The closure of the intersection at Illinois 157 and Illinois 162 near Glen Carbon has been delayed a couple of weeks. The Illinois Department of Transportation will now close the intersection at 7am on Monday, March 16, weather-permitting.
The project was originally supposed to start last week. Illinois 162 is staggered by about 300 feet at that intersection. IDOT Engineer John Adcock tells The Big Z they have marked detours, and there are a lot of parallel routes in the area too…