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According to the Illinois State Police, the crash occurred around 4:31 a.m. on northbound I-55 near milepost 3, involing a tractor trailer and a SUV. ... Traffic from northbound I-55 will be ...
Illinois State Police Troop 8 reported that 88-year-old Shirley Harper of Franklin, Wisconsin, was one of those who died. The crashes occurred on Interstate 55 near Milepost 76 near Farmersville ...
Shirley Harper, 88, was named as the first victim killed in the dust storm accident on interstate 55 near Springfield, Illinois
Interstate 55 (I-55) is a major north–south Interstate Highway in the US state of Illinois that connects St. Louis, Missouri, to the Chicago metropolitan area.It enters the state from Missouri near East St. Louis, Illinois, and runs to U.S. Route 41 (US 41, Lake Shore Drive) near Downtown Chicago, where the highway ends, a distance of 294.38 miles (473.76 km). [2]
I-55, a major traffic artery through the state, reopened around 6 a.m. Tuesday, local time, nearly 20 hours after the chain-reaction crashes were first reported, Illinois State Police said.
Through Illinois, I-55 largely follows the 1940 alignment of the former US 66, now Historic US 66 (Illinois Route 66 Scenic Byway). It runs from the Poplar Street Bridge in East St. Louis to US 41 in Chicago, passing around the state capital of Springfield and the metro area of Bloomington–Normal. Within Illinois, I-55 goes by several names.
It heads northeast as Washington Street, parallel to the Union Pacific Railroad tracks and IL 53. Northeast of Braidwood, IL 129 curves northward and away from IL 53. It continues north until it terminates at an interchange with I-55. Northbound traffic on IL 129 can only enter northbound I-55, and the only access to IL 129 is from northbound I-55.
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