Lanes opening, Labor Day Break on Kingery Expressway
The Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) is announcing an updated schedule of Kingery Expressway (I-80/94) openings and construction as the Labor Day holiday approaches. As work progresses throughout the Kingery corridor, IDOT’s Road Doctors have planned the following schedule (weather permitting):
Today, August 30 IDOT will begin to open new lanes. By Thursday, September 1st, all eastbound I-80/94 traffic will be on new pavement from Illinois Route 394 to Burnham Avenue. After the switch to the new pavement, traffic from eastbound I-80 and eastbound I-94 will be able to exit to northbound and southbound Torrence Avenue.
At 3:00 PM on Friday, September 2 the Road Doctors will take a break for the Labor Day holiday. There will be no lane closures during the holiday weekend. Work will resume Tuesday, September 6 at 12:01 AM.
On Tuesday, September 6, the exit ramp from northbound Illinois Route 394 to eastbound I-80/94 will close for reconstruction for approximately two months.
The posted detour will direct traffic to continue northbound on Illinois Route 394 to the westbound Bishop Ford Freeway (I-94). Traffic will then exit at westbound 159th Street, loop around and reenter I-94 eastbound and follow the detour signs to the exit ramp to eastbound I-80/94.
This work is part of the $430 million Kingery Expressway reconstruction project. Work began in 2003 and will continue through 2006. The completed project will include additional traffic lanes and reconfigured interchanges at Torrence Ave. and at the Bishop Ford Expressway/ Illinois Route 394 junction.
For more information, please visit
www.kingeryexpressway.com or call 1-877-411-IDOT.