With Labor Day weekend journey anticipated to peak heading into the lengthy vacation weekend, Illinois officers have introduced some adjustments to state roads that would influence drivers.
Just like different holidays like Thanksgiving, the Fourth of July, and Memorial Day, Labor Day brings with it heavy visitors, significantly on the Friday earlier than.
The typical American can anticipate roughly 90% longer journey instances, which implies a drive that usually takes an hour might take round 1 hour and 54 minutes. (Journey suggestions right here)
To fight that, the Illinois Division of Transportation introduced many lanes which have been closed for development are slated to reopen, the place potential, for the vacation.
Officers stated any “non-emergency closures can be suspended” between 3 p.m. Friday and 11:59 p.m. Monday.
Nonetheless, a number of will stay in place throughout the vacation weekend and transportation officers warned drivers to anticipate delays in these places.
Here’s a checklist of lane closures that may stay in place throughout the state:
District 1
Metropolis of Chicago
- Outbound Bishop Ford Freeway (eastbound Interstate 94) ramp to eastbound one hundred and thirtieth Road; closed, detour posted.
- Southbound Du Sable Lake Shore Drive (U.S. 41) alongside Jackson Park; two lanes closed.
- Inbound Kennedy Expressway (eastbound I-94) between Lawrence Avenue and Ohio Road; lane and ramp closures proceed.
- Reversible lanes at Diversey Avenue; lane discount continues.
- Inbound Kennedy ramp to inbound Ida B. Wells Drive; closed, will reopen at 10 p.m. Sept. 1.
- Outbound Kennedy west of Addison Road; proper shoulder closed.
Prepare dinner County
- Westbound Oakton Road between River Highway and the Des Plaines River in Des Plaines; lane reductions proceed.
- Nationwide Parkway between Gold Highway and American Lane in Schaumburg; closed, detour posted.
- Washington Boulevard between nineteenth and Ninth avenues in Maywood; closed, detour posted.
- Eastbound Chestnut Avenue between Lehigh Avenue and Waukegan Highway in Glenview; closed, detour posted.
- Rand Highway (U.S. 12) at Central Highway in Des Plaines; lane reductions proceed on each roads.
- Stanley Avenue and Windsor Avenue between Harlem Avenue (Illinois 43) and Ridgeland Avenue in Berwyn; lane reductions proceed.
- Franklin Avenue between Runge Road and Mannheim Highway (U.S. 12/45) in Franklin Park; lane reductions proceed.
- 183rd Road at Pulaski Highway in Nation Membership Hills; lane reductions proceed on each roads.
- Chicago Avenue over Des Plaines River Highway between First and Thatcher avenues in Maywood and River Forest; lane reductions proceed.
- Inbound Eisenhower Expressway (eastbound Interstate 290) between First Avenue (Illinois 171) and the Des Plaines River; proper shoulder closed.
- Roy Avenue over Addison Creek in Northlake; closed, detour posted.
- Cicero Avenue (Illinois 50) between 67th and 71st streets in Bedford Park; lane reductions proceed.
- Cermak Highway between nineteenth Road and Gardner Highway in Broadview and Westchester; lane reductions proceed.
- Interstate 57 over Interstate 80 in Nation Membership Hills; lane reductions proceed in each instructions.
- Faculty Drive (Illinois 83) at 127th Road in Alsip; lane reductions proceed in each instructions with left-turn lanes closed, detour posted.
- Ashland Avenue/Wooden Road between 127th Road in Calumet Park and 147th Road/Sibley Boulevard (Illinois 83) in Harvey; closed, detour posted.
- Cicero Avenue (Illinois 50) at Steger Highway in Richton Park; lane reductions proceed.
- Southbound Wolf Highway between U.S. 6 and Marley Brook Courtroom in Orland Park; closed, detour posted.
DuPage County
- Interstate 55 at Lemont Highway in Woodridge; all ramps closed with visitors managed by short-term indicators.
Kane County
- Eastbound Chicago Road between Heart Road and Liberty Road (Illinois 25) in Elgin; closed, detour posted.
Lake County
- Grand Avenue (Illinois 132) between Deep Lake and Munn roads in Lindenhurst; lane reductions proceed.
- Grand between Cedar Lake Highway and Lake Avenue in Lake Villa; lane reductions proceed with detour posted for eastbound visitors.
- Washington Road over Skokie Freeway (U.S. 41) and the Union Pacific Railroad in Waukegan; lane reductions proceed.
