Work is expected to begin in the spring and will include the construction of a new ADA-compliant headhouse and ramp and other improvements.
Of the 47.9 million Americans who plan to travel 50 miles or more during June 30-July 4 holiday weekend, a record 42 million will travel.
According to officials, the viaduct will be inaccessible from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Friday while crews work to patch and clean certain areas.
Gov. J.B. Pritzker attended the Metra groundbreaking to rehabilitate the 147th Street-Sibley station.
A Dodge Durango was hit after the driver tried to beat the train, officials said.
Halsted Street was shut down from 175th Street to Maple Avenue from 10 a.m. to noon, the site of a fatal crash Thursday.
The new task force will not only patrol high-speed zones but also work as an educational group to warn drivers of speed-related crashes.
Installation is scheduled for Monday, through Tuesday.
The roads will reopen again Tuesday, according to the village.
It happened on the 2900 block of Flossmoor Road, according to police.
According to police, the Dixie Highway Viaduct between Park Avenue and Harwood Avenue was closed in both directions Tuesday morning.
Westbound Vollmer Road will be detoured at the Governors Highway intersection starting Monday and lasting three to four weeks.
A number of other citations and warnings were issued to drivers on the Tri-State Tollway in East Hazel Crest.
Complaints on the flooding at the viaduct in downtown Flossmoor come from both residents and business owners.
Illinois State Police' three-day patrol on I-294/I-80 also yielded one DUI and two occupant restraint citations.
The engineering phase of a project with a goal to ease flooding on the Flossmoor Road viaduct has begun.
A 36-year-old man took himself to an area hospital after he was hit by gunfire on the interstate near Michigan City Road.
Gregory Campbell, 52, of Chicago Heights was struck by a car and killed while trying to put gas in a stalled car on Interstate 57.
A 29-year-old Chicago woman was killed when the car she was driving lost control and was struck by a state police car.
The viaduct at Flossmoor Road and Sterling Avenue and other areas in the village are prone to flooding.
Some Homewood residents are without water service Friday morning.
The Cook County medical examiner's office identified the crash victim as 24-year-old Patricia Bailey.
The travel information site has released a list of the U.S. airlines most likely to stop you from boarding.
Add a little extra time to your commute Monday. IDOT said Ridge Road drainage work will require lane closures.
Pavement patching and resurfacing on expressways in the south suburbs will require overnight lane closures beginning Mon., Aug. 12.
The northbound Bishop Ford Freeway between Sibley Boulevard and Dolton Avenue in Calumet City and Dolton will be shut down Thursday.
The viaduct will be closed to vehicle traffic Thursday so repairs can be made. Pedestrians, however, will be allowed to walk through.
Roadwork will snarl Homewood traffic this spring as the village begins its repair and resurfacing project.
Illinois State Police stopped a three-hour truckers' protest before a caravan snarled traffic on the way to Trump Tower.
The Metra Electric train is running on a Saturday schedule for the rest of the day.
A modified schedule will be in effect for Monday.
Service on Metra's Electric Line is now suspended through Friday after a CN freight train derailed Wednesday night in Harvey.
Trains on the Metra Electric District line won't run through the end of Thursday.
Evening commuters have been dealing with several delays reported on the Metra Electric Line.
Portable speed display signs will allow the village to gather traffic data on Flossmoor Road and Western Avenue.
Delays were caused on the Metra Electric Line Friday night after a train struck the bumper of a car near Homewood.
Traffic on the Bishop Ford is backed up coming from Indiana.
A portion of 183rd Street in Homewood was closed to traffic Friday morning after a water main break near Center Avenue.