Route 34 Overpass Completion to Bring Less Traffic Woes, Safer Roads to Aurora: Authorities

Aurora residents should expect fewer delays and a safer commute thanks to the completion of the Route 34 Overpass, city officials said Thursday.

The overpass separates vehicle traffic from trains on the Canadian National railway, and includes two lanes of traffic in either direction, plus retaining and noise abatement walls, and bicycle and pedestrian routes on either side of the bridge, according to the Aurora Police Department's Facebook page.

Roughly two-thirds of the $46 million project was funded by Canadian National, following a Surface Transportation Board environmental impact study on rail traffic up and down the rail corridor. The remainder of the project was funded by IDOT, with approximately $300,000 paid for by the City of Aurora.