John Deere Road (IL 5) Widening &Reconstruction

Ciorba Group prepared the final plans, specifications and cost estimates for widening and reconstructing 2.5 miles of John Deere Road from the I-74 interchange to 70th Street.  The improvements added a third lane in each direction and dual left turn lanes and right turn lanes at all five major intersections. The improvement also included reconstructing fourteen side streets on new and existing alignments and the modernization or installation of new signals at ten intersections. The existing signalized intersection at John Deere Road and 38th Street was eliminated and replaced with a new flyover bridge and a new roadway connecting 38th Street to Coaltown Road. To minimize wetland impacts, 2,000 feet of Mechanically Stabilized Earth (MSE) walls were designed for the new 38th Street roadway and bridge instead of constructing earth embankment