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As the city grew and annexed adjacent towns, problems arose with duplicate street names and a confusing numbering system based on the Chicago River. On June 22, 1908, the city council adopted a system proposed by Edward P. Brennan; [2] amended June 21, 1909. The changes were effective September 1, 1909 for most of the city. [3]
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 ...
The Jane Byrne Interchange (until 2014, Circle Interchange) is a major freeway interchange near downtown Chicago, Illinois.It is the junction between the Dan Ryan, Kennedy and Eisenhower Expressways (I-90/I-94 and I-290), and Ida B. Wells Drive. [1]
The first was the Congress Branch, which opened on June 22, 1958. On July 30, 1958, proposals for a line in the median of the Dan Ryan Expressway and a line in the median of the Kennedy Expressway were among a series of projects proposed by the CTA. [2] The Dan Ryan branch was built between 1967 and 1969 for a total cost of $38 million.
The entire route was resigned as Lake Shore Drive in 1946, and its scenic views of the waterfront, beaches, parks, towers and high-rises have become symbolic of Chicago. On June 25, 2021, the Chicago City Council approved a compromise ordinance renaming the outer portion of Lake Shore Drive for the city's first non-indigenous settler, Jean ...
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Length (mi) [2] Length (km) Southern or western terminus Northern or eastern terminus Formed Removed Notes I-155: 32.13: 51.71 I-55 near Lincoln: I-74 in Morton: 1992: current I-172: 19.69: 31.69 I-72/US 36 in Fall Creek: 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