Interstate 290 and 172 in Illinois

 

I-290
Get started Schaumburg
End Chicago
Length 48 km
Route
  • 0 → Rockford / Chicago1 Higgins Road
  • 4 Biesterfield Road
  • 5
  • 7 → Naperville / Joliet
  • 10 Kingery Highway
  • 12 Lake Street
  • 13 North Avenue
  • 14 St Charles Road
  • 15B → Milwaukee
  • 15A → Naperville / Gary
  • 16 Wolf Road
  • 17 Mannheim Road
  • 18 25th Avenue
  • 19 17th Avenue
  • 20 1st Avenue
  • 21 Harlem Avenue
  • 23A Austin Boulevard
  • 23B Central Avenue
  • 24A Laramie Avenue
  • 24B Cicero Avenue
  • 25 Kostner Avenue
  • 26A Independence Boulevard
  • 26B Homan Avenue
  • 27A Sacramento Avenue
  • 27B California Avenue
  • 27C Western Avenue
  • 28A Damen Avenue
  • 28B Paulina Street
  • 29A Racine Avenue
  • 29B Morgan Street
  • 30 → Milwaukee / Gary
  • Canal Street
  • Wacker Drive
  • Wells Street
  • Congress Parkway

Interstate 290 or I -290 is an Interstate Highway in the US state of Illinois. Located in the metropolitan area of ​​Chicago, the highway provides an arterial road for the western and northwestern suburbs to the city center. The highway is 48 kilometers long.

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Travel directions

The Eisenhower Expressway.

The Circle Interchange with I-90/94 before reconstruction.

see also Eisenhower Expressway.

The highway begins at the cloverleaf with Interstate 90, in Schaumburg, a suburb in the northwest of the metropolitan area. Here, SR-53 becomes I-290, which runs south first. The highway has 2×4 lanes and runs through the industrial estates of Schaumburg, a suburb with 76,000 inhabitants. In Itasca, I-290 turns southeast, and Interstate 355 branches south to form the conurbation ‘s second western bypass. The I-355 is a toll road, the I-290 is toll-free. It passes through the suburbs of Addison and Elmhurst, before turning south again, right next to Interstate 294. In Hillside one comes to a largeinterchange, where one intersects with I-294, and also where Interstate 88 ends, which runs to Davenport. I-290 turns east here, forming the Eisenhower Expressway.

The highway here has 2×3 lanes, and passes through the old suburbs of Chicago, which are quite densely built. The road has many exits and congestion. After Cicero one enters the actual Chicago, through the sprawling residential areas built in a dense grid pattern. From the highway, the skyline is visible from afar, as you drive straight towards it towards the east. A little further into Chicago, the road has 2×4 lanes, with a light rail in the median strip. On the west side of downtown, one intersects Interstate 90, which is double-numbered with Interstate 94. This is an important junction, one can go in all directions. Three blocks next to the 442-foot-tall Sears Tower, the highway ends at Wells Street. The road then continues as the Congress Parkway urban trunk road. The entire portion of I-290 runs below ground level within the Chicago city limits.

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History

The first plans for a main road on the current route date from 1909, as a wide boulevard. However, the first sections of the highway did not open until 1955, covering 4 kilometers between Mannheim Road and 1st Avenue. That same year, another 6 kilometers opened. In the 1960s and 1970s, the highway was slowly but surely extended towards the (north) west.

Traffic intensities

Exit Location 2007 2015
1 164,000 136,000
4 Elk Grove Village 191,000 185,000
5 Itasca 170,000 207,000
7 146,000 136,000
10 Addison 141,000 136,000
12 Elmhurst 160,000 149,000
14 Berkeley 203,000 152,000
15 143,000 147,000
17 Mannheim Road 195,000 189,000
18 Bellwood 182,000 183,000
19 Maywood 187,000 176,000
20 North Riverside 200,000 187,000
21 Forest Park 195,000 194,000
22 Oak Park 168,000 168,000
23 Central Avenue 195,000 185,000
24 Laramie Avenue 210,000 214,000
25 Cicero Avenue 196,000 193,000
26 Independence Boulevard 220,000 211,000
27 Western Avenue 213,000 209,000
28 Damen Avenue 209,000 199,000
29 Racine Avenue 191,000 197,000
30 192,000 188,000

Lane Configuration

From Unpleasant Lanes
Exit 1 Exit 1B 2×4
Exit 1B Exit 7 2×5
Exit 7 Exit 23 2×3
Exit 23 Exit 30 2×4

Interstate 172 in Illinois

I-172
Begin Quincy
End Hannibal
Length 19 mi
Length 31 km
Route
Quincy

Interstate 172 or I -172 is an Interstate Highway in the western state of Illinois. The highway forms a short north-south route, connecting the city of Quincy with Interstate 72 to Springfield. The highway is 31 kilometers long.

Travel directions

The starting point of I-172.

Interstate 172 begins south of Quincy at a trumpet interchange with Interstate 72 running from Hannibal to Springfield. The highway then heads north and has 2×2 lanes. The first part leads through the open valley of the Mississippi, then you cross a rocky area and you arrive in an area with alternating forest and some meadows, as well as some sloping terrain. I-172 runs along the east side of the town of Quincy, then becomes State Route 336, a 2×2 divided highway.

History

Previously, I-172 was signposted as I-72 until I-72 was extended to Hannibal, Missouri. The highway opened in 1983, but has only been numbered as I-172 since 1995. Before that, it was numbered as State Route 336.

Congestion

Congestion is unusual on I-172, traffic volumes are very low.

Connections & traffic intensities

# destination AADT
0 Hannibal, Springfield 10.500
2 Marblehead, Quincy 6.900
10 Quincy, 36th Street 5.400
14 Quincy, Broadway 7.200
15 Quincy, Columbus Road 6.600
19 Mount Sterling, Keokuk

Interstate 172 in Illinois

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