Lanes reopening where possible for
Memorial Day holiday travel
Non-emergency closures suspended, work zones still plentiful across the state
SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Department of Transportation announced today that lanes that have been closed for construction will reopen, where possible, for the Memorial Day weekend to minimize travel disruption.
Non-emergency closures will be suspended from 3 p.m. Friday, May 22, to 11:59 p.m. Monday, May 25.
The following lane closures will remain in place during the holiday weekend. The public can expect delays and should allow extra time for trips through these areas. Drivers are urged to pay close attention to changed conditions and signs in the work zones, obey the posted speed limits, refrain from using mobile devices and stay alert for workers and equipment. At all times, please buckle up and drive sober.
District 1
City of Chicago
- Foster Avenue over the Kennedy Expressway (Interstate 90/94); closed.
- Westbound Foster Avenue ramp to outbound Kennedy; closed.
- Eastbound Ohio Street feeder ramp between Orleans Street and the Kennedy; lane reductions continue.
- Westbound Ontario Street ramp between Orleans Street and the Kennedy; lane reductions continue.
- Ashland Avenue over the Eisenhower Expressway (I-290); lane reductions continue.
- Cicero Avenue (Illinois 50) between 67th and 71st streets; lane reductions continue.
Cook County
- Michigan City Road over the Bishop Ford Freeway in Calumet City; closed, detour posted.
- Inbound Bishop Ford ramp to eastbound Sibley Boulevard; closed, detour posted.
- 154th Street over the Bishop Ford in Dolton; closed, detour posted.
- Eastbound Dolton Road ramp from the outbound Bishop Ford in Calumet City; closed, detour posted.
- Franklin Avenue between Runge Street and Mannheim Road (U.S. 12/45) in Franklin Park; lane reductions continue.
- Irving Park Road (Illinois 19) between Wesley Terrace and River Road in Schiller Park; lane reductions continue.
- Shermer Road between Willow and Techny roads in Northbrook; lane reductions continue.
- Westbound Bernard Drive between Arlington Heights Road and Lincoln Terrace in Buffalo Grove; closed.
- Green Bay Road between McCormick Boulevard and Isabella Street in Evanston; lane reductions continue.
- 19th Avenue between Oak and Madison streets in Maywood; closed to through traffic, detour posted.
- Inbound Eisenhower Expressway (eastbound I-290) between First Avenue (Illinois 171) and the Des Plaines River; right shoulder closed.
- Old Chicago Road over Forked Creek in Wesley Township; closed, detour posted.
- Ashland Avenue/Wood Street between 127th Street in Calumet Park and 147th Street/Sibley Boulevard (Illinois 83) in Harvey; closed, detour posted.
- 127th Street (Illinois 83) over the Cal-Sag Channel in Crestwood; closed, detour posted.
- 55th Street between Wolf and Brainard roads in Western Springs, La Grange and Countryside; lane reductions continue.
- Cicero Avenue (Illinois 50) between Sprucewood Lane and Town Center Drive in Matteson; lane reductions continue.
- 123rd Street between La Grange Road (U.S. 45) and 86th Avenue in Palos Park; closed, detour posted.
- Westbound River Oaks Drive/159th Street ramp to outbound Bishop Ford in Calumet City; closed, detour posted.
- Southwest Highway (Illinois 7) between 131st and 135th streets in Orland Park and Palos Park; closed, detour posted.
- Illinois 53 between Kirchoff and Lake Cook roads in Rolling Meadows, Arlington Heights and Palatine; lane reductions continue.
- Eastbound Golf Road (Illinois 58) at Barrington Road in Hoffman Estates; lane reductions continue.
- Rand Road (U.S. 12) between Elk Boulevard and Ballard Road in Des Plaines; lane reductions continue.
DuPage County
- Illinois 53 over the East Branch DuPage River and Ginkgo Way at the Morton Arboretum in Lisle; lane reductions continue.
- Roosevelt Road (Illinois 38) at Illinois 53 in Glen Ellyn; lane reductions on both roads continue.
Kane County
- Eastbound Chicago Street between Center Street and Liberty Street (Illinois 25) in Elgin; closed, detour posted.
- McLean Boulevard between Stearns Road and Spring Street in South Elgin; closed, detour posted.
Lake County
- Oak Spring Road over the Des Plaines River in Libertyville Township; closed, detour posted.
- Sprucewood Lane at Lakeshore Drive in Lindenhurst; lane closures on both roads continue.
- Deerpath Road between Oakwood and Western avenues in Lake Forest; closed, detour posted.
- Northwest Highway (U.S. 14) between Hough Street (Illinois 59) and Valencia Avenue in Barrington; lane reductions continue.
McHenry County
- Flat Iron Road over Mokeler Creek southwest of Harvard; closed, detour posted.
- White Oaks Road over the West Branch Piscasaw Creek, just south of the Wisconsin border in Chemung Township; closed, detour posted.
- Hunter Road over Beaver Creek, west of Harvard in Chemung Township; closed, detour posted.
- Sands Road between Northwest Highway (U.S. 14) and Three Oaks Road in Crystal Lake; closed, detour posted.
