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Started by Revive 755, June 05, 2013, 10:38:30 PM

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3467

Yes it is widening the 2 lane North of Monmouth. Not 4 lane but there is some. New 2 lane alignment. The road is in terrible shape. It's needed this for decades.
The freeway pretty much died about the time Illinois 1 did. The FHWA said it was too close to 74 and suggested the corridor that now exists.
The EPA told IDOT that Indiana was connecting the cities in Indiana that the freeway was to serve.


Revive 755

#251
List of projects for the April 23, 2021 Letting is up

* Item 1 is intersection reconstruction for IL 129 at Coal City Road.

* Item 2 installs a new traffic signal on IL 173 at North Lake Avenue in Antioch

* Item 5 is signal modernization for IL 31 at Fabyan Parkway, Orchard Road at Acutt Road, and Orchard Road at Rochester Drive

* Item 12 is resurfacing and traffic signal work on Grand Avenue in DuPage County from US 20 to the Cook County Line

* Item 36 is traffic signal mast arm replacement for River Street at Station Street in Kankakee

* Item 56 involves traffic signal upgrades on IL 29 in Rochester

* Item 76 would have been RCUTs for IL 13/IL 127 at Ava Road and IL 13/IL 127 and Grange Hall Road (deleted again)

* Item 102 would have involved two new grade separations for the UP Railroad at Iron Bridge Road and Woodside Road south of Springfield (deleted)

* Item 111 is intersection reconstruction for Des Plaines River Road at Robinson in Franklin Park

* Item 112 is intersection improvements for IL 58 at US 41 and Niles Center Road

* Item 118 appears to be traffic signal work and pavement improvements on IL 2 in Dixon north of the Rock River

* Item 127 is a rebid of the bridge work on I-55 in the northern half of the Springfield area from the Sangamon River to the railroad bridge south of IL 54.

* Item 134 is intersection reconstruction for US 45 at IL 173

* Item 135 is roadway reconstruction for New York Street in Aurora from Farnsworth to Welsh Drive

* Item 137 is bridge reconstruction on I-57 in Cook and Will Counties

* Item 176 is removal of the existing railroad bridges for the NS Railroad over South Grand Avenue and Cook Street in Springfield and replacement with two new structures.  Thinking this one is for the eventual relocation of the UP line.

* Item 183 is a re-advertisement for the roundabout for IL 178 at US 6

hobsini2

Quote from: Revive 755 on March 19, 2021, 10:39:03 PM
List of projects for the April 23, 2021 Letting is up

* Item 1 is intersection reconstruction for IL 129 at Coal City Road.

* Item 2 installs a new traffic signal on IL 173 at North Lake Avenue in Antioch

* Item 3 is signal modernization for IL 31 at Fabyan Parkway, Orchard Road at Acutt Road, and Orchard Road at Rochester Drive

* Item 12 is resurfacing and traffic signal work on Grand Avenue in DuPage County from US 20 to the Cook County Line

* Item 36 is traffic signal mast arm replacement for River Street at Station Street in Kankakee

* Item 56 involves traffic signal upgrades on IL 29 in Rochester

* Item 76 would have been RCUTs for IL 13/IL 127 at Ava Road and IL 13/IL 127 and Grange Hall Road (deleted again)

* Item 102 would have involved two new grade separations for the UP Railroad at Iron Bridge Road and Woodside Road south of Springfield (deleted)

* Item 111 is intersection reconstruction for Des Plaines River Road at Robinson in Franklin Park

* Item 112 is intersection improvements for IL 58 at US 41 and Niles Center Road

* Item 118 appears to be traffic signal work and pavement improvements on IL 2 in Dixon north of the Rock River

* Item 127 is a rebid of the bridge work on I-55 in the northern half of the Springfield area from the Sangamon River to the railroad bridge south of IL 54.

* Item 134 is intersection reconstruction for US 45 at IL 173

* Item 135 is roadway reconstruction for New York Street in Aurora from Farnsworth to Welsh Drive

* Item 137 is bridge reconstruction on I-57 in Cook and Will Counties

* Item 176 is removal of the existing railroad bridges for the NS Railroad over South Grand Avenue and Cook Street in Springfield and replacement with two new structures.  Thinking this one is for the eventual relocation of the UP line.

