| | | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2012 July 6 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | The Illinois Department of Transportation today announced that the ramp from westbound I-55/70 to northbound IL 3 in East St. Louis will be closed to all traffic beginning Monday, July 9, 2012, weather permitting. The ramp from westbound I-55/70 to eastbound I-64 will remain open. This exit ramp closure is necessary to remove retaining walls and construct new bridges associated with the new Mississippi River Bridge. All traffic will be detoured around this area using IL 203 to Collinsville Road to Exchange Avenue to 11th Street to Baugh Avenue to 15th Street to St. Clair Avenue (IL 3). This work is expected to be completed by December 15, 2012. The contractor on this project is Keeley and Sons, Inc. of East St. Louis, Illinois. John Scheibal is the Supervising Field Engineer for the Illinois Department of Transportation in this area. | | | | Date Created: | 07 06 2012 | | | | Agency ID: | | | | | ISL ID: | 000000045319 Original UID: 24657 FIRST WORD: Ramp | |
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