The outbound Kennedy Expressway might be diminished to a unmarried lane this weekend as development crews proceed paintings at the Montrose Avenue bridge at the Northwest Side.
Outbound visitors might be funneled to at least one categorical lane at 7 p.m. Friday drawing near Diversey Avenue, the Illinois Department of Transportation mentioned. Vehicles will proceed onto the outbound Edens Expressway and gained’t be capable of go out till Foster Avenue, because the Edens go out ramp to Wilson Avenue can also be closed.
IDOT is eliminating the southern portion of the Montrose Avenue bridge over the path of 3 weekends, the dept mentioned, the primary of which has already been finished. Work will start at the northern a part of the bridge after the southern phase has been reconstructed, to permit for endured get right of entry to to the Montrose Blue Line forestall.
The outbound Kennedy ramp to Montrose Avenue will shut at midday Friday, IDOT mentioned. At 7 p.m., a number of front ramps may also shut, together with the ones at Armitage, Fullerton/Western, California, Kimball, Addison and Irving Park.
Outbound go out ramps that might be closed come with the ones at Diversey, Kedzie/Belmont, Kimball, Addison, Pulaski/Irving Park, Kostner and Montrose.
The freeway will go back to commonplace operations at five a.m. Monday, IDOT mentioned.
The paintings at Montrose Avenue is supposed to reinforce the bridge and drawing near pavement, in addition to set up lighting fixtures beneath the bridge and on the Blue Line station, IDOT mentioned. Traffic on Montrose Avenue might be rerouted by means of Cicero Avenue, Irving Park Road and Pulaski Road.
The undertaking is anticipated to be finished in December, IDOT mentioned.