I-88 Reconstruction, Ronald Reagan Memorial Tollway
DuPage County, IL
In 2007, Chastain began working on the rebuild and widening of a 2-mile section of the Reagan Memorial Tollway (I-88) between IL 83 and York Road, including the completion of the new westbound York Road Toll Plaza. This project involves the realignment of the north I-294 to westbound I-88 entrance In 2007, Chastain began working on the rebuild and widening of a 2-mile section of the Reagan Memorial Tollway (I-88) between IL 83 and York Road, including the completion of the new westbound York Road Toll Plaza. This project involves the realignment of the north I-294 to westbound I-88 entrance ramp. This realignment includes a new 936 foot long curved bridge to carry 2 lanes of ramp traffic into the center of the westbound I-88 pavement, before the York Road Toll Plaza, allowing the motorists the option of using the cash toll lanes or the new ORT lanes. A new pre-cast, pre-stressed concrete built-T beam bridge over Salt Creek will also be built to carry mainline cash traffic to the north of the East-West Connector Ramp.
The Harger Road entrance ramp is also being realigned to merge into the realigned cash lanes requiring the construction of over 1000’ of design-build retaining wall. Spring Road ramps and the IL 83 ramps just west of the York Road Toll Plaza will also be realigned and reconstructed involving several thousand feet of additional temporary and permanent design-build retaining walls.
This project also includes:
- Adding a fourth lane in each direction to reduce congestion.
- Completion of a cash plaza and the addition of a fourth ORT lane.
- Reconstruction of the connector ramp bridges between I-88 and I-294 from 1-lane to 2-lanes.
- New median lighting, storm sewers, culvert extensions, 5 miles of design-build Noise Abatement Walls, and new Dynamic Message Signs.
- Reconstruction of one half mile of 22nd Street east and west of I-88 corridor.
- Estimated construction cost of $53 million.