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The bridge work on the east side of the river continues a rapid pace. Pier seven is complete and pier six is nearly complete. McHugh continues to work on the foundations for piers four and five. Their crews are also working on the cofferdam for pier four. On the west side of the river, McHugh graded for a haul road and started construction on the west causeway.

McHugh Construction continued their structure work on the east side of the river. The foundations and part of the pier stems were poured at piers six and seven. The cofferdam at pier five was completed and the test pile was driven for that footing. McHugh started working on the cofferdam for pier four on the east side of the Fox River. Western Utility began their storm sewer work on the west side of the Fox River.

During the past week, McHugh Construction completed the pile driving operations at piers six and seven. They started driving sheet piling for the cofferdam at pier five. McHugh placed reinforcing steel and poured concrete for the east abutment and the footing for pier six. They kept working on the footing at pier seven. Hecker Electric continued their work on the temporary traffic signal at IL 31 & Red Gate Road.

McHugh Construction continued to work on their pile driving operation for the bridge foundations east of the Fox River. They completed the east abutment piles and are close to completing the piles for piers six and seven. Homer Tree Service cut down trees along both sides of IL 25 and along the west side of the Fox River.