IDOT: Lanes reopening where possible for Memorial Day travel

Posted on May 24, 2024
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By WJBC Staff

BLOOMINGTON – Some lanes that have been closed for construction will reopen, where possible, for the Memorial Day weekend to minimize travel disruption. That’s according to the Illinois Department of Transportation.

Non-emergency closures will be suspended from 3 p.m. Friday, May 24, to 11:59 p.m. Monday, May 28, according to an IDOT news release.

The following lane closures will remain in place during the holiday weekend. Motorists can expect delays and should allow extra time for trips through these areas.

District 5 

McLean County 

  • Westbound U.S. 24 in Chenoa; lane reductions continue. 
  • Market Street (U.S. 150/Illinois 9) between Martin Luther King Jr. Drive and Hinshaw Avenue in Bloomington; lane reductions continue. 

Champaign County 

  • Westbound I-74 ramp to northbound I-57 in Champaign; closed, detour posted. 
  • Northbound I-57 ramp to westbound I-74; closed, detour posted. 
  • I-57 at the U.S. 45 interchange in Pesotum (exit 220); lane reductions continue. 
  • I-74 at the Illinois 130 interchange in Urbana (exit 185); lane reductions continue. 

Piatt County 

  • Bridge Street over I-72 in Monticello; lane reductions continue 

District 4 

Tazewell County 

  • U.S. 24 between Cummings Lane and Main Street in Washington; lane reductions continue. 
  • I-155 near Hopedale; lane reductions continue. 
  • Cedar Street Extension (Illinois 116/8) in East Peoria; lane reductions continue. 

Peoria County 

  • Eastbound War Memorial Drive (U.S. 150) at Adams Street (Illinois 29) in Peoria; lane reductions continue. 
  • Adams Street (Illinois 29) between Lorentz Avenue and Eureka Street; lane reductions continue. 
  • Westbound I-474 at Airport Road (exit 5) near Peoria; lane reductions continue. 
  • Illinois 8 just east of Oak Hill; closed. 
  • Eastbound I-74 at the I-474/Illinois 6 interchange (exit 87A-B); lane reductions continue. 

District 3

Livingston County 

  • Illinois 17 at I-55 in Dwight; lane reductions continue. 
  • Southbound I-55 near the Limestone Rest Area about 2 miles south of Pontiac; lane reductions continue. 

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