Traffic

Before you toss trash out the car window while cruising down an Illinois highway, think of this: Taxpayers pay $6 million a year to clean it up.

Overnight resurfacing of the outbound Kennedy Expressway begins Monday, March 29, between the Edens junction and Harlem Avenue.

Three of four eastbound lanes reopened Wednesday on the Jane Addams Memorial Tollway after a rollover crash injured two drivers.

The final portion of the Montrose Avenue bridge over the Kennedy Expressway is set to be removed starting this Friday.

A semitrailer rolled over Monday morning and spilled its cargo on an interstate ramp in the south suburbs, closing the ramp for nearly six hours.

Police in northwest Indiana were searching for a reckless driver who allegedly caused a crash that took down an overhead sign on the Borman Expressway near Gary, critically injuring a driver.

One person was killed and two others hurt in a crash that shut down all lanes of southbound Interstate 57 Tuesday at 99th Street.

A 79-year-old man drove an SUV into a building Saturday after experiencing a medical emergency behind the wheel in Schorsch Village on the Northwest Side.

A man was killed and two others seriously hurt in a shooting early Friday on Interstate 57 near 119th Street.

A person was killed in a fiery crash Thursday morning on Interstate 88.

A 41-year-old Plano man died after crashing his semitrailer Tuesday morning on Interstate 294, shut down most lanes of traffic for more than five hours.

As of Monday, the speed cameras across the city are programmed to ticket drivers for going as little as six miles per hour over the posted limits. The fine is $35.

Expect long delays and gridlock on the outbound Kennedy Expressway in Chicago this weekend as crews remove the last sections of the Montrose Avenue bridge.

The southbound lanes of Harlem Avenue were shut down at 60th Street on Friday as crews responded to a water main break.

The outbound Kennedy Expressway will be reduced to one lane over the weekend while crews remove the last parts of the Montrose Avenue bridge for reconstruction.

A man was wounded Monday afternoon in a shooting on the Dan Ryan Expressway near 43rd Street.

A driver suffered life-threatening injuries Monday after their vehicle was rear-ended and then slammed into a tree on Interstate 55 near Kingery Highway.

The express lanes of the Kennedy Expressway will remain closed for Tuesday evening’s commute as crews work to plow snow from overnight.

A state trooper was seriously injured after his vehicle was rear-ended while investigating a crash on Interstate 55 in Joliet.