CHICAGO — Construction will slow down traffic downtown on weekends in August, September and October.
Lanes on the Eisenhower, Kennedy and Dan Ryan expressways will be closed as part of construction on the Jane Byrne Interchange. During that time, steel beams for a bridge that will arch over the Dan Ryan, Kennedy and Eisenhower will be placed. The bridge will link the outbound Eisenhower to the inbound Dan Ryan.
The closures:
Aug. 19-31
• The inbound Kennedy ramp to inbound Congress Parkway will be closed. Drivers will be detoured to the Roosevelt Road exit, Jefferson Street, Harrison Street and Wells Street to connect with Congress Parkway.
Aug. 21-23 and Aug. 28-30
• Inbound Congress Parkway will close at 10 p.m. Fridays. Drivers will be detoured to the outbound Dan Ryan's Roosevelt Road exit, Jefferson Street, Harrison Street and Wells Street to connect with Congress Parkway.
• Outbound Eisenhower will close by 5 a.m. Saturdays. Drivers will be detoured to Wells Street, Harrison Street, Jefferson Street, Van Buren Street and Ashland Avenue to connect with the Eisenhower. Lower Wacker Drive will follow the same detour.
• Both directions of the Kennedy and Dan Ryan between Ohio Street and 18th Street will be reduced to one lane at 8 p.m. Saturdays, with all the lanes closed for 15-minute intervals 10 p.m. Saturdays to 7 a.m. Sundays. All of the lanes will be reopened by 10 a.m. Sundays. Drivers can take a detour to the outbound Eisenhower's Ashland Avenue exit and entrance ramps to access the Kennedy and Dan Ryan from the inbound Eisenhower.
• All of the lanes on Congress Parkway will reopen and traffic will return to normal by 5 a.m. Mondays.
Sept. 25-27 and Oct. 16-18
• The outbound Eisenhower will close at 10 p.m. Fridays. Drivers will be detoured to Wells Street, Harrison Street, Jefferson Street, Van Buren Street and Ashland Avenue to connect with the Eisenhower.
• The inbound Kennedy between Ohio Street and the Eisenhower will be reduced to one lane at 8 p.m. Saturdays, with all the lanes closed for 15-minute intervals 10 p.m. Saturdays to 7 a.m. Sundays. The lanes will be reopened by 8 a.m. Sundays. Drivers can take a detour to the outbound Eisenhower's Ashland Avenue exit and entrance ramps to access the Dan Ryan from the inbound Eisenhower.
• All of the lanes on Congress Parkway will reopen and traffic will return to normal by 5 a.m. Mondays.
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