Northbound Lake Shore Drive is closed at Randolph Street because of a “structural emergency” that will hit today’s rush hour—and the closure could last longer.
The city’s Office of Emergency Management & Communications announced the news on Twitter shortly before noon today. A spokesman for the Chicago Police Department said all traffic is being diverted at Randolph Street while the bridge over the Chicago River is being surveyed. All southbound traffic is running normally, he said.
Chicago Department of Transportation spokeswoman Susan Hofer said the problem is on a ramp to Lake Shore Drive from Randolph.
CDOT said in a statement: “Crews are working to install a shoring tower as quickly as possible under the viaduct structure that carries northbound Lake Shore Drive. The road will be closed through Monday’s PM rush and possibly longer.
“CDOT discovered a crack in a steel beam that supports the roadway,” the department said. “No injuries or damage to vehicles has been reported.”
Traffic is detoured off of northbound Lake Shore Drive at Randolph and Monroe, westbound to Columbus, northbound to Lower Wacker Drive and back to northbound Lake Shore Drive, CDOT said.
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