SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WCIA) — Ahead of a busy travel weekend, the Illinois Department of Transportation is planning to open several lanes across the state to reduce traffic.
IDOT will open most non-emergency lane closures across the state from 3 p.m. Friday to 11:59 p.m. Monday to minimize traffic disruptions for travelers on the holiday weekend.
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The following roads and routes will still be closed for the long weekend:
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 Pesotum/U.S. 45 (exit 220) : lane reductions continue.
- Illinois 10 (Springfield Avenue) between Duncan Road and Mattis Avenue in Champaign : closed.
Douglas County
- I-57 between mileposts 202 and 215 : lane reductions continue.
Edgar County
- U.S. 150 about 5 miles east of Paris : lane reductions continue with traffic controlled by temporary signals.
McLean County
- U.S. 24 2 miles east of Chenoa: lane reductions continue with traffic controlled by temporary signals.
- Illinois 9 east of I-55/74 in Bloomington: lane reductions continue.
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- Eastbound I-74 between U.S. 150 and Bowman Avenue in Danville : lane reductions continue.
- Westbound I-74 between Bowman Avenue and U.S. 150 in Danville : lane reductions continue.
- U.S. 150/Illinois 1 over I-74 in Tilton : lane reductions continue.
- I-74 between Oakwood and Tilton : lane reductions continue.
Cass County
- Illinois 97 between Bluff Springs and Virginia : lane reductions continue with traffic controlled by temporary signals.
Christian County
- Illinois 48 over the South Fork Sangamon River about 5 miles south of Taylorville : lane reductions continue with traffic controlled by temporary signals.
Hancock County
- U.S. 136 over the Mississippi River at Hamilton : lane reductions continue.
Macoupin County
- Illinois 16 near Piasa : lane reductions continue.
Mason County
- Illinois 10 in Mason City : lane reductions continue.
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- Illinois 97 between North Shore Road and Boy Scout Trail south of Petersburg : lane reductions continue with traffic controlled by temporary signals.
Montgomery County
- Illinois 16 near Ohlman : lane reductions continue.
Pike County
- Illinois 96 over Hadley Creek south of Kinderhook : lane reductions continue with traffic controlled by temporary signals.
Sangamon County
- Southbound I-55 at the Sangamon River : lane reductions continue.
Coles County
- I-57 over U.S. 45 south of Mattoon : lane reductions continue.
Cumberland County
- Illinois 130 about 4 miles north of Greenup : lane reductions continue with traffic controlled by temporary signals.
Effingham County
- I-70 between Effingham and the Cumberland County line ; lane reductions continue.
- Fayette Avenue between Raney and Walnut streets in Effingham ; lane reductions continue.
- U.S. 45 about 3 miles south of Illinois 37 ; lane reductions continue with traffic controlled by temporary signals.
Fayette County
- U.S. 40 over I-70 at Vandalia : lane reductions continue.
- U.S. 51 just north of Ramsey : lane reductions continue with traffic controlled by temporary signals.
- Illinois 185 over I-57 at Farina : lane reductions continue with traffic controlled by temporary signals.
Lawrence County
- U.S. 50 about 2 miles east of the airport interchange: lane reductions continue.
- Illinois 1 about 2 miles south of Lawrenceville : lane reductions continue with traffic controlled by temporary signals.
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- I-72 east of Forsyth : lane reductions continue.
- U.S. 36 over Illinois 48 in Decatur : lane reductions continue.
- Illinois 121 just east of the Logan County line : lane reductions continue with traffic controlled by temporary signals.
Wayne County
- Illinois 15 about a mile west of Sims Road : lane reductions continue with traffic controlled by temporary signals.
- Illinois 15 about a mile west of County Highway 3 : lane reductions continue with traffic controlled by temporary signals.
IDOT officials remind everyone getting in vehicles this weekend to buckle up and only get behind the wheel if you’re sober.
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