues; lane
reductions continue, detour posted for eastbound Higgins.
• Southbound Lake Shore Drive over the Chicago River; lower level west bay
closed, traffic shift continues.
• Irving Park Road (Illinois 19) over the Chicago River; lane shifts
continue.
• The following ramps in the Jane Byrne Interchange work zone will remain
closed:
o Inbound Kennedy to inbound Congress
Parkway
o Outbound Dan Ryan Expressway to Taylor Street and Roosevelt Road
o Inbound Dan Ryan to inbound Congress Parkway
o Outbound Eisenhower to Morgan Street
o Inbound Eisenhower to Taylor Street
o Inbound Congress Parkway to Canal Street
o Outbound Congress Parkway from Canal Street
o Outbound Congress Parkway to outbound Dan Ryan
o Inbound Eisenhower; lane reductions continue.
Cook County
• Broadway Street at Golf Road/Wolf
Road/State Street circle in Des Plaines; closed.
• Illinois 68 (Dundee Road) between Illinois 43 (Waukegan Road) and Skokie
Boulevard in Northbrook; closed, detour posted.
• Winnetka Road over the North Branch Chicago River; lane reductions
continue with traffic controlled by temporary signals.
• Dundee Road over the Edens Expressway in Northbrook; lane reductions
continue.
• Joliet Road over railroads in McCook; lane reductions continue.
• Illinois 83 at Illinois 171 in Lemont; lane reductions continue.
• U.S. 34 (Ogden Avenue) over a railroad in La Grange; lane reductions
continue.
• Cicero Avenue between 157th and 161st streets in Oak Forest; lane
reductions continue.
• U.S. 12/45 (Mannheim Road) in Stone Park; lane reductions continue.
• Illinois 171 over Salt Creek in Lyons; lane reductions continue.
• Southbound Torrence Avenue between 150th and 170th streets in Calumet
City/Lansing; lane reductions continue.
• Cicero Avenue between 167th Street and 173rd Street in Oak Forest and
Country Club Hills; lane reductions continue.
• U.S. 6 (162nd Street) at Van Dam Road in South Holland; lane reductions
continue.
• Illinois 1 (Halsted Street) between Interstate 80 and just south of
175th Street in East Hazel Crest; lane reductions continue.
• La Grange Road over the Cal-Sag Channel in Palos Township; lane
reductions continue.
• The following streets in Bensenville are closed with detours posted:
o Southbound Addison Road between south of
Main Street and Green Street.
o Northbound Center Street between Railroad Avenue and Green Street.
o Eastbound Green Street between Center Street and Addison Street.
• Oak Street and Cherry Street bridges over
the Union Pacific Railroad in Winnetka; closed, detour posted.
• Northbound Walnut Lane between Schaumburg Lane and Weathersfield Way in
Schaumburg; closed, detour posted.
• Southbound Locust Road between Lake and Wilmette avenues in Wilmette;
closed detour posted.
• Woodfield Road between Meacham and East Frontage roads in Schaumburg;
lane reductions continue.
• National Parkway between Remington and Payne roads in Schaumburg; lane
reductions continue.
• Plum Grove Road between Remington Road and Higgins Road (Illinois 72) in
Schaumburg; lane reductions continue.
o Plum Grove between Remington and Wiley roads; closed, detour posted.
• State Parkway between Plum Grove and Payne Road in Schaumburg; closed, detour posted.
