IDOT Contractor to Detour I-24 Westbound Traffic in Illinois on Wednesday Night, May 5

Kentucky Transportation Cabinet

 

Kentucky Transportation Cabinet • District 1

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Media Contact: Keith Todd
270-898-2431 (office)
270-210-8009 (cell)
Keith.Todd@ky.gov

IDOT Contractor to Detour I-24 Westbound Traffic in Illinois on Wednesday Night, May 5

Overnight detour to be in place from 8 p.m., to 6 a.m.

PADUCAH, Ky. (March 4, 2021)  The Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) would like to alert motorists traveling I-24 Westbound of the upcoming Emergency Pavement Patching.

On Wednesday evening, May 5th, the contractor will CLOSE the I-24 WESTBOUND TRAFFIC LANES ONLY weather permitting from 8:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m., from Mile Post 37 to Mile Post 27, to perform pavement patching at Mile Post 29.

Motorists traveling, I-24 Westbound should utilize US 45 to IL 145, IL 145 to IL 146, then IL 146 to I-24.

Please use alternate routes, reduce speed, be alert to equipment and workers and use extreme caution while traveling through all work zones.

For IDOT District 9 updates on Twitter, follow us at https://twitter.com/IDOTDistrict9 or view area construction details on IDOT’s traveler information map on GettingAroundIllinois.com.

IDOT CONTACTS:
Keith Roberts 618-351-5250
Doug Helfrich 618-351-5253

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