34-487: [REDACTED] I-94 [REDACTED] I-290 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 . In a dedication ceremony held on August 29, 2014, the interchange was renamed in honor of former Chicago mayor Jane M. Byrne (1979–1983). First developed in
68-451: A flattened layout, using the long, curving ramps to circumnavigate the crossing of the mainlines. This resulted in fewer tall bridges and gave the interchange its distinctive "circle" appearance. Since 2016, it has had a three-level stack in the center due to the realignment of the north-to-west ramp. Both I-90/I-94 and I-290/ Ida B. Wells Drive have four lanes in each direction at this interchange (three lanes prior to December 2022). Most of
102-688: A freeway interchange. Due to its congestion, the May 2008 issue of Popular Mechanics listed this interchange among their list of the 10 Pieces of U.S. Infrastructure We Must Fix Now . In a dedication ceremony held on August 29, 2014, this interchange, formerly called the Circle Interchange, was renamed the Jane Byrne Interchange in honor of former Chicago Mayor Jane M. Byrne (1979–1983). The market's radio and television traffic reporting services immediately instituted
136-529: A project web site, which is being used to schedule public meetings. On April 3, 2013, the Chicago Tribune featured a front-page article on the estimated $ 420 million project, which was slated to take four years. The project began in late 2013. The interchange, as well as a series of overpasses surrounding it, would receive a complete overhaul, including the addition of a flyover ramp from northbound I-90/I-94 to westbound I-290. It also sought to move
170-669: A result of the project's conclusion. Interstate 94 in Illinois Interstate ;94 ( I-94 ) generally runs north–south through the northeastern portion of the US state of Illinois , in Lake and Cook counties. It is signed east–west in Illinois in accordance with its general alignment across the country, with west signage aligned with northbound travel and east signage aligned with southbound travel. I-94 in Illinois
204-709: Is 61.53 miles (99.02 km) long. The William G. Edens Expressway (also known as the Edens Parkway and the Edens Superhighway ) is the main major expressway north from the city of Chicago to Northbrook . Only the short portion from the spur ramp to the expressway's end in Highland Park does not carry I-94. It was the first expressway in Chicago and was opened on December 20, 1951. It has three lanes in each direction. The original name of
238-524: Is called the Bishop Ford Freeway, to Cottage Grove Avenue, the route has four lanes (two lanes each way), with six lanes (three lanes each way) between Michigan and Cottage Grove avenues. The freeway connection ramp to Stony Island Avenue has four lanes (two in each direction). I-94 then has six lanes (three in each direction) south to I-80, where it departs the Bishop Ford Freeway (which continues south as Illinois Route 394 [IL 394]) for
272-665: The Bishop Ford Freeway through the southside of Chicago to I-80, where it joins the Kingery Expressway before entering Indiana. The control cities for I-94 generally are Wisconsin or Milwaukee to the north and west, Chicago or the Chicago Loop for those heading to the central portion, and Indiana to the south and east. I-94 traverses rural and suburban areas in Lake County and the length of
306-639: The Chicago-area Regional Transportation Authority , which was in the process of being formed at this time. The Division of Aeronautics was added in 1973. On June 18, 2005, IDOT became the first state transportation agency to achieve ISO 9001:2000 certification for 23 key processes located in the Central Administrative Office and regional District Six. On July 6, 2006, that certification was expanded to encompass all processes involved in
340-621: The Congress Interchange and changed to Circle Interchange in 1964, it was built in the late 1950s and early 1960s, at the same time as the construction of the Kennedy Expressway . The University of Illinois at Chicago is to the southwest of the interchange. When the campus opened in 1965, it was called the University of Illinois at Chicago Circle, making it the only university in the world known to be named after
374-607: The Edens Spur to charge traffic that followed I-94 into Chicago. Tolls were removed from the northbound exit/southbound entrance to I-294 at Lake Cook Road, while tolls at the Waukegan Toll Plaza were increased, and additional toll plazas were built on exits south of Deerfield at Lake–Cook Road, Willow Road, and Golf Road ( IL 58 ). Toll collection facilities were also added to entrance ramps to northbound I-294 at those points. The Edens Expressway section of I-94
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#1732772628926408-630: The Edens Spur. This is where three lanes for the Tri-State Tollway branch off and begin I-294 while two lanes for I-94 head east onto the Edens Spur which only has four lanes total (two in each direction). The highway turns south and widens back to six lanes as it merges with US Route 41 (US 41) and becomes the Edens Expressway, and then widens to 10 lanes (four lanes in each direction plus two reversible lanes ) along
