CHICAGO (WBBM NEWSRADIO) -- The Illinois Tollway anticipates more than 9.3 million vehicle trips systemwide over the Fourth of July holiday weekend.
The Illinois Tollway is predicting Thursday, July 1, and Friday, July 2, to be the busiest travel days, with more than 1.8 million vehicle trips each day compared to the 1.6 million daily average.
“The upcoming long Fourth of July weekend offers the opportunity for families to travel via the Illinois Tollway system and tollways in other states, and we are reminding drivers to stay safe this holiday,” said Illinois Tollway Executive Director José Alvarez, in a statement. “And, we’d remind drivers the Tollway offers I-PASS and Pay By Plate to make travel easier and hassle-free.”
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To accommodate holiday travel on the Illinois Tollway, most temporary maintenance and construction lane closures will be suspended from noon on Friday, July 1, through 9 a.m. on Tuesday, July 6. Some work may continue behind barriers to keep work on schedule.
Areas where ongoing construction work zones and traffic shifts may impact traffic include throughout the Tri-State Tollway (I-94/I-294/I-80) and on the Reagan Memorial Tollway (I-88).
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