-55 News Reports

Interstate 55 is closed in both directions between U.S. 6 and River Road Tuesday due to down power lines, according to the Illinois Department of Transportation. Read More

Interstate 55 is closed in both directions between U.S. 6 and River Road Tuesday due to downed power lines, according to the Illinois Department of Transportation. Severe weather slammed Illinois ... Read More

Part of Interstate 55 on the outskirts of Chicago remained shut down Tuesday morning after powerful winds from a derecho overturned several semi-trucks and toppled power lines onto cars. Read More

FOX Weather Storm Tracker Brandon Copic says several vehicles were entangled in high tension power lines that were crumpled across Interstate 55 in northern Illinois after a derecho passed through ... Read More

Downed power lines across the interstate from Monday night's storms have closed I-55 in both directions Tuesday morning near Channahon in far southwest Chicagoland. The Channahon Police Department ... Read More

Tuesday morning commuters may run into issues as downed trees and power lines from Monday's storm cause traffic impacts across the Chicago area, from Shorewood to Grant Park. Read More

Others suggested that Interstate 55 was shut down in both directions because of multiple jackknifed semis near Arsenal Road. Read More

Fins Car Wash, located at 100 Collins Meadow Drive along Highway 55, was bought for $3.56 million by Essential Properties, based in Princeton, New Jersey. The property is 2 acres and located next to ... Read More

SHAWINIGAN - La Sûreté du Québec (SQ) signale qu'un homme se trouve dans un état critique à la suite d'un accident de moto survenu dimanche en fin d'après-midi sur l'autoroute 55 à Shawinigan, en ... Read More

Un motocycliste âgé d'une cinquantaine d'années est dans un état critique à la suite d'un accident survenu dimanche soir sur l'autoroute 55 à Shawinigan en Mauricie. L'accident s'est produit vers 18 h ... Read More

A pickup driver died after rear-ending a semi early Saturday on Interstate 55 near southwest suburban Summit ... he slammed into the back of a semi traveling in the center lane, Illinois State Police ... Read More

Officials including U.S. Rep. Steve Cohen and Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee announced Friday that a $394 million grant from the federal government would be going towards the rebuilding of the I-55 bridge, ... Read More

The U.S. Department of Transportation is providing nearly $400 million to build a new Interstate 55 bridge connecting Tennessee and Arkansas across the Mississi ... Read More

A new and improved Interstate 55 bridge is coming soon. Officials including U.S. Rep. Steve Cohen and Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee announced Friday that a $394 million grant from the federal government ... Read More

Congressman Steve Cohen announced on Friday that the Tennessee and Arkansas Department of Transportation secured over $393 million for a new Interstate 55 bridge over the Mississippi River. Read More

Congressman Steve Cohen announced on Friday that the Tennessee and Arkansas Department of Transportation secured over $393 million for a new Interstate 55 Bridge over the ... Read More

The long-awaited and recently stalled traffic switch from Farmington Hill onto the new U.S. Highway 550 alignment connecting to U.S. Highway 160 via the Grandview Interchange is scheduled to occur ... Read More

Minneapolis built permanent housing at the site of the Northside Quonset huts where Marszalek lived, near Highway 55. The housing projects in that area were later torn down in the 1990s, following a ... Read More

Jonathan Linderer of Crystal City was injured in a crash on southbound I-55 south of Bayless Avenue in St. Louis County on July 9. Jacob Kanter of St. Louis was also injured in the crash. Read More