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I-355 Veterans Memorial Tollway: Plazas #91-101
Will and Cook Counties, Illinois

Construction of a portion of the $730 million, 12.5 mile extension of I-355 between I-55 and I-80.

  • Construction of a new mainline Open Road Tolling (ORT) Plaza for Plaza 99 at M.P. 3.25, North of Bruce Road and South of 167th Street, including:
    • Three ORT lanes and three cash lanes in each direction
    • New control and annex buildings with walkway
    • New Illinois State Police Sub Station
    • Overhead toll collection structure, toll booths, loop detectors and I-PASS equipment
    • Pavement markings
  • Construction of Ramp Toll Collection plazas at eight locations; two at 127th Street, two at IL Route 171, two at IL Route 7 and two at US Route 6, each consisting of one I-PASS lane and one cash lane.
  • Construction of maintenance facility at mainline Open Road Tolling Plaza.
  • Installation of four overhead dynamic message signs providing instantaneous travel info.
  • Installation of a video surveillance system and "real time" traffic monitoring system for the entire 12.5 mile Tollway extension.

Contract
Joint Venture with JF Edwards Construction Company
Completion: October, 2007
Value: $31,000,000
IHC Contact
IHC Construction Companies, LLC
Dave Rock
Client
Illinois State Toll Highway Authority (ISTHA)
Project Engineer
Bollinger Lach & Associates Inc.
Itasca, IL