{"id":1039327,"date":"2026-09-02T18:14:21","date_gmt":"2026-09-02T18:14:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/1039327\/"},"modified":"2026-09-02T18:14:21","modified_gmt":"2026-09-02T18:14:21","slug":"chicago-heat-keeps-dusable-lake-shore-drive-bridge-from-fully-closing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/1039327\/","title":{"rendered":"Chicago heat keeps DuSable Lake Shore Drive bridge from fully closing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1786562663_163_default-image.png\" alt=\"Livestream\" class=\"livestream-poster-image\" data-v-b05d485a=\"\"\/>      <\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\"><strong>CHICAGO<\/strong> &#8211; The extreme heat is keeping Chicago&#8217;s DuSable Lake Shore Drive bridge from fully closing following a scheduled bridge lift Wednesday morning.<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">CDOT said the bridge experienced a heat-related issue during the scheduled lift, and crews are making adjustments to safely close the bridge and reopen the roadway as quickly as possible.<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Traffic control is in place, and motorists are being urged to use alternate routes until the bridge reopens.<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">The issue comes as the Chicago area is under a Heat Advisory, with the heat index expected to reach 100 to 110 degrees.<\/p>\n<p class=\"group-source-paragraph\" data-v-4fbf7207=\"\"><b data-v-4fbf7207=\"\">The Source:<\/b> The information in this story came from the Chicago Department of Transportation.<\/p>\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox32chicago.com\/tag\/weather\/severe-weather\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-94395e58=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Severe Weather<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox32chicago.com\/tag\/us\/il\/cook-county\/chicago\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-94395e58=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Chicago<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"CHICAGO &#8211; The extreme heat is keeping Chicago&#8217;s DuSable Lake Shore Drive bridge from fully closing following a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1039328,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5124],"tags":[960,5404,5386,1818,50,5313,68,313],"class_list":["post-1039327","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-chicago","tag-chicago","tag-cook-county","tag-il","tag-illinois","tag-news","tag-severe-weather","tag-us","tag-weather"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/117202810834156777","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1039327","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1039327"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1039327\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1039328"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1039327"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1039327"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1039327"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}