Wolf Road, Arlington Heights Road Lane Closures Scheduled for October

Submitted by the Illinois Tollway

Lane closures on Wolf Road in Des Plaines and on Arlington Heights Road in Elk Grove Village are scheduled in October as work continues to rebuild the bridges carrying the Jane Addams Memorial Tollway (I-90) over these local roads. This work is part of the I-90 Rebuilding and Widening Project scheduled to be complete in 2016.

Electronic message signs will be put in place in advance on each of the local roadways to alert drivers to the scheduled lane closures. All work is weather dependent. The closures are necessary to accommodate the construction of new lanes in each direction on I-90. All local roads will remain open to traffic throughout construction.

On Wolf Road in Des Plaines, on Friday, October 9, overnight lane closures will be scheduled to install new bridge beams. One lane in both directions will close at 6 p.m., with full roadway closures, each lasting 15 minutes, scheduled between 10 p.m. and 5 a.m. All lanes are scheduled to reopen by 6 a.m. on Saturday, October 10.

In addition, the week of October 12 one northbound lane and two southbound lanes on Wolf Road are scheduled to close through the fall for bridge construction. Two northbound lanes and one southbound lane will remain open to traffic.

On Arlington Heights Road in Elk Grove Village, during the week of October 26 overnight lane closures will be scheduled over three nights to remove bridge beams. One lane will close at 6 p.m., with full roadway closures, each lasting 15 minutes, scheduled between 9 p.m. and 5 a.m. All lanes will reopen by 6 a.m., ahead of the morning rush hour.

Additional lane closures and traffic shifts will be scheduled on local roadways as I-90 construction continues. Impacts to local roads will include shoulder closures, as well as traffic shifts and lane reductions. The local roadway closures are coordinated with Elk Grove Village, the city of Des Plaines, Cook County and the Illinois Department of Transportation, along with local police and fire departments.

In 2015, the Illinois Tollway began roadway rebuilding and widening on the second phase of the $2.5 billion I-90 Rebuilding and Widening Project between the Elgin Toll Plaza and the Tri-State Tollway (I-294). The eastern segment of I-90 will be rebuilt and a new lane added to provide four lanes in each direction between Randall Road and the Tri-State Tollway (I-294).

The I-90 Rebuilding and Widening Project includes reconstruction of I-90 bridges over local roads between Illinois Route 53 and I-294. Mainline bridges with local road impacts include: Golf Road, Arlington Heights Road, Busse Road, Oakton Street, Mount Prospect Road, Wolf Road, Touhy Avenue, Mannheim Road and Higgins Road (Illinois Route 72) in Rosemont.

In addition, work in 2015 includes completion of noisewall and retaining wall construction, utility relocations and drainage improvements. The first phase of the I-90 Rebuilding and Widening Project between I-39 in Rockford and the Elgin Toll Plaza was completed in 2014. Construction on the 25-mile segment of I-90 from the Elgin Toll Plaza to I-294 is scheduled for completion in 2016.

Construction information about the I-90 Rebuilding and Widening Project is available in the “Projects by Roadway” section in the Construction/Planning section on the Tollway’s website at www.illinoistollway.com.