The Illinois Department of Transportation announced today that weather permitting, Interstate 55 at the Illinois 17 interchange (exit 217) in Dwight will be closed overnight on Friday, August 2. The closure is necessary to set the structural steel for the north half of the Illinois 17 bridge over I-55.

The closure will begin at 7:30 p.m. Friday, August 2, and end at 8:30 a.m. Saturday, August 3. Traffic will be detoured off and onto I-55 using the exit and entrance ramps at Illinois 17. Illinois 17 will be open to one lane in each direction on the south half of the bridge and traffic at the intersections will be controlled by flaggers.

The work is part of a $9.1 million project to replace the Illinois 17 bridge over I-55. The project is expected to be completed in mid-fall.

Motorists can expect delays and should allow extra time for trips through this area and be prepared for slow and stopped traffic.

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