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IDOT plans daytime lane closures on Illinois 251 bridge south of Peru for washing · Illinois Valley - Shaw Local

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  IDOT plans daytime lane closures on Illinois 251 Bridge south of Peru
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  for washing. Written by Michael Urbanac This article is being read
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  by an automated voice brought to you by Everlit. Drivers crossing the
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  Illinois River on Illinois 251 south of Peru should plan for flaggers
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  and delays this fall, according to the Illinois Department of Transportation. Crews
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  are scheduled to begin washing the Illinois 251 Bridge Monday, october nineteenth,
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  weather permitting, IDOT said. Flaggers will control daytime lane closures during the
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  work which the department expects to finish in November. IDOT said drivers
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  should allow extra time, be prepared for slow and stop traffic, and
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  consider alternate routes when possible. The department also asked drivers in the
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  work zone to watch for changed conditions and signs, obey posted speed
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  limits, stay off mobile devices, and watch for workers and equipment. The
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  bridge work is part of Rebuild Illinois, the state's thirty three point
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  two billion dollar program covering all modes of transportation, according to IDOT.
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  The department said it plans to improve seven thousand one hundred and
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  seven lane miles of highway and eight point four million square feet
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  of bridge deck over the next six years. Through the program's seventh
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  year, iDOT reports 25.6 billion in improvements to 24,498
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  lane miles of highway, 959 bridges, and 1,475 other
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  safety projects statewide. Construction details are posted on idot's Traveller Information Map
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  at getting around Illinois dot com. IDOT District Three posts updates on
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  X at idot district three.