* Item 183 is a re-advertisement for the roundabout for IL 178 at US 6
A couple that jumped out to me that you didn't mention.
-"Resurfacing of Eola Rd from US 34 Ogden Ave to Oakhurst Dr (near McCoy Dr) in Aurora."
Needed but not looking forward to the backups on Eola.
-"Resurfacing, curb and gutter, sidewalk replacement, ornamental lighting, brick paver sidewalk, landscaping and pavement markings on IL 171 from 11th Street to 10th Street and on IL 7 from IL 171 to Hamilton Street in Lockport."
Pretty sure IDOT just did some reconstruction on 171 there last year or the year before.
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paulthemapguy

Quote from: Revive 755 on March 19, 2021, 10:39:03 PM
List of projects for the April 23, 2021 Letting is up

* Item 5* is signal modernization for IL 31 at Fabyan Parkway, Orchard Road at Acutt Road, and Orchard Road at Rochester Drive

The signals at Orchard and Aucutt and Orchard and Rochester are both heavily overbuilt.  What could they be possibly adding?  An interconnect?

(*The Kane County signals thing is item 5 now, not item 3.)
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Quote from: Revive 755 on March 19, 2021, 10:39:03 PM
List of projects for the April 23, 2021 Letting is up

* Item 12 is resurfacing and traffic signal work on Grand Avenue in DuPage County from US 20 to the Cook County Line

* Item 111 is intersection reconstruction for Des Plaines River Road at Robinson in Franklin Park

* Item 112 is intersection improvements for IL 58 at US 41 and Niles Center Road


Item 12: Wonder if that's alongside the I-294 project

Item 111: I can agree, this intersection was due for this

Item 112: Big time, that intersection can be a bit hairy on occasion
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Revive 755

#255
Quote from: ET21 on March 23, 2021, 03:40:08 PM
Item 12: Wonder if that's alongside the I-294 project

Not sure if it was part of plan to time it with the I-294 work or whether it's just the way things played out.

Page 83 has a note about the mast arm lengths accommodating future flashing yellow arrow operations.

Quote from: paulthemapguy on March 23, 2021, 09:05:27 AM
The signals at Orchard and Aucutt and Orchard and Rochester are both heavily overbuilt.  What could they be possibly adding?  An interconnect?

The plans have the Orchard Road signals being converted to flashing yellow arrow operation, with a "dynamic operation" for the WB Aucutt to SB Orchard left turn that use a flashing yellow arrow when the ped phase is active and a green arrow otherwise.

I-39

Does anyone know what the status is on the Bliss Road and Bunker Road realignments in Kane County? I thought those might go to bid this year.

3467

I found the shoulder reconstruction on Illinois 1 interesting. They are narrowing travel lanes and widening paved shoulders from 3 to 4 feet.

Update on last letting. The trees are down on US 67 in Warren . The design is nice the 35 mph curve complete reconstruction. Travel lanes will be 12 feet. Some stretches are 11 and the shoulders will go from nothing to 5 feet paved with 3 feet of gravel.

Rick Powell

Quote from: 3467 on March 31, 2021, 01:35:27 PM
I found the shoulder reconstruction on Illinois 1 interesting. They are narrowing travel lanes and widening paved shoulders from 3 to 4 feet.

This got my curiosity, as rural sections are usually not narrowed if they are truck routes. To me it looks like the lanes are staying at 11.5' and the shoulders are being widened from 4' to 4.5', with part of the shoulder being improved from a thin gravel wedge to an 8" depth hot-mix asphalt shoulder. The existing pavement is 12.5' each direction with the stripe set in 1 foot from the edge, creating essentially an 11.5' lane and a 1' paved shoulder in each direction. The proposed pavement shows 12' each direction (including the stripe set at 11.5') being undisturbed, and then cutting into the outer part of the paved shoulder and adding 4 feet to what looks like a half foot of existing paved shoulder outside the stripe.

