A long-term rehabilitation project on the Bishop Ford Freeway will close lanes and impact traffic beginning next week.
According to the Illinois Department of Transportation, the project is set to get underway Tuesday, weather permitting, and will take place over the next two construction seasons, wrapping up at the tail end of 2027.
The outbound side will be worked on first, with the inbound side being rehabbed beginning next year.
Officials say the project will have several goals along a stretch of the highway, which splits off from the Dan Ryan Expressway south of 95th Street and heads toward the southeast.
Major travel delays are expected at times, and officials are urging the public to consider alternate routes if they are available.
“The Bishop Ford Freeway is critical to the movement of goods and people throughout the region, but in need of reinvestment and repair,” said Illinois Transportation Secretary Gia Biagi in a statement. “These improvements the next two years will result in a safer, more reliable road for you and your families. Please slow down when approaching and traveling through the work zone, put down devices and stay patient while we get to work on fixing the Bishop Ford.”
As part of the work, crews will patch and resurface 9.5 miles of the freeway from west of Martin Luther King Drive to U.S. Route 6, according to IDOT officials.
The project will also include the replacement of overhead sign structures along the roadway, along with the installation of energy-efficient LED lights.
Finally, bridges carrying the Bishop Ford over multiple streets and the Little Calumet River will also be rehabilitated during the course of the $93 million project.
The project will begin on the outbound side of the Bishop Ford on Tuesday, and once construction is completed on that side work will begin on the inbound side next year, officials said.
The project will begin with the closure of a lane on the outbound Bishop Ford between 130th Street and U.S. 6. The outbound Bishop Ford ramp to eastbound Dolton and the westbound 159th Street ramp to the Bishop Ford will close. Overnight and weekend lane closures are also expected.
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