The Illinois Department of Transportation announced this week that the 127th Street bridge over the Calumet Sag Channel would be closed through the end of the year impacting motorists using the road in Crestwood and Alsip.
The closing, which started on Monday, is part of a $14.4 million project that was started last year and consists of replacing the bridge deck and concrete approaches, repairing structural steel and replacing steel beams, installing new lighting and painting.
As part of the work done last year, a new multi-use path on the south side of the bridge was scheduled to be widened and have new guardrails installed…