DIX – Drivers have been detouring around the southbound Interstate 57 exit at Dix for months as the Illinois Department of Transportation replaced the overpass structure and wound traffic through a twisting two-lane construction zone.
But on Tuesday, the southbound exit reopened and the lanes of traffic were returned to their proper sides of the interstate.
A $16.2 million replacement of the I-57 bridges at the Dix interchange (exit 103) and the Norfolk Southern railroad began in March with the southbound span.
IDOT says the northbound bridges will be replaced in 2023.