442-629: The Kennedy Expressway. At Ohio Street , the reversible lanes terminate and the highway has 10 lanes to the Jane Byrne Interchange , where the left lane ends and the right lane exits onto the Eisenhower Expressway (I-290). Until 2010, mileposts along the Tri-State Tollway portion of I-94 reflected the distance from the southeastern terminus of the tollway, that led to a counterintuitive increase in
476-572: The Kingery Expressway. On these ramps to and from I-80, I-94 has two lanes in each direction. On the Kingery Expressway itself, the combined I-80/I-94 route widens to eight lanes (four in each direction) to the Indiana state line. The section including the Southland Interchange with I-80 and I-294 was reconfigured as part of the Kingery Expressway reconstruction project, completed in 2007, including four lanes south of 159th Street, with
510-462: The Taylor Street exit (from eastbound I-90/I-94 traffic) north. The northwest flyover of the Jane Byrne Interchange opened on December 4, 2016, after which the old ramp was closed and demolished. Several more ramps, as well as the expressways themselves, were rebuilt during the course of the project. One ramp that connects from northbound Dan Ryan to eastbound Ida B. Wells was closed from
544-541: The United States. This led to an $ 800 million reconfiguration begun in 2013 and completed in December 2022. This interchange as originally built was an asymmetrical turbine interchange , with each of the four mainlines having a single entrance and exit serving both directions of the crossing highway. It did not use the quadruple-decker architecture commonly associated with stack interchanges . Instead, it had
578-686: The city of Chicago, running just west of the Chicago Loop on the Kennedy Expressway , and serves Six Flags Great America , the Gurnee Mills mall, extensive office developments and residential districts in southern Lake County and the North Shore region of Cook County, and Westfield Old Orchard . Entering Illinois from Wisconsin, I-94 becomes the Tri-State Tollway just after exit 1B (Skokie Highway), with eight lanes (four in each direction), until just north of Deerfield Road where it widens further to 10 lanes as it approaches I-294 and
612-541: The early 1960s. The expressway was originally designated as IL 1 , Alternate US 30, and certain portions as US 6 and IL 83 , but IL 1 returned to Halsted Street, and US 6 and IL 83 were routed onto Torrence Avenue. In 1962, the connection between the Calumet and Dan Ryan expressways opened and is now signed as part of the Bishop Ford. In 2006–2007, the portion south of 159th Street
646-495: The entire length of the freeway. The closures lasted until August 2008, occurred in advance of patching and resurfacing of the mainline. In addition, the $ 42.8-million (equivalent to $ 59.5 million in 2023 ) project was to rehabilitate six bridges and improve drainage at four underpasses. The Calumet Expressway was originally an extension of Doty Avenue. There were traffic lights at the intersections of Doty Avenue with 111th, 115th, and 130th streets, but interchanges were built in
680-671: The environment. As of February 2009, the Illinois Department of Transportation was divided into the following offices and divisions: Offices Divisions The Illinois Department of Transportation was created by the 77th Illinois General Assembly in January 1972. The department absorbed the functions of the former Department of Public Works and Buildings, acquired some planning and safety inspection functions of other state agencies, and received responsibility for state assistance to local mass transportation agencies such as
714-684: The exit ramps of the Jane Byrne Interchange to the Stevenson Expressway (I-55). It then splits into a 14-lane freeway on the Dan Ryan Expressway, with three and four lanes alternating between the local and express lanes in both directions. At the Chicago Skyway , a two-lane ramp carries traffic to I-90, leaving 10 lanes (five in each direction) running south to the I-57/I-94 junction. From I-57 , where I-94
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#1732772628926748-591: The expressway was the Edens Parkway, named after William Grant Edens (1863–1957), a banker and early advocate for paved roads. He was a sponsor of Illinois's first highway bond issue in 1918. From the southern terminus of the Edens, I-94 follows part or all of several other named highways; joining I-90 on the Kennedy Expressway and the Dan Ryan Expressway through the center of Chicago, following
782-495: The interchange's new name, although many went with a dual reference of the "Jane Byrne–Circle Interchange" during a transition period until the services updated their maps and road signage was changed to reflect the new name, to avert confusion. In August 2012, the Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) began the planning and design phases for the potential rehabilitation of this interchange. It has established
