{"id":21868,"date":"2025-10-29T15:56:52","date_gmt":"2025-10-29T20:56:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/?p=21868"},"modified":"2025-10-29T15:56:52","modified_gmt":"2025-10-29T20:56:52","slug":"us-route-40-in-st-elmo-will-close-for-improvements-at-the-railroad-crossing-next-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/local-news\/21868-us-route-40-in-st-elmo-will-close-for-improvements-at-the-railroad-crossing-next-week\/","title":{"rendered":"US Route 40 in St. Elmo Will Close for Improvements at the Railroad Crossing Next Week"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pdfprnt-buttons pdfprnt-buttons-post pdfprnt-top-right\"><a href=\"javascript: window.print()\" class=\"pdfprnt-button pdfprnt-button-print\" target=\"_self\" ><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/wp-content\/plugins\/pdf-print\/images\/print.png\" alt=\"image_print\" title=\"Print Content\" \/><span class=\"pdfprnt-button-title pdfprnt-button-print-title\">Print<\/span><\/a><\/div><p>The Illinois Department of Transportation announced that Cumberland Road (U.S. 40) in St. Elmo will close for improving the approaches at the railroad crossing. Work will begin Monday, Nov. 3 and is scheduled to be completed on Tuesday, Nov. 4.<\/p>\n<div>The closure is necessary to allow Union Pacific to make the repairs and improvements. A detour utilizing Main Street, Fourth Street and Spring Street will be in place. \u200b<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>It will be necessary for motorists to find an alternate route. Drivers are urged to pay close attention to changed conditions and signs in the work zones, obey the posted speed limits, refrain from using mobile devices and be alert for workers and equipment.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>For IDOT District 7 updates, follow on Twitter at <a href=\"https:\/\/prezlymail.com\/c\/9fe54bdb-7915-4e50-9dda-f7869daa3308\/55db0303\/https%3A%2F%2Ftwitter.com%2Fidotdistrict7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?hl=en&amp;q=https:\/\/prezlymail.com\/c\/9fe54bdb-7915-4e50-9dda-f7869daa3308\/55db0303\/https%253A%252F%252Ftwitter.com%252Fidotdistrict7&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1761857534058000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2E_5FEEx700QkRzbiXVVSb\">@IDOTDistrict7<\/a>\u00a0or view area construction details on IDOT\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/prezlymail.com\/c\/9fe54bdb-7915-4e50-9dda-f7869daa3308\/d86cb453\/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gettingaroundillinois.com%2FTravelerInfo%2Findex.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?hl=en&amp;q=https:\/\/prezlymail.com\/c\/9fe54bdb-7915-4e50-9dda-f7869daa3308\/d86cb453\/https%253A%252F%252Fwww.gettingaroundillinois.com%252FTravelerInfo%252Findex.html&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1761857534058000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2cPFBp4HCpy5JEgIfnfkxf\">traveler information map<\/a>\u00a0on GettingAroundIllinois.com.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Illinois Department of Transportation announced that Cumberland Road (U.S. 40) in St. Elmo will close for improving the approaches at the railroad crossing. Work will begin Monday, Nov. 3 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":13530,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21868","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>US Route 40 in St. Elmo Will Close for Improvements at the Railroad Crossing Next Week - Effingham&#039;s News and Sports Leader, 979XFM and KJ Country 102.3<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Effingham&#039;s News and Sports Leader\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/local-news\/21868-us-route-40-in-st-elmo-will-close-for-improvements-at-the-railroad-crossing-next-week\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"US Route 40 in St. Elmo Will Close for Improvements at the Railroad Crossing Next Week - Effingham&#039;s News and Sports Leader, 979XFM and KJ Country 102.3\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Effingham&#039;s News and Sports Leader\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/local-news\/21868-us-route-40-in-st-elmo-will-close-for-improvements-at-the-railroad-crossing-next-week\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Effingham&#039;s News and Sports Leader, 979XFM and KJ Country 102.3\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-10-29T20:56:52+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/railroad-crossing.