NASHVILLE – IDOT announced Tuesday that Illinois 15 over Lunte Creek, 3.6 miles west of Illinois 127 in Washington County, is open to traffic.

The $1.9 million reconstruction project began earlier this spring.

Over the next six years, IDOT is planning to improve more than 3,000 miles of highway and nearly 10 million square feet of bridge deck as part of the Rebuild Illinois capital program, which is investing $33.2 billion into all modes of transportation. Accomplishments through Year Four of Rebuild Illinois included approximately $12.1 billion of improvements statewide on 5,339 miles of highway, 533 bridges and 762 additional safety improvements.