DIXON – The Illinois Department of Transportation announced today that they will be shutting off the bridge’s 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 Friday, June 17.
The shutoff is to reduce the number of mayflies on the bridge pavement. The lights will be turned back on September 20.
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