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"248\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"148\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Greg Sapp\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Greg Sapp\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thexradio.com\\\/news\\\/local-news\\\/21868-us-route-40-in-st-elmo-will-close-for-improvements-at-the-railroad-crossing-next-week\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thexradio.com\\\/news\\\/local-news\\\/21868-us-route-40-in-st-elmo-will-close-for-improvements-at-the-railroad-crossing-next-week\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Greg Sapp\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thexradio.com\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/ea4a7a4f3418a551e6319888ef00a8f1\"},\"headline\":\"US Route 40 in St. Elmo Will Close for Improvements at the Railroad Crossing Next Week\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-10-29T20:56:52+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thexradio.com\\\/news\\\/local-news\\\/21868-us-route-40-in-st-elmo-will-close-for-improvements-at-the-railroad-crossing-next-week\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":148,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thexradio.com\\\/news\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thexradio.com\\\/news\\\/local-news\\\/21868-us-route-40-in-st-elmo-will-close-for-improvements-at-the-railroad-crossing-next-week\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thexradio.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/07\\\/railroad-crossing.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Local News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thexradio.com\\\/news\\\/local-news\\\/21868-us-route-40-in-st-elmo-will-close-for-improvements-at-the-railroad-crossing-next-week\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thexradio.com\\\/news\\\/local-news\\\/21868-us-route-40-in-st-elmo-will-close-for-improvements-at-the-railroad-crossing-next-week\\\/\",\"name\":\"US Route 40 in St. Elmo Will Close for Improvements at the Railroad Crossing Next Week - Effingham&#039;s News and Sports Leader, 979XFM and KJ Country 102.3\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thexradio.com\\\/news\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thexradio.com\\\/news\\\/local-news\\\/21868-us-route-40-in-st-elmo-will-close-for-improvements-at-the-railroad-crossing-next-week\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thexradio.com\\\/news\\\/local-news\\\/21868-us-route-40-in-st-elmo-will-close-for-improvements-at-the-railroad-crossing-next-week\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thexradio.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/07\\\/railroad-crossing.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-10-29T20:56:52+00:00\",\"description\":\"Effingham's News and Sports Leader\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thexradio.com\\\/news\\\/local-news\\\/21868-us-route-40-in-st-elmo-will-close-for-improvements-at-the-railroad-crossing-next-week\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thexradio.com\\\/news\\\/local-news\\\/21868-us-route-40-in-st-elmo-will-close-for-improvements-at-the-railroad-crossing-next-week\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thexradio.com\\\/news\\\/local-news\\\/21868-us-route-40-in-st-elmo-will-close-for-improvements-at-the-railroad-crossing-next-week\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thexradio.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/07\\\/railroad-crossing.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thexradio.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/07\\\/railroad-crossing.jpg\",\"width\":248,\"height\":148},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thexradio.com\\\/news\\\/local-news\\\/21868-us-route-40-in-st-elmo-will-close-for-improvements-at-the-railroad-crossing-next-week\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thexradio.com\\\/news\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"US Route 40 in St. Elmo Will Close for Improvements at the Railroad Crossing Next Week\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thexradio.com\\\/news\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thexradio.com\\\/news\\\/\",\"name\":\"Effingham&#039;s News and Sports Leader, 979XFM and KJ Country 102.3\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thexradio.com\\\/news\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thexradio.com\\\/news\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thexradio.com\\\/news\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Effingham&#039;s News and Sports Leader, 979XFM and KJ Country 102.3\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thexradio.com\\\/news\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thexradio.com\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thexradio.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/02\\\/premier-logo-v1.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thexradio.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/02\\\/premier-logo-v1.png\",\"width\":272,\"height\":69,\"caption\":\"Effingham&#039;s News and Sports Leader, 979XFM and KJ Country 102.3\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thexradio.com\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thexradio.com\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/ea4a7a4f3418a551e6319888ef00a8f1\",\"name\":\"Greg Sapp\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thexradio.com\\\/news\\\/author\\\/greg_sapp\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"US Route 40 in St. Elmo Will Close for Improvements at the Railroad Crossing Next Week - Effingham&#039;s News and Sports Leader, 979XFM and KJ Country 102.3","description":"Effingham's News and Sports