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New I-80 Bridge Installed in New Lenox
The new bridge will open as soon as it is connected to the Old Plank Road Trail.
NEW LENOX, IL - The new bridge over Interstate 80 in New Lenox has been completed. The northern span over the westbound lanes of I-80 went up Wednesday and the southern span over the eastbound lanes was finished before the end of Thursday, according to a news release from the Forest Preserve District of Will County.
RELATED: New Bridge Coming to Old Plank Road Trail in New Lenox
The 227-foot bow truss structure will replace a 171-foot two-span structure that has been in place since 1964. It will open once a concrete deck on the bridge is installed and connected to the Old Plank Road Trail. The current bridge will then be demolished.
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The Illinois Department of Transportation project is one in a phase of projects planned to improve and widen the I-80/Route 30 interchange.
The new bridge is expected to open sometime in the next two weeks.
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Photo courtesy of the Forest Preserve District of Will County
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