- Southbound Prospect Street between Telegraph Street (Illinois 176) and U.S. 20 in Marengo; closed, detour posted.
- Pleasant Valley Road at Eastwood Drive (Illinois 47/176) near Woodstock; closed, detour posted.
- Swanson Road between Illinois 176 and Pleasant Valley Road; closed.
Will County
- Moen Avenue between Mound Road and Larkin Avenue in Rockdale; closed, detour posted.
- Sioux Drive/Dove Drive between Sunset Drive and Eames Street (U.S. 6) in Channahon; lane reductions continue.
- Essington Road between Pandola Avenue and Citadel Drive in Joliet; lane reductions continue.
- Northwest Frontage Road between Jefferson Street (U.S. 52) and Black Road in Shorewood; closed, detour posted.
- Northbound I-55 ramp to westbound I-80 in Shorewood; closed, detour posted.
- Southbound I-55 ramp to eastbound I-80; closed, detour posted.
- Northbound I-55 from 1 mile south of I-80 to I-80; both shoulders closed.
- Southbound I-55 at I-80; both shoulders closed.
- I-80 between Ridge Road in Minooka and Wheeler Avenue in Joliet; all shoulders closed.
- I-80 between Rowell Avenue in Joliet and Gougar Road in New Lenox; all shoulders closed, lane shifts continue.
- Midland Avenue at I-80 in Joliet; right shoulder closed.
- West Frontage Road at I-80 in Shorewood; lane reductions continue with traffic controlled by temporary signals.
- Briggs Street over I-80 in Joliet; lane reductions and shoulder closures continue.
- Cass Street (U.S. 30) over the Des Plaines River in Joliet; closed, detour posted.
- Pauling Road over I-57 south of Monee; closed, detour post
District 2
Henry County
- I-80 from Barstow Road to Poppy Garden Road in Colona; lane reductions continue.
Ogle County
- Illinois 38 at I-39 in Rochelle; lane reductions continue, with traffic controlled by temporary signals.
- Illinois 64 over Elk Horn Creek near Brookville; lane reductions continue.
Rock Island County
- I-280 from the Rock Island-Milan Parkway to the Henry County line; lane reductions continue.
Whiteside County
- U.S. 30 at Moline Road west of Rock Falls; lane reductions continue.
Winnebago County
- Westbound U.S. 20 from Mill Road to State Street in Cherry Valley; lane reductions contin
District 3
Bureau County
- I-180 between mileposts 7 and 8; lane reductions continue.
- I-80 between mileposts 44 and 46 near Hennepin Canal Parkway State Park; lane reductions continue.
- Illinois 40 over I-80; lane reductions continue with traffic controlled by temporary signals.
Iroquois County
- Southbound I-57 over Louis Creek near Buckley; lane reductions continue.
- Northbound I-57 at the Buckley interchange; lane reductions continue.
- Illinois 1 over Little Beaver Creek south of St. Anne; lane reductions continue with traffic controlled by temporary signals.
La Salle County
- Illinois 23 over I-80 at Ottawa; lane reductions continue.
- I-39 over I-80 at La Salle; lane reductions continue.
Livingston County
- Old Route 66 (Illinois 116) over the Vermilion River in Pontiac; lane reductions continue.
District 4
Fulton County
- Scott Lucas Memorial Bridge (U.S. 136/Illinois 78/97) over the Illinois River at Havana; lane reductions continue.
Henderson County
- Illinois 94 bridges over BNSF railroad at Biggsville, Jinks Hollow Creek about 1.5 miles south of Illinois 164, and Henderson Creek 1 mile south of Bald Bluff: lane reductions continue with traffic controlled by temporary signals.
Henry County
- I-74 over Illinois 17 at Woodhull; lane reductions continue.
Knox County
- I-74 over the Spoon River; lane reductions continue.
Peoria County
- Eastbound War Memorial Drive (U.S. 150) at Adams Street (Illinois 29) in Peoria; lane reductions continue.
- Westbound U.S. 150 between the Illinois River and Adams Street; lane reductions continue.
- Illinois 116 near Airport Road; closed.
- I-474 at I-74 in Peoria; lane reductions continue.
- Northbound Illinois 6 ramp to Knoxville Avenue (Illinois 40) in Peoria; closed.
- I-74 near Brimfield; lane reductions continue.
- U.S. 150 at Willow Knolls Road in Peoria; lane reductions continue.
- Illinois 90 between Illinois 91 and Illinois 40 near Edelstein; lane reductions continue with traffic controlled by temporary signals.
Tazewell County
- Westbound U.S. 150 on the McClugage Bridge; lane reductions continue.
- Illinois 9 through and west of Tremont; lane reductions continue.
- Illinois 8/116 (Cedar Street) from Edmund Street in East Peoria to west of the bridge in Peoria; lane reductions continue.
- U.S. 150 over Mud Creek east of Morton; lane reductions continue with traffic controlled by temporary signals.
Warren County
- U.S. 67 south of Lake Warren; lane reductions continue with traffic controlled by temporary signals.
