COLLINSVILLE – The Illinois Department of Transportation announces a lane closure motorists encountered on westbound I-55/70 at mile marker 9, approximately 1 mile west of I-255 on Thursday, September 3, will reopen at 8 a.m. on Friday, Sept. 4.

The lane closure was needed to repair the driving surface of the bridge carrying Black Lane over I-55/70.

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