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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 Interstate Highway System in Illinois consists of 13 primary highways and 11 auxiliary highways which cover 2,248.93 miles (3,619.30 km). [2] The Interstate Highway with the longest section in Illinois is Interstate 57 at 358.57 miles (577.06 km); the shortest is Interstate 41 at 0.90 miles (1.45 km).
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 ...
Originally Algonquin to Chicago (Harlem Ave.) on Algonquin Road west of Des Plaines. In Des Plaines, this was on Oakton Street and then in Park Ridge, it was Talcott Road into Chicago. IL 62 originally ended at IL 43 (Harlem Ave.) In 1974, IL 62 was removed east of IL 83 in Des Plaines. [7] IL 63 — — — — 1924: 1973
US 12/US 20/US 41 in Chicago: 1926: current Ulysses S. Grant Memorial Highway US 24: 255.13: 410.59 US 24 in Quincy: US 24/US 52 in Sheldon: 1926: current US 30: 153.79: 247.50 US 30 in Fulton: US 30 in Lynwood: 1926: current US 32 — — US 6 at Moline: US 41 in Chicago: 1926: 1934 Now US 6 and US 34 US 34: 211.37: 340.17
Prior to 1938, US 20 continued east on Lake Street east of Mannheim Road (US 12/US 45). It ran through downtown Chicago and exited Chicago south on what is now Torrence Avenue. [3] In 1955, the Illinois General Assembly designated the entire length of US 20 in Illinois the "U.S. Grant Memorial Highway". New signs were produced in late 2007 to ...
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).
The John F. Kennedy Expressway is a nearly 18-mile-long (29 km) freeway in Chicago, Illinois, United States.Portions of the freeway carry I-190, I-90 and I-94.The freeway runs in a southeast–northwest direction between the central city neighborhood of the West Loop and O'Hare International Airport.