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Interstate 55 (I-55) is a major north–south Interstate Highway in the US state of Illinois that connects St. Louis, Missouri, to the Chicago metropolitan area.It enters the state from Missouri near East St. Louis, Illinois, and runs to U.S. Route 41 (US 41, Lake Shore Drive) near Downtown Chicago, where the highway ends, a distance of 294.38 miles (473.76 km). [2]
It was planned as being approximately 50 miles (80 km) in length, mostly in Illinois, connecting Interstate 55 (I-55) in Illinois to I-65 in Indiana. The freeway was scheduled to open in 2018. [ 1 ] However, construction plans were shelved in 2015 when Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner issued an executive order delaying the construction of new ...
Interstate 55 (I-55) is a major Interstate Highway in the central United States. ... Through Illinois, I-55 largely follows the 1940 alignment of the former US 66, ...
At the Metal Museum on Thursday, federal, state, and local leaders marked the $393.7 million federal investment to rebuild the I-55 bridge.
The $4.5 million road project should continue through the fall, with completion scheduled for late November
I-55 remains shut down in both directions
Interstate 490, also known as the O'Hare West Bypass and Western O'Hare Beltway, is a six-mile (9.7 km) electronic toll highway and a beltway that is currently under construction near Chicago, Illinois; it will run along the west side of O'Hare International Airport.
On November 24, 2007, a 12.5 miles (20.1 km) extension of I-355 opened to link I-55 to I-80. Construction of that I-355 extension began after years of delays and environmental litigation. [13] The Illinois Tollway website officially launched on September 1, 1997. [14]