IDOT will turn off U.S. 30, U.S. 52 bridge lights beginning June 12

DIXON – The Illinois Department of Transportation announced it will be shutting off the bridges’ roadway lights on the U.S. 52 Mississippi River Bridge (Dale Gardner Veterans Memorial Bridge) in Carroll County and U.S. 30 Mississippi River Bridge (Gateway Bridge) in Whiteside County beginning Wednesday, June 12.

The shutoff is to reduce the number of mayflies on the bridge pavement. The bridge lights will be relit on or before Sept. 20.