Street improvement areas include: <br><br>9000 South Lewis Avenue: Construction crews are paving the intersection in this area. For the next three weeks, Lewis Avenue is open for southbound traffic only
Tuesday, November 9th 1999, 12:00 am
By: News On 6
Street improvement areas include:
9000 South Lewis Avenue: Construction crews are paving the intersection in this area. For the next three weeks, Lewis Avenue is open for southbound traffic only between 91st Street and 81st Street. Motorists driving westbound on 91st Street will need to use Delaware Avenue or Riverside Parkway via 81st Street to reach Lewis Avenue.
DAWSON ROAD, HARVARD TO LEWIS AVENUES: Crews are patching the street and will apply an asphalt overlay. Flagmen are directing traffic, causing delays for about two weeks.
61ST STREET, MEMORIAL TO SHERIDAN – 61st Street is closed between 76th East Avenue and Sheridan Road for 60 days while construction crews build retaining walls and lower the hill. 61st Street is being widened to five lanes (center left-turn lane) between Memorial Drive and Sheridan Road.
15th STREET, Louisville AVENUE TO URBANA AVENUE: Eastbound traffic is narrowed to one lane during water line relocation.
SHERIDAN ROAD, 61ST TO 71ST STREETS: Traffic has shifted to the completed southbound lanes. Construction is in progress to widen Sheridan to five lanes, including a center left-turn lane.
71st Street, Sheridan to yale – Granite Avenue is closed just south of 71st Street in order to construct a median on 71st. For access to and from 71st Street, motorists should use either Darlington Avenue or Irvington Avenue.
North Cincinnati Avenue between Jasper and Oklahoma Streets is narrowed to two lanes while the road is being improved and straightened.
Jasper street is closed between Cincinnati and Elgin avenues for Four weeks. Motorists are advised to use Independence Street as an alternate route.
ADMIRAL PLACE BETWEEN SOUTH 129TH EAST AVENUE AND SOUTH 145TH EAST AVENUE: The road is being widened and the street is closed to through traffic until December. Motorists are advised to use either 11th Street or Pine Street for an alternate route.
**Pothole repairs are in progress in these areas: 51st Street to 61st Street, Lewis Avenue to Riverside Drive; and 71st Street to 81st Street, Memorial Drive to Sheridan Road.
**Pavement repairs are in progress in these areas: South Mingo Road between 96th Street and 101st Street; 36th Street North to Apache Street and Peoria Avenue to Cincinnati Avenue; 36th Street North to 56th Street North, Cincinnati Avenue to Peoria Avenue; and 31st Street South to 41st Street South, 161st East Avenue to 145th East Avenue.
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