Thomasboro officials said they’ve lost count of how many times they’ve been called to car crashes along a stretch of U.S. 45.

"So that means everyone, they'll close the intersection down, everyone will go west, do a J-Turn to go east, and I'm supposing that they'll still make an intersection so I can come into Bucklin ...

IDOT is hoping to prevent similar stories from happening down the line. “The J-turn intersection is a proven design,” IDOT District 5 Project Engineer Ryan Carroll said. “It will improve ...