- Illinois 60 between Peterson Highway and Belvidere Highway (Illinois 120) in Volo; closed, native visitors solely.
McHenry County
- Souwanas Path between Vista Drive and Riverwood Drive in Algonquin; closed, detour posted.
Will County
- Moen Avenue between Mound Highway and Larkin Avenue (Illinois 7) in Rockdale; closed, detour posted.
- Sioux Drive/Dove Drive between Sundown Drive and Eames Road (U.S. 6) in Channahon; lane reductions proceed.
- Essington Highway between Pandola Avenue and Citadel Drive in Joliet; lane reductions proceed.
- Northwest Frontage Highway between Jefferson Road (U.S. 52) and Black Highway in Shorewood; closed, detour posted.
- Wheeler Avenue over I-80 in Joliet; closed, detour posted.
- I-80 at Wheeler Avenue; all shoulders closed.
- Shepley Highway over I-80 simply east of Minooka; closed, detour posted.
- I-55 at between I-80 and Jefferson Road (U.S. 52) in Shorewood and Joliet; all shoulders closed.
- Southbound I-55 ramp to Jefferson in Shorewood; lane reductions proceed.
- I-80 at Briggs Road in Joliet; all shoulders closed.
- Westbound I-80 between River Highway in Shorewood and Ridge Highway in Minooka; left shoulder closed.
- Illinois 59 at Seil Highway in Shorewood; lane reductions proceed.
- Westbound I-80 at Richards Road in Joliet; all ramps closed; detour posted.
District 2
Carroll County
- Illinois 84 over Rush Creek north of Savanna; lane closures proceed with visitors managed by short-term indicators.
Jo Daviess County
- Eastbound Spring Road (U.S. 20) between Summit and Excessive streets in Galena; closed, detour posted.
- Illinois 78 over the Plum River about 4 miles south of Stockton; lane closures proceed with visitors managed by short-term indicators.
Lee County
- U.S. 30 over the Union Pacific Railroad east of Rock Falls; lane closures proceed with visitors managed by short-term indicators.
Ogle County
- U.S. 52 over Elkhorn Creek close to Brookville; closed, detour posted.
Rock Island County
- Port Byron Highway over Interstate 88; closed.
- Interstate 88 in three places east of the Quad Cities; lane reductions proceed.
- I-88 at Illinois 92; lane reductions proceed.
- Interstate 280 close to Rock Island; lane reductions proceed.
Stephenson County
- U.S. 20 over Illinois 75 simply east of Freeport; lane reductions proceed.
Whiteside County
- Illinois 40 at Science Ridge Highway north of Sterling; closed, detour posted.
Winnebago County
- U.S 20 between the Rock River and Alpine Highway; lane reductions proceed.
- Perryville Highway over Interstate 39/U.S. 20/51; closed, detour posted.
District 3
Bureau County
- Illinois 29 simply west of DePue; closed, detour posted.
- I-80 between Illinois 40 and the Henry County line; lane reductions proceed.
- Ramps at Illinois 40; closed
- Illinois 26 north of Princeton; lane closures proceed with visitors managed by short-term indicators.
Kankakee County
- I-57 at Waldron Highway in Kankakee; lane closures proceed with visitors managed by short-term indicators.
- I-57 by way of Kankakee; lane reductions proceed.
- Armour Highway simply west of Kinzie Avenue (Illinois 50) in Bourbonnais; lane reductions proceed.
La Salle County
- U.S. 34 over Sutphen’s Run close to Earlville; lane reductions proceed with visitors managed by short-term indicators.
- Southbound I-39 about 5 miles north of I-80; lane reductions proceed.
- I-80 over the Fox River simply east of Ottawa; lane reductions proceed.
Livingston County
- Illinois 17 between Illinois 18 and Illinois 23 southeast of Streator; closed, detour posted.
District 4
Henderson County
- Illinois 96 over Camp Creek simply east of Dallas Metropolis; lane reductions proceed with visitors managed by short-term indicators.
- Illinois 96 over Weaver Creek simply west of Lomax; lane reductions proceed with visitors managed by short-term indicators.
Knox County
- Illinois 180 over the Spoon River simply north of Williamsfield; lane reductions proceed with visitors managed by short-term indicators.
Marshall County
- Illinois 17 bridge over the Illinois River at Lacon; closed, detour posted
Peoria County
- Eastbound Battle Memorial Drive (U.S. 150) at Adams Road (Illinois 29) in Peoria; lane reductions proceed.
- Adams Road (Illinois 29) between Lorentz Avenue and Eureka Road; lane reductions proceed.
