Traffic zips along northbound Route 53 near I-90 in Schaumburg. The Illinois tollway will be closing the ramp from eastbound I-90 to northbound Route 53 for several to modernize the toll plaza. Daily Herald File Photo

Eastbound Jane Addams Tollway (I-90) drivers seeking to merge north onto Route 53 in Schaumburg should expect delays and a detour starting Sunday evening.

The tollway is closing the ramp onto northbound Route 53 in order to remove obsolete toll collection infrastructure and replace it with modern equipment.

Access to the ramp will be shut down at 8 p.m. Sunday, with the project expected to take two weeks, depending on weather.

Signs will be posted detouring drivers to southbound Route 53, Higgins Road and back onto northbound Route 53.

Workers will take out the toll pla

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