The Illinois Department of Transportation announced Tuesday (Aug. 28, 2018) that it will reopen lanes where possible for the Labor Day holiday to minimize travel disruption.

Non-emergency work will be suspended from 3 p.m. Friday, Aug. 31, through 12:01 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 4, when construction will resume.

The following work zones in the Chicago area’s District 1 will remain in place during the holiday weekend.

IDOT reminds drivers to pay close attention to signs and posted speed limits and to buckle up, put your phone down and drive sober.

District 1

Cook County

• Illinois 59 (Sutton Road) from north of West Bartlett Road to south of Illinois 19 (Irving Park Road); lane reductions continue.
• Sheridan Road between Lincoln Street and Ridge Avenue in Evanston; lane reductions continue.
• Shermer Road over the West Fork, North Branch of the Chicago River in Northbrook; closed. Detour posted.
• FK Boulevard from Arlington Heights Road to Elk Grove Boulevard in Elk Grove Village; lane reductions continue.
• Elk Grove Boulevard from Arlington Heights Road to Victoria Lane in Elk Grove Village; lane reductions continue.
• Northwest Highway between Touhy and Washington avenues in Park Ridge; lane reductions continue.
• North Avenue and U.S. 20 (Lake Street) in Streamwood; lane reductions continue.
• East Avenue in Streamwood; lane reductions continue.
• Illinois 50 (Cicero Avenue) between 157th and 161st streets in Oak Forest; lane reductions continue.
• U.S. 6 (159th Street) between Le Claire Avenue and Oak Forest Hospital entrance in Oak Forest; lane reductions continue.
• Interstate 290/Illinois 53 southbound from Interstate 90 to Higgins Road; lane reductions continue. (two lanes open on I-290/IL 53 SB Express & Local)
• Interstate 90 under Interstate 290/Illinois 53; shoulder closed.
• Cicero Avenue over Interstate 57; lane reductions continue.
• U.S. 12/45 in Stone Park; lane reductions continue.
• Illinois 171 (Archer Avenue) and Illinois 83 intersection in Lemont; lane reductions continue.
• Jane Byrne Interchange project; the following ramps will remain closed:
  • Inbound Kennedy (EB I/94) entrance from Madison
  • Inbound Kennedy (EB I-90/94) exit to Monroe
  • Inbound Kennedy (EB I-90/94) exit to Adams
  • Inbound Kennedy (EB I-90/94) exit to inbound Congress Parkway
  • Outbound Dan Ryan (EB I-90/94) exit to Taylor and Roosevelt
  • Inbound Dan Ryan (WB I-90/94) exit to inbound Congress Parkway
  • Inbound Dan Ryan (WB I-90/94) exit to Madison
  • Outbound Kennedy (WB I-90/94) entrance from Jackson
  • Inbound Eisenhower (EB I-290) exit to Racine
  • Outbound Congress entrance from Canal
  • Outbound Congress exit to outbound Dan Ryan (EB I-90/94)
  • Outbound Eisenhower (WB I-290) exit to Morgan
  • Inbound Eisenhower Expressway; lane reductions continue.
  • Inbound Congress Parkway; lane reductions continue.
  • Monroe Street and Van Buren Street bridges over I-90/94; closed.

DuPage County

• Park Boulevard from Illinois 38 to Revere Road in Glen Ellyn; lane reductions continue. Detour posted.
• Taylor Avenue at the Union Pacific Railroad in Glen Ellyn; closed. Detour posted.

Kane County

• Illinois 64 over the Fox River in St. Charles; lane reductions continue.
• West County Line Road in Maple Park; closed. Detour posted.

Lake County

• U.S. 12 over Illinois 59 ramp in Wauconda; lane reductions continue.
• Southbound Illinois 59 at U.S. 12 in Wauconda; closed. Detour posted.
• Illinois 132 (Grand Avenue) in Gurnee; lane reductions continue.
  • Northbound entrance ramp to U.S. 41 and Grandville Avenue; closed.
  • Southbound exit ramp from U.S. 41 to Illinois 132; closed. Detour posted.
• Forest Avenue over the Ravine Ditch in Highland Park; closed. Detour posted.
• Illinois 120 over the Canadian Pacific Railway, Greenleaf Street and ramps in Waukegan; lane reductions continue.
  • Westbound Illinois 120 exit ramp to Greenleaf Street; closed. Detour posted.
• Illinois 137 (Greenwood Avenue) over the Amstutz Expressway in Waukegan; lane reductions continue.
  • Northbound Illinois 137 (Amstutz Expressway) ramp to westbound Greenwood Avenue in Waukegan; lane reductions continue.
• Illinois 120 over US 41, Union Pacific Railroad and Old Skokie Road in Park City; lane reductions continue.
• Illinois 137 over U.S. 45 in Libertyville; lane reductions continue.

McHenry County

• Bay Road over Lily Lake Drain in Johnsburg; lane reductions continue, controlled by traffic signals.
• Deerpass Road at Kishwaukee River in Marengo; closed to through traffic, detour posted.
• Oak Grove Road just west of U.S. 14 in Chemung Township; closed to through traffic, detour posted.
• Main Street over Crystal Creek in Algonquin; closed. Detour posted.

Will County

• Illinois 53 over Hickory Creek in Joliet; lane reductions continue.
• Southbound Illinois 171 (State Street) from Eighth Street to 10th St in Lockport; lane reductions continue.
• Jefferson Street (eastbound U.S. 30) over the Des Plaines River in Joliet; closed. Detour posted.

SOURCE: IDOT news release