After a shorter-than-usual winter break from highway construction, traffic-snarling lane closures on the Kennedy Expressway are set to begin again.
, will focus on the reversible express lanes running down the center of the highway and the large underpass near Hubbard Street downtown. The express lanes and some lanes of regular traffic are set to close during the construction season, which is starting earlier than usual because of warm temperatures expected this winter and spring.
The $150 million project, paid through the state’s capital program, is rehabbing 7.5 miles of the 10-lane highway from the I-94 split south to downtown. It includes work on 36 bridges and the highway’s reversible express lane access system, the current version of which was installed in 1996. It also includes replacing overhead signs, upgrading lighting, paving and painting, and painting and installing new lighting at the Hubbard underpass between Ohio and Lake streets.
The week of March 11, the reversible express lanes are expected to fully close until fall. The left lane on the inbound, or southbound, Kennedy and Edens expressways will also close between the area just before the junction where the two highways join, and the express lanes entrance at Montrose Avenue.
Lanes will also close for several months downtown near the Hubbard Street underpass for cleaning, painting and installation of LED lights, IDOT said. The left lane will be closed in each direction in the area, as will the Randolph Street ramp to the outbound, or northbound, Kennedy.
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