October 13, 2006: I-80 heading into Illinois, as seen on the I-80 stateline page. Comparatively, I-80 at the Indiana state line is five lanes each way.
After the I-74 bridge is complete in the Quad Cities, the Iowa and Illinois DOTs will be starting to look at I-80.
The I-80 corridor between I-88 and US 61 is perhaps surprisingly undeveloped. At the same time, it probably should’ve been six-laned at least a decade ago. The current bridge has no shoulders and turned 50 years old in 2016, and is going to be around for at least 10 years more even if this project proceeds swiftly.
A video about the “Planning and Environmental Linkage” study is available at the website created for this project. Public comments are being taken through May 6.