3467

Also isn't 67 more typical adding the shoulder during repaving or reconstruction?
Not complaining both initial freeway rejects need work. The Warren County segment of 67 is just an embarrassing stretch of road. Irving be after this.
They got a bid under estimate too.
125 from 97 to Pleasant Plains is really nice. 8 to 10 foot shoulders. Higher volume and a secondary not primary.

hobsini2

Quote from: I-39 on March 30, 2021, 10:24:24 PM
Does anyone know what the status is on the Bliss Road and Bunker Road realignments in Kane County? I thought those might go to bid this year.

I did see something on this not too long ago. According to the Kane County DOT website, Bunker Rd is going to go under the IP tracks before swinging over to La Fox Rd and be the thru road.
http://kdot.countyofkane.org/Shared%20Documents/BunkerRoadExtension/BunkerRdExtensionLocationMap.pdf

I have not seen a timetable on it though.
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I-39

Quote from: hobsini2 on April 04, 2021, 06:53:08 PM
Quote from: I-39 on March 30, 2021, 10:24:24 PM
Does anyone know what the status is on the Bliss Road and Bunker Road realignments in Kane County? I thought those might go to bid this year.

I did see something on this not too long ago. According to the Kane County DOT website, Bunker Rd is going to go under the IP tracks before swinging over to La Fox Rd and be the thru road.
http://kdot.countyofkane.org/Shared%20Documents/BunkerRoadExtension/BunkerRdExtensionLocationMap.pdf

I have not seen a timetable on it though.

I just wonder how much longer since they've been talking about these projects for almost two decades.

Revive 755

List of projects for the June 11, 2021 Letting is up

Some of the more noteworthy projects:

* Item 2:  Guardrail work and retroreflective signal backplates (going off the pay item listing) on US 20 from IL 47 to Ontarioville Road (just west of IL 390).

* Item 54 has a typo of "I-57" for what should be IL 57

* Item 89:  Wireless interconnect and traffic signal work on 143rd in Orland Park from US 45 to Wolf Road.

* Item 106 (already deleted) would have replaced the Waldron Road/Maple Street overpass over I-57 in Kankakee along with a few other improvements.

* Item 154 involves a new traffic signal and intersection improvements with realignment for IL 176 at Nish Road.

* Item 155 has deck replacement for I-55 at IL 53 and superstructure replacement for I-55 at Joliet Road in Bolingbrook.

* Item 158 has expansion joint replacement and other bridge work for I-55 over the Kankakee River (doesn't seem like it has been that long since those bridges were last worked on).

* Item 187 constructs Restricted Crossing U-Turn intersections for IL 13/IL 127 at Ava Road and for IL 13/IL 127 at Grange Hall Road.

* Item 188 constructs a Restricted Crossing U-Turn intersection for IL 13 at Carrier Mills Road west of Harrisburg

* Item 206:  Bridge replacement for I-55 at Lemont Road

* Item 217 reconstructs the Laraway Road intersection with Cedar Road in New Lenox

* Item 219 is reconstruction of Business 20 from Day Avenue to Independence Avenue in Rockford

* Item 221 would appear to be a contract for redoing the I-57/I-74 interchange

* Item 227:  "0.8 miles of Bureau of Research test pavement alongside US 50 from Crackerneck Road to Russland Road" near Aviston in Clinton County.

Crash_It

Quote from: Revive 755 on May 07, 2021, 11:43:55 PM
List of projects for the June 11, 2021 Letting is up

Some of the more noteworthy projects:

* Item 2:  Guardrail work and retroreflective signal backplates (going off the pay item listing) on US 20 from IL 47 to Ontarioville Road (just west of IL 390).

* Item 54 has a typo of "I-57" for what should be IL 57

* Item 89:  Wireless interconnect and traffic signal work on 143rd in Orland Park from US 45 to Wolf Road.

* Item 106 (already deleted) would have replaced the Waldron Road/Maple Street overpass over I-57 in Kankakee along with a few other improvements.

* Item 154 involves a new traffic signal and intersection improvements with realignment for IL 176 at Nish Road.

