ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill. (AP) — Technology engineers are installing digital signs along the Jane Addams Tollway that will give drivers speed and accident information in real time.
The Daily Herald reports that as construction on the tollway finishes, crews are installing gantries every half-mile between O’Hare International Airport and Barrington Road to create the active traffic management system, or “smart road.” There will be a total of 29.
When there’s a crash, red X’s will indicate closed lanes. Messages will update with detours and other notices, such as Amber Alerts.
The system will operate through wireless speed sensors, dozens of cameras and weather stations, which transmit data to the tollway dispatch center in Downers Grove. A traffic team will analyze the results and update the signs.
The system is expected to go live next spring.
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