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Street closure at UP tracks in West Chicago to begin Monday

By  Daniel Brown
   
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Washington Street in west suburban West Chicago is scheduled to close Monday near the Union Pacific tracks for emergency rail repair and grade crossing.

The area will be closed from 9 a.m. Monday through March 20, according to a statement from the city of West Chicago. Traffic will be detoured from Clara Street to Church Street to Wood Street and then back to Washington Street.


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