Express lanes on Kennedy Expressway won't reopen until January now
A billboard along the Kennedy Expressway is using the holiday season to seemingly troll the Illinois construction project that has yet to be completed. Tara Molina reports.
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A billboard along the Kennedy Expressway is using the holiday season to seemingly troll the Illinois construction project that has yet to be completed. Tara Molina reports.
The reversible lanes are now set to reopen the week of Jan. 13, a significant delay from the original deadline of Oct. 31. Tara Molina reports.
IDOT said in September that it needed to paint stripes on the express lanes and lay seven and a half miles of wiring, sensors, and cameras. At the time IDOT said it would wrap things up “sometime in the fall.” But as of Tuesday, Dec. 10, the work continued. Kris Habermehl reports from CBS Skywatch.
The scene is at the edge of the Bucktown neighborhood, right down the street from Whirlyball Chicago.
The scene is at the edge of the Bucktown neighborhood, right down the street from Whirlyball Chicago.
Despite new signs being erected on the Kennedy Expressway, IDOT says there's still more work to be done.
Drivers might be understandably confused about the state of the construction along the Kennedy Expressway in Chicago. Social media posts from the Illinois Department of Transportation and new signs going up suggest the project may be winding down for 2024, but as CBS News Chicago found out, drivers will be stuck going slow for months more.
Transportation experts call it a bad look for an area that will see heavy traffic for those coming to and leaving the DNC.
The girders on the ceiling of the Kennedy Expressway tunnel remain half-painted with the Democratic National Convention coming this week, and a transportation expert says it's not a good look. Tara Molina reports.
Painting on the girders on the ceiling of Hubbard's Cave on the Kennedy is only half completed, and a transportation expert says it's a bad look for Chicago. Tara Molina reports.
The outbound Dan Ryan Expressway between Roosevelt Road and 18th Street reopened Sunday evening after a shooting disrupted traffic for hours.
Illinois State Police say the victim was heading south when someone opened fire and struck their vehicle.
Jakyla Hester, 21, has been charged with one felony count of reckless homicide and two felony counts of aggravated DUI.
Illinois State Police confirmed two vehicles crashed shortly after 11 a.m. near the southbound Kennedy Expressway ramp to the Eisenhower Expressway.
A wrong-way driver slammed into a garbage truck in the outbound lanes around 5:45 a.m.
The left lane of the interstate near Grand Avenue was closed for the investigation.
The left lane of the interstate near Grand Avenue was closed for the investigation.
The express lanes will remain shut down between the Edens Expressway junction and Ohio Street through the fall.
The express lanes on the Kennedy will remain shut down between the Edens Expressway junction and Ohio Street through the fall. CBS 2's Jermont Terry reports.
Crews will be patching pavement and fixing overhead lighting, among other updates along the Kennedy express lanes.
The rehab of the reversible express lanes on the Kennedy between the Edens Expressway junction and Ohio Street will begin March 11.
The work will keep the express lanes closed through the late fall. Neither inbound nor outbound traffic will be able to use them.
The express lanes on the Kennedy will be closed through the late fall. CBS 2's Tara Molina reports.
This phase of construction will have the express lanes on the Kennedy shut down until the fall. CBS 2's Tara Molina reports.
Roadblocks from the three-year massive construction project on the Kennedy Expressway are coming back sooner than expected thanks to the warm weather.
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A Snow Squall Warning was issued for parts of the area Wednesday morning. Meteorologist Laura Bannon has the forecast, and Kris Habermehl has an eye on traffic.
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