816-748: The interchange) and extends roughly from Halsted Street on the west to Jefferson Street on the east. The tracks of the Chicago Transit Authority Blue Line 'L' train pass directly underneath the center of the interchange, running in an east–west direction, as they transition from surface operation in the median of the Eisenhower Expressway, to a subway to the east of the Interchange. This complicates where support columns could be located in any future construction at this interchange. Originally known as
850-415: The late 1950s and 1960s, over time the interchange in its original configuration became notorious for traffic jams. In 2004, it was rated as the country's third-worst traffic bottleneck , with approximately 400,000 vehicles using it per day. In a 2010 study of freight congestion (truck speed and travel time), the U.S. Department of Transportation ranked this section of I-290 as having the worst congestion in
884-615: The mile numbers as one proceeds "west". In 2010, the milemarkers were renumbered to indicate mileage of I-94 traveled in Illinois, increasing from the Wisconsin border to the Indiana border. South of Downtown Chicago, I-94 serves the southeast suburbs of Chicago, including Dolton , Calumet City , and South Holland , until it joins I-80 on the Kingery Expressway , which finally enters Indiana east of Lansing, Illinois . I-94 has 10 lanes (five in each direction) from
918-753: The old I-494 exist as US 41 (Lake Shore Drive) and the Ohio Street connector. In addition, I-494 was also planned at one point to be a western bypass of Chicago, as the Crosstown Expressway . In 1998, the Illinois Tollway removed the entire Deerfield Toll Plaza north of the I-294/I-94 merge point, then considered one of the worst snags on the tollway system. It was replaced with the Huehl Road Toll Plaza on
952-436: The planning, design, and construction of road and bridge improvements, maintenance of roads and bridges, and administrative oversight in the Central Administrative Office and District Six. In the spring of 2014, it was reported that IDOT had engaged in patronage hiring of numerous staff assistants – Ann Schneider resigning following this scandal. Schneider claimed that the improper hires were "recommended to me or my staff by
986-410: The ramps leading to and from the freeways are one lane wide, except for the ramps from eastbound I-290 to I-90/94 in both directions and the ramp from I-90/94 westbound/ Dan Ryan Expressway to I-290; these ramps are two lanes wide. This interchange centers on Ida B. Wells Drive (the east–west surface street that is the continuation of the Eisenhower Expressway beyond its terminus several blocks east of
1020-503: The split between I-80 and I-94 east to the left, and I-80 west, I-294 north, and IL 394 south on the right located north of the 170th Street overpass. The configuration of I-80 and I-94 is discussed in connection with the Kingery Expressway. I-494 was originally planned to serve as a loop in Chicago and follow Lake Shore Drive along Lake Michigan . The first iteration of I-494 was dropped in response to local opposition. Portions of
1054-492: The spring of 2014 to September 7, 2019. On the same day, the second lane of the flyover ramp, as well as the Morgan Street off-ramp, opened. Delays and increasing costs led to a final completion date of December 16, 2022, at which time all lanes and ramps were opened to motorists. The estimated final cost of the reconstruction was $ 804.6 million. IDOT stated they expected a 50% reduction in traffic delays as
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1088-586: The state. The Secretary of Transportation reports to the Governor of Illinois . IDOT is headquartered in unincorporated Sangamon County , located near the state capital, Springfield . In addition, the IDOT Division of Highways has offices in nine locations throughout the state. The mission of IDOT is to provide safe, cost-effective transportation for Illinois in ways that enhance quality of life, promote economic prosperity and demonstrate respect for
1122-626: Was last rehabilitated from 1978 through 1980. From 2007 to 2009, I-94 was widened from six to eight lanes between IL 173 (Rosecrans Road) and IL 22 (Half Day Road). In 1996, the Calumet Expressway was renamed in honor of Bishop Louis Henry Ford , the leader of the Church of God in Christ who had died the previous year. On April 4, 2008, the Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) closed one lane in each direction for
1156-710: Was reconstructed as part of the Kingery Expressway–Southland Interchange project. The section between 159th Street and Martin Luther King Jr. Drive was rehabilitated and resurfaced in mid- to late 2009. Illinois Department of Transportation The Illinois Department of Transportation ( IDOT ) is a state agency in charge of state-maintained public roadways of the U.S. state of Illinois . In addition, IDOT provides funding for rail, public transit and airport projects and administers fuel tax and federal funding to local jurisdictions in
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