- Interstate 474 over Plank Highway (Illinois 116) west of Peoria; lane reductions proceed.
- Bob Michel Bridge (Illinois 40) over the Illinois River; closed, detour posted.
- Illinois 29 by way of Chillicothe; lane reductions proceed.
- Illinois 8 between Taylor Highway and Heinz Lane close to Edwards; closed, detour posted.
Tazewell County
- Interstate 155 close to Hopedale; lane reductions proceed.
Warren County
- U.S. 34 simply west of the Knox County line; lane reductions proceed.
- U.S. 34 on the Cameron Highway (a hundred and fortieth Road) interchange between Monmouth and Galesburg; lane reductions proceed.
District 5
Champaign County
- Interstate 74 between Cunningham Avenue/U.S. 45 (exit 184) in Urbana and two miles west of St. Joseph; lane reductions proceed.
- Westbound I-74 ramp to northbound I-57 in Champaign; closed, detour posted.
- Northbound I-57 ramp to westbound I-74; closed, detour posted.
Edgar County
- Illinois 49 about 5 miles south of U.S. 36 close to Brocton; lane reductions proceed with visitors managed by short-term indicators.
McLean County
- I-55 between Lexington and Chenoa; lane reductions proceed.
- U.S. 24 about two miles east of Chenoa; lane reductions proceed with visitors managed by short-term indicators.
Vermilion County
- I-74 between mileposts 205 close to Oakwood and 215 at Danville; lane reductions proceed.
District 6
Adams County
- Bayview Bridge (westbound U.S. 24) in Quincy; lane reductions proceed.
Cass County
- Illinois 125 between Illinois 78 in Virginia and U.S. 67 in Beardstown; lane reductions proceed.
Christian County
- Illinois 29 on the southeast fringe of Taylorville; lane reductions proceed.
- Illinois 29 northwest of Pana; lane reductions proceed.
Macoupin County
- Illinois 16 about 1 mile east of Illinois 111; lane reductions proceed with visitors managed by short-term indicators.
Pike County
- Interstate 72 west of the Illinois River; lane reductions proceed.
- Illinois 29 over the South Fork Sangamon River close to Rochester; lane reductions proceed.
Scott County
- Illinois 106 between Winchester and the Hillview Blacktop; lane reductions proceed.
District 7
Clark County
- Eastbound Interstate 70 about six miles west of Illinois 1; lane reductions proceed.
Coles County
- U.S. 45 at Southside Drive in Humboldt; closed, detour posted.
Crawford County
- Illinois 1 about two miles south of Illinois 33 close to Robinson; lane reductions proceed with visitors managed by short-term indicators.
Cumberland County
- I-70 5 miles east of Greenup; lane reductions proceed.
Effingham County
- I-70 between Effingham and the Cumberland County line; lane reductions proceed.
- Fayette Avenue between the I-57/70 frontage highway to Henrietta Road; lane reductions proceed.
Fayette County
- I-70 over Camp Creek 2 miles east of Vandalia; lane reductions proceed.
- U.S. 51 over I-70 in Vandalia; lane reductions proceed.
Macon County
- William Road (Illinois 105) over Lake Decatur; lane reductions proceed.
District 8
Madison County
- U.S. 40 at Illinois 40 east of Troy; lane reductions on each roads proceed, with visitors managed by short-term indicators.
- U.S. 40 between Triad lane and Illinois 162 east of Troy; lane reductions proceed with visitors managed by short-term indicators.
Marion County
- I-57 between Illinois 161 and the Jefferson County line; lane reductions proceed.
- Northbound I-57 ramps at Illinois 161 (exit 109); closed.
District 9
Alexander County
- I-57 over U.S. 51 simply north of Cairo; lane reductions proceed.
Jackson County
- Illinois 149 over Kinkaid Creek simply north of Spillway Highway; lane reductions proceed with visitors managed by short-term indicators.
Jefferson County
- I-57 at Dix; lane reductions proceed.
- Illinois 148 west of Waltonville; lane reductions proceed with visitors managed by short-term indicators.
Massac County
- I-24 over Bear Creek at milepost 28; lane reductions proceed.
Pope County
- Illinois 145 over Bay Creek simply south of Illinois 146; lane reductions proceed with visitors managed by short-term indicators.
Saline County
- U.S. 45 close to Texas Metropolis; lane reductions proceed with visitors managed by short-term indicators.
White County
- U.S. 45 south of Norris Metropolis; closed, detour posted.
