Lane closures are expected to be extended overnight Tuesday
Traffic during the morning rush hour crawls along just east of where the Kennedy and Edens expressways merge, as a three-year construction project is set to begin on the inbound Kennedy expressway on March 21, 2023.
And Wednesday morning could be worse. On the first morning, lanes were closed only between the I-94 junction and around Irving Park Road, but closures are expected to progress as setup for the project continues. Overnight Tuesday, the closures were expected to be extended to roughly the Fullerton Avenue exit.is expected to take about a week, weather permitting. Then construction will begin.
Work will take place in three phases, starting with the inbound, or southbound, lanes, where closures began overnight Monday. Two regular inbound lanes will be closed at a time, and the reversible express lanes in the center of the highway will remain open in the inbound direction at all times.Work is scheduled to shift to the reversible express lanes in spring 2024, then to the outbound lanes in 2025.
Castaneda said congestion could ease somewhat as construction moves forward and drivers adjust to new patterns.
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