The following is a press release from the Champaign County Highway Department:
JEFF BLUE
COUNTY ENGINEER
1605 E. MAIN STREET (217) 384-3800 URBANA, ILLINOIS 61802
FAX (217) 328-5148
Press Release
For Immediate Release
September 13, 2023
County Road 1500N (Kirby Ave) Champaign Township
County Road 1500N will be closed between 600E (Barker Rd) and 700E (Rising Rd) beginning Monday, September 18, 2023 for reconstruction of a bridge. Bridge construction is scheduled to be complete by the end of October. No marked detour will be signed.
Please obey all signs and barricades and avoid the construction area inside the barricades. The bridge will be totally removed during construction and replaced with a new bridge. No access will be provided across the stream during construction.
Local landowners within the construction area will have access to their property but should drive with extreme caution while near the work zone.
Be smart, stay alive, don’t drive into the construction zone.