CHERRY VALLEY — A three-year project to reconstruct and expand a roughly 2-mile stretch of Interstate 39 through southern Winnebago County is scheduled to begin Monday.
The Illinois Department of Transportation’s $125.9 million project expands I-39 from four to six lanes between the U.S. 20/Harrison Avenue interchange and Mulford Road. There are also new bridges over Harrison Avenue/U.S. 20, the Union Pacific Railroad and the Canadian National railroad, in addition to new structures that will run the Cherry Valley Path and Madigan Creek underneath I-39.
Construction will take three seasons to complete, according to IDOT. Two lanes will be open in both directions during construction. The Cherry Valley Path will be closed at I-39 this summer and will be detoured via a new path running along Harrison Avenue…