The Illinois Department of Transportation announced today that as part of ongoing efforts to upgrade the movable bridges in downtown Joliet to be controlled from a central location, Cass Street (U.S. 30) bridge over the Des Plaines River is scheduled to close for approximately six weeks beginning, weather permitting, Monday, Jan. 13. The work originally scheduled for mid-December was postponed.
The closure is necessary to complete measurements and design plans to prepare the bridge for the upgrades, anticipated to get underway later this spring. Details and impacts to traffic will be shared in advance, prior to the start of construction. …