* Item 155 has deck replacement for I-55 at IL 53 and superstructure replacement for I-55 at Joliet Road in Bolingbrook.

* Item 158 has expansion joint replacement and other bridge work for I-55 over the Kankakee River (doesn't seem like it has been that long since those bridges were last worked on).

* Item 187 constructs Restricted Crossing U-Turn intersections for IL 13/IL 127 at Ava Road and for IL 13/IL 127 at Grange Hall Road.

* Item 188 constructs a Restricted Crossing U-Turn intersection for IL 13 at Carrier Mills Road west of Harrisburg

* Item 206:  Bridge replacement for I-55 at Lemont Road

* Item 217 reconstructs the Laraway Road intersection with Cedar Road in New Lenox

* Item 219 is reconstruction of Business 20 from Day Avenue to Independence Avenue in Rockford

* Item 221 would appear to be a contract for redoing the I-57/I-74 interchange

* Item 227:  "0.8 miles of Bureau of Research test pavement alongside US 50 from Crackerneck Road to Russland Road" near Aviston in Clinton County.

I wonder why they are choosing to resurface the stretch of IL137 from state line to the amstutz this year rather than the stretch from the  amstutz to US41 as that stretch is probably the worst conditioned pavement in the entire district.

ET21

Item 206: Is that just the bridge or an interchange fix?
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Clinched:
IL: I-88, I-180, I-190, I-290, I-294, I-355, IL-390
IN: I-80, I-94
SD: I-190
WI: I-90, I-94
MI: I-94, I-196
MN: I-90

Revive 755

#265
Quote from: ET21 on May 08, 2021, 08:25:41 PM
Item 206: Is that just the bridge or an interchange fix?

That is a very good question.  There are traffic signal pay items listed - no permanent mast arms but a lot for a span wire signal.  Could be an interim fix?

[edited to fix grammar]

Brandon

Quote from: ET21 on May 08, 2021, 08:25:41 PM
Item 206: Is that just the bridge or an interchange fix?

I'm willing to bet a bridge replacement.  Many of those bridges haven't been touched since I-55 was widened there back in the late 1970s/early 1980s or so.  Nary a week goes by where at least one of these needs an emergency repair between IL-53 and County Line Road where there's a hole in the freaking bridge.

Lemont Road north: https://goo.gl/maps/UBaooVmiKntLnD1x9
Lemont Road south: https://goo.gl/maps/s3bKckx38f9E85zj7

Lemont Road seems to be one of the better ones, oddly enough.

The IL-53 bridge on the other hand...
https://goo.gl/maps/7bqwtyZqvYtZx4wu7
https://goo.gl/maps/aHRn9HC4nW9S39N59
https://goo.gl/maps/5Ki63F6doLpFCgPy7 (Yes, that's wood under the girders on the left)
https://goo.gl/maps/C5mqTqFKSPgx14qh8
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ET21

Quote from: Brandon on May 09, 2021, 09:11:58 AM
Quote from: ET21 on May 08, 2021, 08:25:41 PM
Item 206: Is that just the bridge or an interchange fix?

I'm willing to bet a bridge replacement.  Many of those bridges haven't been touched since I-55 was widened there back in the late 1970s/early 1980s or so.  Nary a week goes by where at least one of these needs an emergency repair between IL-53 and County Line Road where there's a hole in the freaking bridge.

Lemont Road north: https://goo.gl/maps/UBaooVmiKntLnD1x9
Lemont Road south: https://goo.gl/maps/s3bKckx38f9E85zj7

Lemont Road seems to be one of the better ones, oddly enough.

