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  "path": "/transportation/2026/05/28/ohio-ontario-feeder-ramp-reopen",
  "publishedAt": "2026-05-28T16:49:06.214Z",
  "site": "https://chicago.suntimes.com",
  "textContent": "<p>The Ontario feeder ramp is set to fully reopen Friday morning, weather permitting, after nearly a year and a half of construction that narrowed the three-lane ramp down to two.</p><p>Before the ramp opens, crews will close it from 11 p.m. Thursday until 5 a.m. Friday, according to the Illinois Department of Transportation. Crews performed a similar closure of Ohio Street feeder ramp on Wednesday night to apply pavement markings and remove barricades.</p><p>But the construction is not entirely over — yet.</p><p>Later this summer, concrete pavement patching will require the full closure over three weekends alternating between the Ohio and Ontario ramps. The exact dates will be announced later, a state transportation agency spokesperson said Thursday.</p><p>The full reopening may alleviate congestion that has hit the two main ramps connecting the Kennedy Expressway to River North since construction began in November 2024.</p><p>At the time, officials <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https://idot.illinois.gov/content/dam/soi/en/web/idot/documents/about-idot/news/construction-releases/2024/november/11.14.24%20Ohio_Ontario%20feeder%20ramps.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" >said</a> the $15-million project to fix the bridge decks spanning over the Chicago River would be completed in the fall of 2025.</p><p>The project is separate from the three-year Kennedy Expressway rehabilitation that <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https://chicago.suntimes.com/transportation/2025/10/05/kennedy-reopen-construction\" target=\"_blank\" >ended last fall</a>.</p><div class=\"Enhancement\" data-align-center> <div class=\"Enhancement-item\" data-crop=\"\"> <figure class=\"Figure\"><a class=\"AnchorLink\" id=\"image-b20000\" name=\"image-b20000\"></a> <picture data-crop=\"medium\"> <source type=\"image/webp\" width=\"490\" height=\"275\" data-srcset=\"https://cst.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/52e28af/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1348x757+0+31/resize/490x275!/format/webp/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fchorus-production-cst-web.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com%2Fbrightspot%2F2c%2F86%2F1cbd1c5348e3a57e7bf51564b12b%2Fscreenshot-2025-10-24-at-7-14-22-am.png 1x,https://cst.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/8ac1318/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1348x757+0+31/resize/980x550!/format/webp/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fchorus-production-cst-web.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com%2Fbrightspot%2F2c%2F86%2F1cbd1c5348e3a57e7bf51564b12b%2Fscreenshot-2025-10-24-at-7-14-22-am.png 2x\" data-lazy-load=\"true\" srcset=\"data:image/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciIHZlcnNpb249IjEuMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIyNzVweCIgd2lkdGg9IjQ5MHB4Ij48L3N2Zz4=\" /> <source width=\"490\" height=\"275\" data-srcset=\"https://cst.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/cd84dcd/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1348x757+0+31/resize/490x275!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fchorus-production-cst-web.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com%2Fbrightspot%2F2c%2F86%2F1cbd1c5348e3a57e7bf51564b12b%2Fscreenshot-2025-10-24-at-7-14-22-am.png\" data-lazy-load=\"true\" srcset=\"data:image/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciIHZlcnNpb249IjEuMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIyNzVweCIgd2lkdGg9IjQ5MHB4Ij48L3N2Zz4=\" /> <img class=\"Image\" alt=\"Screenshot 2025-10-24 at 7.14.22 AM.png\" srcset=\"https://cst.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/cd84dcd/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1348x757+0+31/resize/490x275!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fchorus-production-cst-web.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com%2Fbrightspot%2F2c%2F86%2F1cbd1c5348e3a57e7bf51564b12b%2Fscreenshot-2025-10-24-at-7-14-22-am.png 1x,https://cst.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/37079eb/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1348x757+0+31/resize/980x550!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fchorus-production-cst-web.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com%2Fbrightspot%2F2c%2F86%2F1cbd1c5348e3a57e7bf51564b12b%2Fscreenshot-2025-10-24-at-7-14-22-am.png 2x\" width=\"490\" height=\"275\" data-src=\"https://cst.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/cd84dcd/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1348x757+0+31/resize/490x275!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fchorus-production-cst-web.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com%2Fbrightspot%2F2c%2F86%2F1cbd1c5348e3a57e7bf51564b12b%2Fscreenshot-2025-10-24-at-7-14-22-am.png\" data-lazy-load=\"true\" src=\"data:image/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciIHZlcnNpb249IjEuMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIyNzVweCIgd2lkdGg9IjQ5MHB4Ij48L3N2Zz4=\" > </picture> <div class=\"Figure-content\"><figcaption class=\"Figure-caption\"><p>A map of construction work on the Ontario feeder ramps to the Kennedy Expressway.</p></figcaption><span class=\"line\"></span><div class=\"Figure-credit\"><p>IDOT</p></div></div> </figure> </div> </div><p></p>",
  "title": "Ontario feeder ramp fully reopens Friday after more than 1 year of repairs",
  "updatedAt": "2026-05-28T17:52:46.938Z"
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