IDOT begins more repairs on both the Chain of Rocks Canal Bridges and the main channel bridge on I-270 today.
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It is because of the frequency of this work that IDOT is currently studying a replacement of the canal bridges. However, based on the presentation at the public meeting for the canal bridge replacement, the replacement will be partially obsolete as soon as it is built. There will only be four foot shoulders on the eastern end of the new bridge, and should I-270 ever get its much needed widening to six lanes between IL 111 and Lilac Avenue, there will be four foot shoulders for the whole bridge. The widened route may also have issues with the merge for IL 3 southbound traffic onto westbound I-270. If IDOT is going to undertake a total replacement for the canal bridges, they should build the new one right with a full right hand shoulder.
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those peeps from IDiOT has just upped the projected price tag to 100M but IMO they should just package this all in for that major upgrade that they been dreaming since the 1980s
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