Chicago Construction News staff writer
Illinois officials recently joined Gov. JB Pritzker and the Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) to celebrate the start of construction on new Interstate 80 bridges over the Des Plaines River, marking the final phase of a sweeping $1.3 billion modernization of one of the state’s most critical transportation corridors.
The bridge project, which began earlier this month, represents the centerpiece of the broader I-80 rehabilitation effort and a key component of the state’s capital investment initiative, Rebuild Illinois. Once complete, the effort will conclude a multiyear overhaul of the 16-mile corridor stretching from Minooka to Joliet…