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Joliet's Briggs Street Getting New Traffic Light

For decades, the intersection of Mills Road and Briggs Street has been a four-way stop, but those days are almost over.

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Next week, Joliet will be operating a new traffic light at the intersection of Briggs Street and Mills Road on the city's far east side.
Next week, Joliet will be operating a new traffic light at the intersection of Briggs Street and Mills Road on the city's far east side. (John Ferak/Joliet Patch )

JOLIET, IL — An intersection on Joliet's east side that had a four-way stop sign for years is about to change in a dramatic way. Starting May 17, the intersection of Briggs Street and Mills Road will have a traffic light.

The Illinois Department of Transportation has posted electronic message boards along Mills Road and Briggs Street to inform oncoming motorists that the change is only one week away.

Nowadays, semi-trucks traveling along the Interstate 80 corridor utilize Joliet's Briggs Street exit to get to the city's logistics centers and warehouses near Laraway Road and the Route 53 corridor.

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In one week, Joliet will be operating a new traffic light at the intersection of Briggs Street and Mills Road on the city's far east side. John Ferak/Patch
In one week, Joliet will be operating a new traffic light at the intersection of Briggs Street and Mills Road on the city's far east side. Image via John Ferak/Patch

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