Good news drivers.

The Illinois Department of Transportation announced Saturday the originally scheduled three weekends of lane closures and massive traffic tie ups are ending a week early.

“The removal of the Ontario Street bridge is proceeding so smoothly that we, in coordination with the City of Chicago, are taking advantage of the opportunity to condense this project into just two weekends,” said Illinois Transportation Secretary Ann L. Schneider in a press statement.

Initially, IDOT had warned the bridge removal project would be done over the last three weekends in June.

Demolition crews were also ahead of schedule this past weekend. Instead of keeping multiple lanes of eastbound traffic (and one westbound lane) closed until Monday at 5 AM, all lanes were reopened at noon Sunday.

The weekend lane closures and closure of the Ohio Street exit were due to the removal of the Ohio Street Bridge which began at 10 PM Friday night. The bridge was originally constructed in 1959 and now is the focus of an $18 million reconstruction project.

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