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Major Illinois road projects to impact spring summer travel
Construction season brings new and continued projects across Southern Illinois with I 57 delays near Mount Vernon and Benton. Northbound reduced to one lane from I 64 to I 15. Veterans Memorial Drive ramps closed through November. Night work to ease congestion. other widenings and bridge replacements planned on I 57, I 13, I 37, I 14, and I 4 near Marion, Christopher, Perry County, and Benton areas.
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Steve Jahnke
Mount Vernon
Marion
Ajor
Southern Illinois
Illinois Department of Transportation
Doug Helfrich
Illinois 15
Veterans Memorial Drive
Interstate 57
Benton
West Frankfort
Illinois 13
Helfrich
Carbon Street
Russell Street
Greenbriar Road
John A. Logan College
Bnsf Railway
Illinois Star Centre Mall
Illinois 37
Johnston City
Illinois 14
Illinois 148
Christopher
Old du Quoin Road
Perry County
Illinois 4
Oroville
Jackson County
Beaucoup Creek