The first barricades went up overnight along the Kennedy Expressway Monday night, the beginning of a three-year reconstruction between the Edens Expressway and Ohio Street.
More than 275,000 vehicles travel on the Kennedy each day. Transportation officials advise commuters to find other means of travel or adjust work hours. Metra plans to revise its schedule on the UP Northwest Line beginning April 3 to add 12 trains to its weekday service lineup.
To help minimize the impact on traffic, the reversible express lanes will remain open in the inbound direction. Construction is expected to be completed this fall, with all lanes and ramps reopening and the express lanes resuming normal operations.Jonathan Schumacher, IDOT bureau chief of construction, talks about the statust of the Kennedy Expressway project and tells commuters what to expect for the next few years.Construction in 2024 will focus on reversible express lanes, which will be closed to rehab the roadway and modernize the 52-year-old system that controls the gates to the express lanes.
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