Leader","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/local-news\/21868-us-route-40-in-st-elmo-will-close-for-improvements-at-the-railroad-crossing-next-week\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"US Route 40 in St. Elmo Will Close for Improvements at the Railroad Crossing Next Week - Effingham&#039;s News and Sports Leader, 979XFM and KJ Country 102.3","og_description":"Effingham's News and Sports Leader","og_url":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/local-news\/21868-us-route-40-in-st-elmo-will-close-for-improvements-at-the-railroad-crossing-next-week\/","og_site_name":"Effingham&#039;s News and Sports Leader, 979XFM and KJ Country 102.3","article_published_time":"2025-10-29T20:56:52+00:00","og_image":[{"width":248,"height":148,"url":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/railroad-crossing.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Greg Sapp","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Greg Sapp","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/local-news\/21868-us-route-40-in-st-elmo-will-close-for-improvements-at-the-railroad-crossing-next-week\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/local-news\/21868-us-route-40-in-st-elmo-will-close-for-improvements-at-the-railroad-crossing-next-week\/"},"author":{"name":"Greg Sapp","@id":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/ea4a7a4f3418a551e6319888ef00a8f1"},"headline":"US Route 40 in St. Elmo Will Close for Improvements at the Railroad Crossing Next Week","datePublished":"2025-10-29T20:56:52+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/local-news\/21868-us-route-40-in-st-elmo-will-close-for-improvements-at-the-railroad-crossing-next-week\/"},"wordCount":148,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/local-news\/21868-us-route-40-in-st-elmo-will-close-for-improvements-at-the-railroad-crossing-next-week\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/railroad-crossing.jpg","articleSection":["Local News"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/local-news\/21868-us-route-40-in-st-elmo-will-close-for-improvements-at-the-railroad-crossing-next-week\/","url":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/local-news\/21868-us-route-40-in-st-elmo-will-close-for-improvements-at-the-railroad-crossing-next-week\/","name":"US Route 40 in St. Elmo Will Close for Improvements at the Railroad Crossing Next Week - Effingham&#039;s News and Sports Leader, 979XFM and KJ Country 102.3","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/local-news\/21868-us-route-40-in-st-elmo-will-close-for-improvements-at-the-railroad-crossing-next-week\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/local-news\/21868-us-route-40-in-st-elmo-will-close-for-improvements-at-the-railroad-crossing-next-week\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/railroad-crossing.jpg","datePublished":"2025-10-29T20:56:52+00:00","description":"Effingham's News and Sports Leader","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/local-news\/21868-us-route-40-in-st-elmo-will-close-for-improvements-at-the-railroad-crossing-next-week\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/local-news\/21868-us-route-40-in-st-elmo-will-close-for-improvements-at-the-railroad-crossing-next-week\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/local-news\/21868-us-route-40-in-st-elmo-will-close-for-improvements-at-the-railroad-crossing-next-week\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/railroad-crossing.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/railroad-crossing.jpg","width":248,"height":148},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/local-news\/21868-us-route-40-in-st-elmo-will-close-for-improvements-at-the-railroad-crossing-next-week\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"US Route 40 in St. Elmo Will Close for Improvements at the Railroad Crossing Next Week"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/","name":"Effingham&#039;s News and Sports Leader, 979XFM and KJ Country 102.3","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/#organization","name":"Effingham&#039;s News and Sports Leader, 979XFM and KJ Country 102.3","url":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/premier-logo-v1.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/premier-logo-v1.png","width":272,"height":69,"caption":"Effingham&#039;s News and Sports Leader, 979XFM and KJ Country 102.3"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/ea4a7a4f3418a551e6319888ef00a8f1","name":"Greg Sapp","url":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/author\/greg_sapp\/"}]}},"modified_by":"Greg Sapp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21868","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21868"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21868\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21869,"href":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21868\/revisions\/21869"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13530"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21868"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21868"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21868"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}