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As a result, US 36 moved to a part of I-72 from Decatur to Jacksonville. [7] By 1979, the freeway then extended west near Riggston. [8] By 1988, it extended west to IL 100. [9] At this point, the Valley City Eagle Bridges were completed. However, by 1992, the twin spans, as well as the freeway west to IL 336, opened. [10]
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
This would provide a series of rural four-lane highways (I-35, US 36, I-72, and I-55) connecting Chicago to the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) Corridor (High Priority Corridor 23). This would reduce the amount of through traffic, primarily truck traffic, in the St. Louis , Des Moines , and Quad Cities metropolitan areas by serving ...
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The new equipment cost the Wabash US$1,500,000; it was the first dome train to operate between Chicago and St. Louis. [4] The Norfolk and Western Railway leased the Wabash in 1964 but continued to operate the Blue Bird. This changed in 1968 when the N&W truncated the Blue Bird to Decatur, Illinois, still departing from Chicago.
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]
In Decatur, US 51 follows I-72 to bypass the city. US 51 leaves I-72 after eight miles (13 km), and it heads north to Bloomington – Normal as an expressway. At Bloomington–Normal, US 51 follows I-74 for a mile, then I-55 for seven miles (11 km), before following I-39 for 140 miles (230 km).
In 1931, it was rerouted away from Zion and Winthrop Harbor while IL 42 north of Chicago remained untouched. [3] In 1935, an entire section of US 41 between Chicago and Waukegan was realigned to a new alignment. The new alignment closely matched the current routing of US 41. [4] By 1939, Skokie Highway (part of US 41) was fully completed.