All of Lake Shore Drive was shut down as of 7:50 p.m. due to safety concerns over the weather, according to the city’s Office of Emergency Management and Communication.
Officials want to clear the drive of all traffic in order to plow and salt the entire roadway.
They hope to have it reopened sometime tonight, according to the OEMC.
There will be a snow day Wednesday for more than 410,000 students at Chicago Public Schools.
The nation’s third largest school system announced late Tuesday that it was canceling all classes
Wednesday at its more than 700 schools out of an “abundance of caution.’’
Midway, but not all of O'Hare:
In anticipation of the incoming blizzard, operations at Midway Airport have been shut down for the day Tuesday and most airlines at O’Hare Airport -- where more than 1,300 flights have been canceled so far -- have indicated they will have limited or no operations on Wednesday, according to the Chicago Dept. of Aviation.
For those flights still operating in and out of O’Hare, as of about 1:30 p.m. airlines were reporting delays of approximately 30 minutes, according to a release from the city Dept. of Aviation.
- State Police are reporting that I-80 will soon be closed, from Morris west to Ottawa, because of “impassable” blizzard conditions.
The interstate will be closed as soon as the Illinois Dept. of Transportation can get the barricades up, said Joliet District State Police Sgt. Chris Paluch, and the road will remain closed all night.
Thanks goodness we have all those brand new 4-wheel-drive Tahoes to drive the snow covered streets and respond to emergency situations! Oh wait....