The Illinois Department of Transportation continued to revitalize and modernize transportation and mobility across the state in 2024. Made possible by Governor JB Pritzkers historic, bipartisan Rebuild Illinois capital program, projects transformed highways, transit, railroads, airports, waterways and active transportation everywhere Illinois residents call home, creating safer and more reliable travel options while boosting economic opportunity for generations to come.
Passed in 2019, Rebuild Illinois is investing $45 billion in the state’s aging infrastructure, creating jobs and promoting economic growth. Through September 30th, approximately $17.2 billion in improvements were made statewide on 6,791 miles of highway, 711 bridges and 1,031 additional safety improvements, ranging from routine maintenance projects and minor resurfacings to extensive interstate and bridge reconstructions.
In June, Governor Pritzker and IDOT released the largest multi-year construction program in state history: $41.42 billion over six years. Covering fiscal years 2025 to 2030, the multi-year program is both comprehensive and multimodal, touching every Illinois county. Locally in our area;
A two-year, $50 million resurfacing of nearly 8 miles of I-70 from just east of the I-70/I-57 interchange to just east of the Effingham-Cumberland County line was completed this fall.
On I-57, a lane expansion and bridge replacement project has begun, stretching from Atchison Creek to south of Mount Vernon. The overall $51.9 million project is expected to be completed by summer 2027, part of a long-term modernization of I-57 in Southern Illinois.
On I-64, the $101.3 million reconstruction with bridge repairs from Illinois 51 to I-57 started in the Spring, followed by the groundbreaking in the summer on the $136 million, six-year replacement of the two bridges over the Wabash River near Grayville.
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