District 5
Champaign County
- I-72 at I-57 in Champaign; lane reductions continue.
- I-74 at milepost 168 west of Mahomet; lane reductions continue.
McLean County
- I-74 from milepost 122 to just west of the I-55/74 interchange (exit 125); lane reductions continue.
- I-55 near Towanda; lane reductions continue.
- I-55 between the Mackinaw River and Lexington; lane reductions continue.
Piatt County
- Illinois 32 over the Sangamon River south of Cisco; lane reductions continue with traffic controlled by temporary signals.
Vermilion County
- I-74 over Stoney Creek about 2 miles east of Illinois 49; lane reductions continue.
District 6
Christian County
- Mount Auburn Road north of Taylorville; lane reductions continue.
Hancock County
- Illinois 96 over Crystal Creek south of Hamilton; lane reductions continue.
Logan County
- I-155 ramp to northbound I-55; closed, detour posted.
Mason County
- Illinois 29 over Salt Creek south of Mason City; lane reductions continue.
Menard County
- Illinois 123 over Indian Creek east of Petersburg; lane reductions continue.
Pike County
- Illinois 104 west of Illinois 107; lane reductions continue.
- Illinois 107 between Griggsville and Illinois 104; lane reductions continue.
- Interstate 72 between mileposts 8 and 11 near Hull; lane reductions continue.
- I-72 east of Barry; lane reductions continue.
Sangamon County
- I-72 east of the Wabash Avenue interchange (exit 91) at Springfield; lane reductions continue.
Schuyler County
- Illinois 101 from Freeman Mine Road west of Littleton to the Hancock County line; lane reductions continue.
District 7
Clark County
- I-70 at Marshall; lane reductions continue.
- Cleone Road over I-70 at Martinsville; lane reductions continue, with traffic controlled by temporary signals.
Clay County
- Old U.S. 50 about 2 miles west of Flora; lane reductions continue, with traffic controlled by temporary signals.
Cumberland County
- U.S. 40 about a mile west of Greenup; closed, detour posted.
- I-57 over U.S. 45 and the Eastern Illinois Railroad at Neoga; lane reductions continue.
Effingham County
- I-57 at Watson; lane reductions continue.
- I-57 near the Green Creek Rest Areas north of Effingham; lane reductions continue.
- I-70 at Altamont; lane reductions continue.
Lawrence County
- Illinois 1 north and south of Lawrenceville; lane reductions continue, with traffic controlled by temporary signals.
Moultrie County
- Cadwell Road about 3 miles north of the Kaskaskia River Wildlife Area; lane reductions continue, with traffic controlled by temporary signals.
Wayne County
- Illinois 15 about 4 miles west of Fairfield; lane reductions continue with traffic controlled by temporary signals.
- Illinois 15 just north of Wayne City; lane reductions continue, with traffic controlled by temporary signals.
- Illinois 15 over the Little Wabash River about 6 miles east of Fairfield; lane reductions continue, with traffic controlled by temporary signals
District 8
Madison County
- Intersection of Bluff Road (Illinois 157) at Illinois 162 in Glen Carbon; closed, detour posted.
- North Access Road just south of New Poag Road at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville; lane reductions continue.
St. Clair County
- I-55/70 between Exchange Avenue in East St. Louis and Black Lane near Collinsville; lane reductions continue.
- Southbound I-255 ramp to southbound I-55/70; lane reductions continue.
- Illinois 111 at I-55/70 in Fairmont City; lane reductions continue.
- I-64 between Illinois 157 and Illinois 159; lane reductions continue.
District 9
Franklin County
- Illinois 154 about 1 mile west of Illinois 37 near Whittington; lane reductions continue with traffic controlled by temporary signals.
Gallatin County
- Illinois 1 about 1 mile northwest of Ridgway; lane reductions continue with traffic controlled by temporary signals.
Massac County
- I-24 over the Ohio River; lane reductions continue.
Pulaski County
- I-57 at Ullin; lane reductions continue.
- Illinois 169 just east of Karnak; lane reductions continue.
Saline County
- U.S. 45 east of Fourth Street in Eldorado; lane reductions continue with traffic controlled by temporary signals.
White County
- I-64 east of Grayville; lane reductions continue.
- U.S. 45 about 9 miles south of the Wayne County line; closed.
Williamson County
- Illinois 13 across Crab Orchard Lake; lane reductions continue.
- Southbound I-57 between mileposts 43 and 32; lane reductions continue.
Over the next six years, IDOT is planning to improve 7,107 lane miles of highway and 8.4 million square feet of bridge deck as part of Gov. JB Pritzker’s historic Rebuild Illinois, which is investing $33.2 billion into all modes of transportation. Accomplishments through Year Six of Rebuild Illinois include almost $20.8 billion of improvements statewide to 21,309 lane miles of highway, 815 bridges and 1,181 additional safety improvements.
For more information on IDOT projects, click here or view area construction details on the traveler information map on GettingAroundIllinois.com.
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Paul Wappel
IDOT
Maria Castaneda
IDOT
