Delays and backups were reported Monday as pro-Palestinian protesters blocked a major ramp off the Kennedy Expressway in Chicago during the morning rush hour.
The blockage, which began just before 8 a.m. on the eastbound Ohio Feeder Ramp, lasted for several minutes before police cleared the roadway and began a traffic management program
The blockage, which began just before 8 a.m. on the eastbound Ohio Feeder Ramp, lasted for several minutes before police cleared the roadway and began a traffic management program."Protest activity causing traffic disruption on Eastbound Ohio Feeder Ramp. Consider alternate routes," Chicago officials wrote on X, formerly Twitter.
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