A wider I-39/U.S. 20 planned

Add comment October 26th, 2007

The Illinois Department of Transportation had a public open house in Cherry Valley Thursday to update residents on the planned widening of I-39/U.S. 20 between the Cherry Valley tollway interchange and the point when I-39 heads south. The project would make the road three lanes in each direction. Officials say the project won’t start before 2009 and, with funding up in the air, it’s unclear when it actually would happen.

For more information, visit the project Web site.

This will happen after two Illinois Tollway projects - the widening of I-90/I-39 past Rockford next year and the revamping of the Cherry Valley interchange in 2009.

Here’s an IDOT map of the I-39/U/S-20 project: