95th Street Bridge Construction to Begin Next Week

Construction work on the 95th Street Bridge Extension Project is expected to begin next week, according to the city of Naperville.

The project will extend 95th Street over the DuPage River and complete a more efficient, direct connection between Plainfield-Naperville and Boughton roads.

Contractors will be relocating utilities over the next few months around 95th Street and Plainfield/Naperville Road in Naperville and Boughton and Kings roads in Bolingbrook. Residents in subdivisions located near Knoch Knolls Road and 95^th Street can also expect to see trucks hauling soil from the dead end of 95th Street out to Plainfield-Naperville Road as part of the preparation to build the new road and bridge.

The project, which is led by the Will County Department of Highways with support from the city of Naperville and the village of Bolingbrook, includes the extension of 95th Street over the DuPage River, improvements to the existing intersections at the limits of the extension, pedestrian and bicycle accommodations and the installation of noise walls at certain locations.

The city of Naperville is also working with Will County to install a new traffic signal at Knoch Knolls Road and 95th Street in coordination with the project.

Major work will be split into two construction stages. The first stage includes the construction of the new roadway from Boughton Road to Knoch Knolls Road, including the bridge. The second stage will complete improvements through the Plainfield-Naperville Road intersection and is scheduled to begin in early 2014. Both stages are expected to be completed by late 2014. A map of the project area is available at www.naperville.il.us/95thextension.aspx.

The extension of 95th Street and creation of the bridge will provide benefits not only to the city of Naperville but also to surrounding Bolingbrook and Will County, according to the city. The project provides an additional east-west route to alleviate congestion and improve traffic flow while enhancing safety at the affected intersections.

The roadway extension will reduce the driving distance between 95th Street and Plainfield/Naperville Road and Boughton and Kings roads by approximately 1.1 miles. At projected future traffic levels, this will save the public an accumulated 15,400 travel miles per day, or 5.6 million miles per year.

All construction is weather dependent; notice of schedule changes as well as more information about the project will be posted to the city’s project webpage at www.naperville.il.us/95thextension.aspx and in the city’s Road Closure and Construction eNewsletter alerts.

For more information on the City of Naperville, visit www.naperville.il.us. 

Submitted by the city of Naperville