IDOT is going to close I-255 between IL 157 and IL 15 for 6 months starting February 1.
Closing the 3 1/2-mile stretch will allow the needed resurfacing work to be done in far less time - about a year and a half less - than keeping it open.
Maps of the recommended detours, and the story from KMOX radio, can be found here (https://www.audacy.com/kmox/news/illinois/significant-shutdown-of-metro-east-i-255-set-to-begin-feb-1?utm_campaign=www.audacy.com%252Fkmox&utm_content=1737504009&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook&utm_term=KMOX-AM&fbclid=IwY2xjawH-V_tleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHb_I3VGjAB9zXBNYxkQPS-EU6IZFxp3U7hDH7pATd85VsLDUBqE7Gv0IoQ_aem_k8VkqQ13MB0Nr1KQ9k-NKA).
This is the Michigan Method (patent pending). In the long run, it's the best option.
Quote from: wanderer2575 on January 22, 2025, 07:32:07 PMThis is the Michigan Method (patent pending). In the long run, it's the best option.
Or the INDOT method within Indy.
Quote from: jnewkirk77 on January 22, 2025, 06:05:19 PMIDOT is going to close I-255 between IL 157 and IL 15 for 6 months starting February 1.
Closing the 3 1/2-mile stretch will allow the needed resurfacing work to be done in far less time - about a year and a half less - than keeping it open.
Maps of the recommended detours, and the story from KMOX radio, can be found here (https://www.audacy.com/kmox/news/illinois/significant-shutdown-of-metro-east-i-255-set-to-begin-feb-1?utm_campaign=www.audacy.com%252Fkmox&utm_content=1737504009&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook&utm_term=KMOX-AM&fbclid=IwY2xjawH-V_tleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHb_I3VGjAB9zXBNYxkQPS-EU6IZFxp3U7hDH7pATd85VsLDUBqE7Gv0IoQ_aem_k8VkqQ13MB0Nr1KQ9k-NKA).
IDOT previously did this with 255 between 64 and 15, so not that surprising
^ Except the last time I-55 on the Missouri side did not have multiple bridges being rehabbed with two or more lanes closed for both directions.
IDOT put out a Friday the 13th of June release stating 255 will reopen, weather permitting, by 6 pm today, June 14th, a few weeks before the anticipated completion of end of July/start of August
https://illinois-department-of-transportation.prezly.com/faster-cheaper-safer-i-255-work-wraps-up-this-weekend-in-st-clair-county