Skeletal remains found under Kennedy Expressway in Chicago
The scene is at the edge of the Bucktown neighborhood, right down the street from Whirlyball Chicago.
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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.
Some lanes are opening today as the first phase of a major construction project nears completion.
The entire project is set to be completed in December of 2025, so drivers shouldn't hit the gas to hard just yet.
The construction nightmare on Interstate 90/94 is somewhat over, for now. On Sunday morning, the inbound lanes of the Kennedy and Edens Expressways, including lanes and ramps, will fully reopen.
IDOT said in a news release that a sequenced reopening to remove the longstanding work zone will begin on Thursday.
