The Illinois Department of Transportation is reporting ice-covered highways and roadways with varying degrees of ice coverage along the Interstate 57, 70, 72 and 74 corridors across Central Illinois.
The most serious areas, according to the department’s website, are in Macon, Dewitt, Piatt and Moultrie counties.
Illinois State Police District 10 in Pesotum reported several slide off and crashes, with a heavy concentration of accidents along I-57 from southern Coles to Champaign County.
“If your travel is not an emergency we highly recommend staying off the Interstates until the weather improves” a State Police news release stated.
The National Weather Service in Lincoln has issued a winter weather advisory for Central Illinois until 9 p.m. Saturday. It said there is a possibility of ice accumulation of up to one tenth of an inch.
Herald & Review: Looking back at the 1978 ice storm
Storm knocks county lights out
Saturday, March 25, 1978.
Staff photos by Doug Gaumon, Ron Ernst, and Herb Slodounik
Saturday, March 25, 1978.
24 Illinois counties in disaster state
Sunday, March 26, 1978.
Power crews struggle with ice damage
Sunday, March 26, 1978.
Damage to exceed $2 million
Monday, March 27, 1978.
County, part of city without electricity
Monday, March 27, 1978.
Ice storm pulls people together
Monday, March 27, 1978.
