Bomb squad examines vehicle on Eisenhower Expressway near Mannheim Road

The Eisenhower Expressway was shut down in both directions in Chicago's western suburbs as a bomb squad examined a vehlcle on the roadway during the midday hours Thursday.

The Eisenhower (I-290) was closed east of Mannheim Road where Bellwood meets Westchester.

The ramps from Mannheim Road to the Eisenhower, Mannheim Road crossing over the Eisenhower, and the Ronald Reagan Memorial Tollway (I-88) eastbound to the Eisenhower were also closed, Illinois State Police said.  

Police were focusing their attention on one vehicle in the outbound lanes. A police drone was seen hovering over the vehicle, but there were no officers immediately around it.

A bomb squad later came up and examined the vehicle.

It was unclear what was inside the vehicle.

State police provided no details other than to say an "active incident" was happening.

The shutdown caused traffic nightmares in both directions. It happened to be near the same site where an unrelated rollover crash and oil spill shut down the westbound Eisenhower earlier Thursday morning.