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The Galena–Chicago trail was a stagecoach route located in northern Illinois that ran from the mid-to-late 1830s until 1854 (171 years ago) (). [1] As indicated by its name, the route linked Chicago , located in the northeast of the state, with Galena which was located in the lead mining district of the northwest.
Jan Cornelis Ton was born in a village in the province of North Holland north of Amsterdam. He emigrated to America in 1849 with a group of Hollanders seeking a better life in America. They settled in an area about 15 miles (24 km) south of Chicago which they named "High Prairie," now Roseland, Chicago.
Illinois Route 394 (IL 394), also known as the Calumet Expressway, is a 14.6-mile-long (23.5 km) four-lane state highway that travels north from a junction with IL 1 south of Crete to an interchange in South Holland with Interstate 294/Interstate 94/Interstate 80 (I-294/I-94/I-80, Tri-State Tollway/Bishop Ford Freeway; this route is an extension of, but not part of the latter freeway).
IL 58 (Golf Road) Prospect Heights: 396.1: 637.5: IL 21 south (Milwaukee Avenue south) Southern end of IL 21 concurrency: 396.4: 637.9: Willow Road east to Illinois Tollway : Diamond interchange: Palatine Road west – Chicago Executive Airport Viewing Area: Wheeling: 398.8: 641.8: IL 68 (Dundee Road) Cook–Lake county line: Wheeling–Buffalo ...
Born Melvin Peebles [1] in Chicago, Illinois, he was the son of Edwin Griffin and Marion Peebles. [2] In 1953 Peebles graduated with a B.A. in literature from Ohio Wesleyan University and, 13 days later, joined the Air Force, serving for three and a half years. [3] He added "Van" to his name when he lived in the Netherlands in his late 20s. [4]
IL 22 west (Half Day Road) Separate jughandle ramps for traffic exiting onto IL 22; eastern terminus of IL 22: Lake Forest: 44.7: 71.9: IL 60 west (Kennedy Road) Eastern terminus of IL 60: 45.2: 72.7 — Deerpath Road: Lake Bluff: 47.5: 76.4: IL 176 (Rockland Road) Southbound traffic exits via Washington Avenue/Shagbark Road; northbound traffic ...
U.S. Route 14 or U.S. Highway 14 (US 14), an east–west route, is one of the original United States Numbered Highways of 1926. It is about 1,445 miles (2,326 km) long. It is roughly parallel to Interstate 90 (I-90). The highway's eastern terminus is in Chicago, Illinois.
US 24/IL 336 in Fowler: 1995: current Overlaps IL 110 through the entire route I-180: 13.19: 21.23 IL 26/IL 71 in Hennepin: I-80 in Bureau County: 1967: current I-190: 3.07: 4.94 O'Hare International Airport: I-90 in Chicago: 1978: current Shortest auxiliary Interstate in Illinois, Kennedy Expressway: I-255: 27.05: 43.53 I-255/US 50 in Columbia