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Road closures start Monday in northwest suburbs

Apr 3, 2017 | WLSAM Staff

(BENSENVILLE) Roads in the northwest suburbs will be closed beginning Monday to complete work on the Illinois Route 390 Tollway.

At 7 a.m., northbound Thomas Drive at South Frontage Road in Bensenville is scheduled to close for pavement work and curing time, according to the Illinois Tollway. A detour will direct traffic to use Foster Avenue to York Road to access South Frontage Road, officials said. The stretch of road is scheduled to reopen April 10 at 4 p.m.

Work is also scheduled to resume at 7 a.m. Monday at the Wood Dale Road and Arlington Heights Road interchanges.

Traffic on Wood Dale Road between Thorndale Avenue in Itasca and Mark Street in Wood Dale is scheduled to be reduced to one lane in each direction and shifted to the east, officials said. Traffic is scheduled to remain in this configuration until late May.

Traffic on Arlington Heights Road in Itasca is scheduled to shift to widen and reconstruct the roadway, officials said. The left lane on northbound Arlington Heights Road between Country Club Drive and Pierce Road will close and traffic will be shifted to the right onto newly constructed temporary pavement.

The right lane on southbound Arlington Heights Road between Pierce Road and Country Club Drive will close and traffic will be shifted to the left onto newly constructed temporary pavement, officials said. Traffic is scheduled to remain in this configuration until mid-June.

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Traffic and Transportation Projects for the Week of June 13

Jun 13, 2016 | WLSAM Staff

By Jen DeSalvo, WLS-AM 890 Traffic and Transportation

(CHICAGO) Closures for pavement repairs begin on northbound Kingery Highway (Illinois 83) between Grove Avenue and Irving Park Road (Illinois 19), in Bensenville, Monday, June 13. Kingery will be reduced down to two lanes.

Bridge repairs and safety improvements start Monday, June 13 on Main Street (Illinois 31) over the Edgewood Ravine, south of Illinois 62, in Algonquin. The project will continue through the summer months.

From the Illinois Department of Transportation, “the bridge that carries Main Street over the Edgewood Ravine will be reduced to one lane in each direction. Lane width reductions and temporary traffic signals also will be in place for the duration of the project.”

Also, IDOT instructs that all northbound left turns from Illinois 31 at Edgewood Drive will be prohibited. A posted detour will direct traffic west on Beach Drive and north on Cardinal

In Lake Villa, Fairfield Road will be closed to traffic north of Grand Avenue (Illinois 132) for ongoing intersection improvement. The project consists of pavement widening, resurfacing and traffic signal installation.

As far as CTA projects, there is an “Overnight Boarding Change” in place, as Blue Line trains will run on only one track between Clark/Lake and Damen from 10:00 p.m. on Monday through 4:00 a.m. on Tuesday, June 14.

Also beginning on Monday, June 13, Forest Park-bound Blue line trains will not stop at Irving Park station at all through July 5.

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