Tollway lanes shifting for EJ&E bridge PDF Print E-mail
Thursday, September 16, 2010

Work on the EJ&E railway bridge over Interstate 88 in northeastern Illinois, which starts Sept. 17, will result in a temporary shifting of lanes on the tollway, the Geneva, Ill., Sun reports.

The bridge over I-88 is between Eola Road and Route 59. Work on the 52-year-old railroad bridge will include repairs to the drainage system, repairs to the bridge beams and pier bearings, structural steel fabrication and repairs and bridge painting. This work is scheduled to be complete by the end of the year.

Tollway officials said the project will begin by restriping the pavement on I-88 about 1,500 feet on either side of the bridge for a traffic shift that will create a work zone in both directions.

Three lanes of traffic will remain open during daytime hours, tollway officials said, but some overnight lane closures are required.


 

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