AAA Predicts Highest Traffic in Years in Illinois This Thanksgiving. …

(WTTW News)

Thanksgiving travelers should expect to gobble up traffic over the next few days, with AAA forecasting 2.46 million vehicles to hit the roads in Illinois — some 60,000 more drivers than last year.

Should AAA’s predictions bear out, it would be the second-highest year for Thanksgiving auto travel on record, following the “all-time high” set in 2005 when 2.75 million took to the roads.

But there’ll be some relief.

From 3 p.m. Wednesday through Sunday, Illinois is reopening some lanes that would otherwise be closed for construction work. Not all lanes can safely reopen, so some lanes will remain closed.

Construction work zone rules, like slower speed limits and no cellphone use, still apply.

Per the Illinois Department of Transportation: “Motorists can expect delays and should allow extra time for trips through these areas. Drivers are urged to pay close attention to changed conditions and signs in the work zones, obey the posted speed limits, refrain from…