IDOT announces lane closure suspensions over 4th of July holiday, but work zones will still be plentiful

Lanes that have been closed for construction will reopen where possible over the Fourth of July holiday, the Illinois Department of Transportation announced Wednesday.

IDOT says non-emergency closures will be suspended from 3 p.m. Thursday until 11:59 p.m. Sunday. Work zones will still be plentiful across the state, however, in addition to the downtown Chicago street closures

due to the NASCAR Chicago Street Race this weekend.

The following lane closures will remain in place around Chicagoland, according to IDOT:

City of Chicago

• Kennedy Expressway (Interstate 90/94) reversible lanes; outbound only, lane reductions continue.
• Foster Avenue over the Kennedy; 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 feeder ramp between Orleans Street and the Kennedy; lane reductions continue.
• Addison Street over the Kennedy; lane reductions continue.
• Edens Expressway (I-94) between Peterson Avenue and Lake Cook Road; shoulders closed.
• Ashland Avenue over the Eisenhower Expressway (I-290); lane reductions continue.
• Outbound Kennedy ramp to I-190 at O’Hare International Airport; shoulders closed.
• Outbound Dan Ryan Expressway (I-90/94) at 55th Street; lane reductions and shoulder closures continue.
• Cicero Avenue (Illinois 50) between 67th and 71st Street; lane reductions continue.

Cook County

• Oakton Avenue over the Des Plaines River in Des Plaines; lane reductions continue.
• Franklin Avenue between Runge Street and Mannheim Road (U.S. 12/45) in Franklin Park; lane reductions continue.
• La Grange Road (U.S. 12/20/45) between 87th Street and the Stevenson Expressway (I-55) in Lyons Township; lane reductions continue.
  • Outbound Stevenson ramp to southbound La Grange Road; closed, detour posted.
  • Inbound Stevenson ramp to northbound La Grange Road; closed, 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.
• Southbound Cicero Avenue (Illinois 50) between the Cal-Seg Channel and Midlothian Turnpike in Crestwood; right turn lane closed.
• Cermak Road between 19th Street and Gardner Road in Broadview and Westchester; lane reductions continue.
• 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; lane reductions continue.
• 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 and 86th Avenue in Palos Park; closed, detour posted.
• 131st Street at Southwest Highway (Illinois 7) in Orland Park; closed, detour posted.

DuPage County

• Rohlwing Road (Illinois 53) over the Canadian National Railroad south of Fullerton Avenue; lane reductions continue.
• 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.

Lake County

• Oak Spring Road over the Des Plaines River in Libertyville Township; closed, detour posted.
• Sprucewood Lane and Lake Shore Drive in Lindenhurst; lane closures continue.
• Hazel Avenue between Page Avenue and Waukegan Road (Illinois 43) in Deerfield; closed, detour posted.
• Deerpath Road between Oakwood and Western avenues in Lake Forest; closed, detour posted.

McHenry County

• Millstream Road between River Road and Illinois 176 in Seneca Township; closed, detour posted.
• Illinois 47 at Raycraft Road north of Woodstock; lane reductions continue with traffic controlled by temporary signals.
  • Raycraft Road; closed.
• 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.

Will County

• Moen Avenue between Mound Road and Larkin Avenue (Illinois 7) 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.
• Southbound I-55 from 1 mile south of I-80 to I-80; both shoulders closed.
• I-80 between Ridge Road and Wheeler Avenue in Joliet; all shoulders closed.
• I-80 ramps to southbound Larkin Avenue in Joliet; closed, detour posted.
  • Southbound Larkin Avenue ramp to eastbound I-80; closed, detour posted.
• I-80 at Richards Street in Joliet; all ramps closed.
• I-80 between Rowell Avenue in Joliet and Gougar Road in New Lenox; all shoulders closed.
• Larkin Avenue between Meadow Avenue and McDonough Street in Joliet; lane reductions continue.
• Ingolsby Road between Shepley and Mound roads in Minooka; closed, detour posted.
• 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.
• Richards Street between Colburn Avenue and Fifth Street in Joliet; lane reductions and shoulder closures continue.
  • I-80 ramps at Richards Street; closed.
• Briggs Street over I-80 in Joliet; lane reductions and shoulder closures continue.
• La Grange Road (U.S. 45) between Colorado Avenue and La Porte Road in Frankfort; lane reductions continue.
• Illinois 394 at Burville Road in Crete Township; lane reductions continue.
• Maple Road (U.S. 6) between Abe Street and Ridgewood Avenue in Joliet; closed, detour posted.
• Southbound Illinois 53 between Arsenal Road north of Wilmington and Hoff Road south of Elwood; lane reductions continue.
• Northbound Broadway Street (Illinois 7/53) between Division Street and Renwick Road in Lockport; lane reductions continue.
• Jefferson Street Bridge (U.S. 30) over the Des Plaines River in Joliet; closed, detour posted.