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IDOT to Shut Down LaGrange Road at Metra Overpass for Four Nights

Work on the new Metra bridge and pedestrian walkway will lead to four weekend nights where the underpass is closed, according to IDOT.

The Illinois Department of Transportation will close LaGrange Road between 135th and 143rd streets in  overnight, weather permitting, for four consecutive nights starting Friday, March 30.

The closures are required to install structural steel for the new Metra SouthWest Service Line bridge over LaGrange Road.

Starting at 8 p.m. March, 30, the road will be closed in both directions at 135th and 143rd streets, reopening the following morning at 9 a.m. The closure will be repeated Saturday, March 31, starting at 10 p.m. and ending the following morning at 9 a.m. On Sunday, April 1, and Monday, April 2, the closure will take place between 8 p.m. and 5 a.m.

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A detour route will be in place each night. Drivers will be detoured to 143rd Street, Southwest Highway and 135th Street to reconnect with LaGrange.

All businesses and side streets between 135th and 143rd streets will remain accessible while LaGrange is closed.

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The work is being done in advance of the reconstruction and widening of LaGrange between 131st and 179th streets. That project is tentatively scheduled to begin in late summer or early fall, requiring two full construction seasons to complete.

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