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After nine years of construction, this major Chicago traffic interchange will reopen this month

The Jane Byrne Interchange, where the Kennedy, Dan Ryan and Eisenhower expressways meet, on Dec. 13, 2022, in Chicago.

After nine years of construction and hundreds of millions of dollars in cost overruns, the massive rebuild of the Jane Byrne Interchange that connects major expressways near downtown Chicago is set to be substantially complete in the coming days.

The last of the major exit ramp closures are set to reopen as soon as Friday, or shortly thereafter depending on the weather, representatives from the Illinois Department of Transportation said. After that, a handful of small items, including

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