
Chicago weather: Rain, storms give way to lake effect snow showers
By Mark Thompson
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Two ramps on the Veterans Memorial Tollway (Interstate 355) will close overnight starting at 10 p.m. Thursday for pavement repairs, according to the Illinois Tollway. Drivers should expect delays.The ramp from northbound I-355 to southbound I-55 will close, and traffic will be detoured to northbound I-55 to Lemont Road, then through that interchange to southbound I-55, the Tollway said.The ramp from Ogden Avenue to southbound I-355 is also scheduled to close. No detour will be posted.Both ramps are scheduled to reopen by 5 a.m. Friday. Each needs two nights of closures to finish the work, according to the Tollway.Later in November, the ramp from southbound I-355 to northbound I-55 is scheduled to close for two nights. Drivers will be detoured to southbound I-55 to Bolingbrook Drive, then through that interchange back onto northbound I-55.The closures give crews a safe work zone and let new concrete cure, the Tollway said. All work depends on the weather. Electronic message signs will w