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While all north–south streets within city limits are named, rather than numbered, smaller streets in some areas are named in groups all starting with the same letter; thus, when traveling westward on a Chicago street, starting just past Pulaski Road (4000 W), one will cross a mile-long stretch of streets which have names starting with the letter K (From east to west: Keystone (North Side ...
The Chicago area has numerous limited-access freeways and tollways. Highways with one contiguous number through the area are separated into different segments and labeled—for example, the Edens Expressway is Interstate 94 through the northern portion of the area. Such use of differing terminologies can often be confusing to visitors to ...
Interstate 290 (I-290) is an auxiliary Interstate Highway that runs westward from the Jane Byrne Interchange near the Chicago Loop.The portion of I-290 from I-294 to its east end is officially called the Dwight D. Eisenhower Expressway.
It was the first expressway in Chicago and was opened on December 20, 1951. It has three lanes in each direction. The original name of the expressway was the Edens Parkway, named after William Grant Edens (1863–1957), a banker and early advocate for paved roads. He was a sponsor of Illinois's first highway bond issue in 1918. [4]
The Dan Ryan Expressway is an expressway in Chicago that runs from the Jane Byrne Interchange with Interstate 290 (I-290) near Downtown Chicago through the South Side of the city. It is designated as both I-90 and I-94 south to 66th Street, a distance of 7.44 miles (11.97 km).
Roads and expressways in Chicago * List of Chicago placename etymologies; 0–9. 1st Avenue (Chicago) 95th Street (Chicago) 159th Street (Chicago) A. Addison Street;
The Tri-State Highway was the designation for an 18 mile expressway in the Chicago metropolitan area. The original designations for the expressway were Interstate 80, 90, and 294, as well as a portion of U.S. Route 6. It connects the Tri-State Tollway, Bishop Ford Freeway, and Illinois Route 394 in the west to the Indiana Toll Road in the east.
I-90/I-94/I-290 in Chicago: 2010: current Chicago-Kansas City Expressway; Originally Jerseyville to Benld IL 111: 82.18: 132.26 Lake Drive in Centreville: IL 104 in Waverly: 1924: current IL 112 — — — — 1924: 1964 Now IL 159; Originally Royal Lakes to Edwardsville IL 113: 33.95: 54.64 IL 47 in Mazon: IL 17 in Kankakee