The Illinois Department of Transportation announced Wednesday that seven highway projects are either underway or scheduled to start soon in the Champaign-Urbana area.
The projects represent an investment of more than $83 million in the area, with more than $73 million coming from Gov. JB Pritzker’s Rebuild Illinois capital program.
“With the Rebuild Illinois capital plan, Illinois isn’t just making temporary repairs and patching up existing infrastructure, it’s investing for the future,” said Gov. Pritzker. “Rebuild Illinois is the beginning of an effort to improve and replace roads and bridges and provide jobs in the Champaign-Urbana area and across the entire state. In the coming months, IDOT will undertake seven projects that will ultimately create safer roads and bridges for the Champaign-Urbana community.”
All of the projects are along the Interstate 74/57 corridor. Four of them are ongoing, with two starting later this summer and one scheduled to begin in May 2021, officials said.
The projects include:
• U.S. 150 resurfacing from Wright Street to west of Cunningham Avenue began in March. A single lane of traffic will be closed during construction. Completion is scheduled for fall 2021.
• I-74 bridge deck overlays and repairs from High Cross Road to the Union Pacific Railroad tracks. The project will require a single lane closure. Started in April 2020, it is scheduled to be completed in the summer of 2021.
• Mattis Avenue bridge replacements over I-57/I-74. Mattis Ave over I-57 will be permanently reduced to one lane controlled by temporary traffic signals, and Mattis Ave over I-74 will be permanently reduced to one lane in each direction. The project started this month and is expected to be completed by summer of 2021.
• U.S. 150 bridge replacement over I-57. The project will require the highway to shut down all but one lane controlled by temporary traffic signals. The project started this month and is expected to be complete in summer of 2021.
• I-74 replacement of bridges over the Canadian National Railroad and Market Street. On Market Street, the project will require single lane closures and overnight lane closures. The project was started this month and is expected to be complete in fall of 2022.
• I-72 resurfacing, microsurfacing, bridge deck overlay, and guardrail replacement, from White Head Road to I-57 west of Champaign. The project will close a single lane on I-72. Started this month, the project is scheduled to be completed this fall.
• Illinois 10 bridge replacement over Copper Slough west of Duncan Road. The highway will be closed during construction, and detours will be put in place. The project will begin in May 2021 and is expected to be finished in summer of 2021.
IDOT said motorists can expect delays and should allow extra time when traveling through the area.