Southbound Mannheim Road Ramp Closure to I-190 Expected This Week

Source: Illinois Department of Transportation press release 

The Illinois Department of Transportation announced that the southbound Mannheim Road ramp to westbound Interstate 190 into O’Hare International Airport will be closed for approximately one month starting on Thursday, July 16.

A detour will be posted. Southbound Mannheim traffic will use westbound Zemke Boulevard to access westbound I-190 via southbound Bessie Coleman Drive.

The closure is expected to remain in place until mid-August.

At the same time the ramp to westbound I-190 closes, the southbound Mannheim Road ramp to eastbound I-190 will reopen.

The work is a part of the ongoing widening and reconstruction of Mannheim Road from just north of Irving Park Road (Illinois 19) to just north of Higgins Road (Illinois 72) through Chicago, Des Plaines, Rosemont and Schiller Park.

More information on that project, anticipated to be completed by the end of this year, can be found at www.idot.illinois.gov/projects/us12-and-45-at-mannheim-rd.

Motorists can expect delays and should allow extra time for trips through this area.

Drivers are urged to pay close attention to flaggers and signs in the work zones, obey the posted speed limits and be on the alert for workers and equipment.