GRAND AVENUE EXIT RAMP TO REOPEN

Westbound Grand Avenue Bridge Now Open;
Southbound Exit Ramp to Eastbound Grand Avenue Opens Wednesday

The reconstructed exit ramp from the southbound Tri-State Tollway (I-94) to eastbound Grand Avenue will reopen to traffic on schedule and on time on Wednesday afternoon, July 1, as part of the mainline Rebuild & Widen Project between Half Day Road and Grand Avenue. The westbound lanes on the Grand Avenue Bridge over the Tri-State Tollway (I-94) opened to traffic this afternoon; the eastbound lanes are scheduled to open on Wednesday afternoon, July 1
The project to rebuild and lengthen the Grand Avenue Bridge allowed the Tollway to widen I-94 underneath Grand Avenue to provide congestion relief and reduce travel times. The massive rebuilding and widening projects along a nearly 45-mile stretch of the Tri-State Tollway (I-94/I-294) from O’Hare International Airport to the Wisconsin State line launched in 2007 and are on budget and scheduled for completion this year as part of the Illinois Tollway’s $6.3 billion Congestion-Relief Program – Open Roads for a Faster Future.
All Lanes Open on Grand Avenue Bridge
In addition to reopening the southbound exit ramp, bridge reconstruction work will be complete on Wednesday, July 1, with two lanes open in each direction as well as the additional westbound lane for traffic entering and exiting at I-94 on the newly reconstructed bridge. Reconstruction work began in summer 2008 and one lane in each direction on Grand Avenue was maintained throughout construction to minimize the impact to local traffic.


Know Before You Go
The Tollway offers a variety of ways for drivers to get the latest information on construction and traffic on our roads.
www.illinoistollway.com – Construction Section – for details by road
1-800-TOLL-FYI – daily lane closure info
http://www.gcmtravel.com/ – travel times
Sign up for E-mail updates
Up-to-the-minute traffic by road – http://www.nbcchicago.com/
Construction eNewsletter – www.illinoistollway.com

Part of Tollway’s Congestion-Relief Program
The North Tri-State (I-94/I-294) Rebuild & Widen Project is part of the Tollway’s Congestion-Relief Program, Open Roads for a Faster Future, which will reduce travel times by rebuilding/restoring nearly the entire system, widening/adding lanes to many miles of existing roads, converting 20 mainline toll plazas to barrier-free Open Road Tolling, and extending I-355 south to I-80 in Will County.

About the Illinois Tollway

The Illinois Tollway maintains and operates 286 miles of interstate tollways in 12 counties in Northern Illinois, including the Reagan Memorial Tollway (I-88), the Veterans Memorial Tollway (I-355), the Jane Addams Memorial Tollway (I-90) and the Tri-State Tollway (I-94, I-294, I-80/I-294). Tollway customers save time and money with I-PASS electronic toll collection - Get I-PASS & Get Going!