Chicago Transportation Tips by Toughluck

'Mode': TO,AROUND
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Getting TO/AROUND: Chicago has named it's freeways. When listening to traffic reports, they use the names because it helps identify which part of the interstate is involved.

John F. Kennedy Expressway
This is I-90 and I-94 on the northwest side. It runs from downtown out to O'Hare International Airport. The only major connector is the Edens Expressway (I-94), which runs north from the Kennedy to join the Tri-State Tollway (I-294).

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'Mode': TO
Category: Car/Motor Home
Getting TO/AROUND: Chicago has named it's freeways. When listening to traffic reports, they use the names because it helps identify which part of the interstate is involved.

Edens Expressway
This is I-94 running from the Kennedy north. It provide access to the north side suburbs of Skokie, Morton Grove, Glenview, Wilmette, Winnetka, and Northbrook. To continue northward to Highland Park, Lake Forest, or Waukegan, use US 41 or I-94 as the Tristate Tollway.

I-94 continues south into Chicago as the Kennedy Expressway.
I-94 continues north towards Milwaukee, Wisconsin as the Tristate Tollway.

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'Mode': TO,AROUND
Category: Car/Motor Home
Getting TO/AROUND: Chicago has named it's freeways. When listening to traffic reports, they use the names because it helps identify which part of the interstate is involved.

Dwight D. Eisenhower Expressway
This is I-290 running west of Chicago. It runs from from downtown, as Congress Parkway, westward towards the western suburbs of Maywood, Elmhurst, and Lombard. The Eisenhower ends at the Tristate Tollway (I-294). I-290 continues west around the south and west side of O'Hare International Airport to join with the Northwest Tollway (I-90).

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'Mode': TO
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Getting TO/AROUND: Chicago has named it's freeways. When listening to traffic reports, they use the names because it helps identify which part of the interstate is involved.

Adlai E. Stevenson Expressway
This is I-55 on the southwest side of town. It runs from the Dan Ryan/Lakeshore Drive/Downtown interchange (it's a high bridge intersection), southwest along the Sanitary Ship Canal to the Tristate Tollway. The Stevenson ends at the Tristate, but I-55 continues southwest to Joliet.

I-55 continues southward through Illinois to Springfield.

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'Mode': TO,AROUND
Category: Car/Motor Home
Getting TO/AROUND: Chicago has named it's freeways. When listening to traffic reports, they use the names because it helps identify which part of the interstate is involved.

Dan Ryan Expressway
This is I-90 and I-94 on the south side. It runs from downtown to the split at 95th Street into the Calumet Expressway (I-94) and I-57. There is a major branch where I-90 turns eastward to Indiana on the Chicago Skyway. The Skyway is a toll road, but skips over a chunk of the city.

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'Mode': TO
Category: Car/Motor Home
Getting TO/AROUND: Chicago has named it's freeways. When listening to traffic reports, they use the names because it helps identify which part of the interstate is involved.

Chicago Skyway
This is I-90 running from the Dan Ryan into Indiana and linking with the Indiana Tollway (I-90). The Skyway is a huge viaduct/bridge. From west of the bridge over the Calumet River, you can only enter the skyway going east and exit it from the westbound lanes. The reverse is true once you cross to the east of the bridge. You can only exit going east and enter into the west bound lanes.

The skyway was built to move traffice into Chicago and out of Chicago. There is no service for short runs along the route.

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'Mode': AROUND
Category: Car/Motor Home
Getting TO/AROUND: Chicago has named it's freeways. When listening to traffic reports, they use the names because it helps identify which part of the interstate is involved.

Tristate Tollway
This is I-294 around the west side of the City. It begins down south on the Kingery Expressway, I-80-294 outside Lansing and Harvey. It turns north around the city service Oaklawn, Burbank and then crossing the Des Plaines River and meeting I-55 (5bStevenson Expressway). It continues northward pass Hinsdale, Westchester to Elmhurst and I-290 (Eisenhower Expressway) and I-88 (East-West Tollway). Swinging a bit east around O'Hare International Airport, it crosses I-90 as it changes from the Northwest Tollway into the Kennedy Expressway. Running still northward through the northern/northwestern suburbs, it serves Park Ridge, Niles, and Des Plaines. In Northbrook, it joins with I-94 (Edens Expressway) and drops the I-294 designation for the I-94 title. From there it runs to the Wisconsin border.

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'Mode': AROUND
Category: Subway/Metro
Getting TO/AROUND: The 'L' is three lines that run on elevated tracks, i.e., 'the el'. I'm just loading pictures and place holders until I can get back and add some text. Come back in November and see what's been added. I'll add details of these three later.

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Phone: 1-888-YOUR-CTA
Website: http://www.transitchicago.com/

'Mode': AROUND
Category: Subway/Metro
Getting TO/AROUND: There are two subway lines through the downtown area. I'm just loading pictures and place holders until I can get back and add some text. Come back in November and see what's been added.

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Phone: 1-888-YOUR-CTA
Website: http://www.transitchicago.com/