I-270 密西西比河新桥推迟通车：伸缩缝需追加施工 预计下周末开放
伊利诺伊州交通部11月13日发布交通更新：新建的 I-270 密西西比河大桥西行桥面将无法按此前宣布的11月16日通车，桥面伸缩缝需要追加施工，预计推迟到下周末开放。
这座新桥是跨密西西比河的 Chain of Rocks 双桥工程的一部分，连接伊利诺伊州 Madison 县与密苏里州一侧，是 Metro East 地区重要的货运与出行通道。整个工程合计投资5.316亿美元，由伊利诺伊州与密苏里州两州交通部共同推进，属州长 JB Pritzker 的「重建伊利诺伊」基建计划成果。两州交通官员与地方领袖此前已为新桥举行剪彩。
交通部门提醒，在西行新桥开放前，驾驶人仍按现有桥面通行安排行驶，并留意后续更新。
New Westbound I-270 Mississippi River Bridge Opening Delayed, Now Expected Next Weekend
The Illinois Department of Transportation issued a traffic update on November 13: the new westbound I-270 Mississippi River Bridge will not open to traffic on November 16 as previously announced. Additional work on the bridge's expansion joints is needed before it can open, and the bridge is now expected to open next weekend.
The new span is part of the Chain of Rocks twin bridges crossing the Mississippi River between Madison County, Illinois, and Missouri, the centerpiece of a combined $531.6 million investment in a critical freight and travel corridor in the Metro East. The bridges are an achievement of Gov. JB Pritzker's Rebuild Illinois capital program, and transportation officials from both states had already cut the ribbon on the new bridge.
Drivers should continue using the existing crossing arrangement until the westbound span opens and watch for further updates.
来源：伊利诺伊州交通部
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图片来源：图：跨密西西比河的 I-270 新 Chain of Rocks 桥。CC BY-SA 2.0，取自 Wikimedia Commons。 / Photo: The New Chain of Rocks Bridge carrying I-270 over the Mississippi River. CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons.
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