The IL-53 bridge on the other hand...
https://goo.gl/maps/7bqwtyZqvYtZx4wu7
https://goo.gl/maps/aHRn9HC4nW9S39N59
https://goo.gl/maps/5Ki63F6doLpFCgPy7 (Yes, that's wood under the girders on the left)
https://goo.gl/maps/C5mqTqFKSPgx14qh8

Harlem Ave over 95th is in a very similar shape, just waiting for that bridge to collapse
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.7191818,-87.798326,3a,75y,292.38h,97.28t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sBpcAAi4NutDHwwc_Pe-VHQ!2e0!7i16384!8i8192
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Clinched:
IL: I-88, I-180, I-190, I-290, I-294, I-355, IL-390
IN: I-80, I-94
SD: I-190
WI: I-90, I-94
MI: I-94, I-196
MN: I-90

3467

Some shoulder only projects like Illinois 1 last month . 34 near Earlville will have  4.5 foot on paved compared to the current 1.5. Not much consistency. 67 north of Monmouth 5 feet 125 near Pleasant Plains looks 7 or 8.P
Also looks like some projects moved up from next fy. Their money situation must be better.

paulthemapguy

#269
Quote from: Brandon on May 09, 2021, 09:11:58 AM
Quote from: ET21 on May 08, 2021, 08:25:41 PM
Item 206: Is that just the bridge or an interchange fix?
https://goo.gl/maps/5Ki63F6doLpFCgPy7 (Yes, that's wood under the girders on the left)

Those pieces of wood are just to support human bodies as they work on building or rehabilitating the bridge deck/superstructure.  They bridge the gap between flanges with pieces of wood, and sometimes plywood is added on top of those; then people stand on top of them as they paint/saw/rebar etc. They have no real impact on the bridge's structural integrity, so the construction workers often just forget about them and leave some or all of them there.
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hobsini2

Quote from: paulthemapguy on May 12, 2021, 07:03:20 PM
Quote from: Brandon on May 09, 2021, 09:11:58 AM
Quote from: ET21 on May 08, 2021, 08:25:41 PM
Item 206: Is that just the bridge or an interchange fix?
https://goo.gl/maps/5Ki63F6doLpFCgPy7 (Yes, that's wood under the girders on the left)

Those pieces of wood are just to support human bodies as they work on building or rehabilitating the bridge deck/superstructure.  They bridge the gap between flanges with pieces of wood, and sometimes plywood added on top of those, then stand on top of them as they paint/saw/rebar etc. They have no real impact on the bridge's structural integrity, so the construction workers often just forget about them and leave some or all of them there.
The 53 Bridge is getting a redecking and widening this summer.
https://www.wjol.com/seven-construction-projects-this-summer-of-which-five-are-on-i-55/#:~:text=I%2D55%20at%20Illinois%2053,2021%20and%20completed%20fall%202021.
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Revive 755

Item 71 on the June 2021 Letting has some of the signals on US 67 in Alton and Godfrey plus the signal at the IL 143 intersection with IL 140 getting the first flashing yellow arrows in District 8.

Revive 755

List of projects for the July 30, 2021 Letting is up

* Item 6 installs a new traffic signal on IL 60 somewhere near Wauconda.

* Item 11 is a bridge replacement and some roadway reconstruction with traffic signal work somewhere on IL 132 in Lake County

* Item 12 adds a new traffic signal to IL 126 at the Will County/Kendall County line.

* Item 30 replaces the bridge on IL 8 over BNSF near Edwards.

* Item 43:  "9 miles of lane addition, median barrier installation and resurfacing existing lanes of I-57 from mile post 66 to Marcum Branch"

* Item 67 reconstruction the IL 72 intersection with State Street and Getzleman Road in Hampshire


ilpt4u

Quote from: Revive 755 on June 25, 2021, 10:02:13 PM
List of projects for the July 30, 2021 Letting is up

* Item 43:  "9 miles of lane addition, median barrier installation and resurfacing existing lanes of I-57 from mile post 66 to Marcum Branch"
That pushes the 6-laning of I-57 between Mt Vernon and Marion from West Frankfort (which was the previous segment) up to the southern end of Rend Lake/just north of Benton

Maybe I-57 really will ultimately become a 6-lane Freeway between I-24 and I-64

Rick Powell

Quote from: ilpt4u on June 26, 2021, 04:13:49 AM
Maybe I-57 really will ultimately become a 6-lane Freeway between I-24 and I-64

With this project and the others mentioned here, the only remaining 6-lane gap in that section will be south of Marion to I-24.

https://news.wsiu.org/transportation/2020-10-01/idot-plans-lots-of-work-on-i-57-in-southern-illinois



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