Interstate 90 in Illinois

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This article is about the section of Interstate 90 in Illinois. For the entire route, see Interstate 90.

Interstate 90 marker

Interstate 90
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I-90 highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by ISTHA, IDOT, and SCC
Length: 107.82 mi[1] (173.52 km)
Major junctions
West end: I-39 / I-90 at Wisconsin state line
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East end: Toll plate yellow.svgNo image wide.svg
I-90 / Indiana Toll Road at Indiana state line
Location
Counties: Winnebago, Boone, McHenry, Kane, Cook
Highway system
Illinois State Highway System
← IL 89 IL 90 →

Interstate 90 (I-90) in the U.S. state of Illinois runs roughly northwest-to-southeast through the northern part of the state. From the Wisconsin state line at South Beloit, it heads south to Rockford before heading east-southeast to the Indiana state line at Chicago. I-90 traverses 108 miles (174 km) through a variety of settings, from farmland west of the Fox River Valley through the medium-density suburbs west of O'Hare International Airport, through downtown Chicago, and through the heart of the industrial southeast side of Chicago before entering Indiana.

I-90 comprises several named highways. The Interstate runs along the Jane Addams Memorial Tollway (previously called the Northwest Tollway) from South Beloit to O'Hare Airport, the Kennedy Expressway runs from O'Hare to the Chicago Loop, the Dan Ryan Expressway from the Loop to the Chicago Skyway, and the Skyway to the Indiana state line. The Jane Addams and Chicago Skyway are toll roads maintained by the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority (ISTHA) and the Skyway Concession Company (SCC) respectively. The remainder of the highway is maintained by the Illinois Department of Transportation.

Route description

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See also: Kennedy Expressway and Dan Ryan Expressway

I-90 enters from Beloit, Wisconsin, with I-39. U.S. Route 51 (US 51) joins at exit 1. At the Rockton Road exit, I-39/I-90/US 51 becomes the Jane Addams Memorial Tollway. The two Interstates and the U.S Route run concurrently south to Cherry Valley, passing by Rock Cut State Park. At Chery Valley, I-39/US 51 continues as a freeway south to Bloomington–Normal. I-90 makes a 90º turn and continues east and crosses the Kishwaukee River before entering Boone County.[citation needed]

I-90 heads east and then turns southeast and crosses under US 20 and then turns east.

The Jane Addams Memorial Tollway features an Illinois Tollway oasis in Belvidere, an over-highway oasis. This unique rest stop provides several vendors and allows tollway travelers to rest, refuel, and eat without having to exit the tollway. Another oasis was previously sited in Des Plaines near O'Hare, but it was closed and demolished in 2014 to make room for the widening of I-90 and the O'Hare West Bypass.[2]

After the oasis, I-90 has an interchange with Genoa Road and turns southeast towards McHenry County. I-90 does not have another interchange until IL 23. This interchange gap is 11 miles (18 km) long.[citation needed]

I-90 has a short segment in McHenry County but does have an interchange at IL 23. The route heads southeast in the entire county passing by farms. I-90 heads toward Kane County in this direction.[citation needed]

I-90 heads southeast and has an interchange with US 20, then it continues southeast toward the Elgin Toll Plaza. It widens to eight lanes and enters the Chicago suburbs at Randall Road and turns due east for 9.2 miles (14.8 km). I-90 crosses the Fox River before entering Cook County.[citation needed]

I-90 enters heading due east and passes by housing areas and shopping centers. It then passes north of a forest preserve with active traffic management gantries appearing after crossing under Barrington Road. I-90 then turns southeast toward O'Hare International Airport. In Schaumburg, I-90 meets the western end of I-290, the only loop from I-90 in Illinois. I-90 then turns slightly to the south after the interchange and widens to five lanes in each direction after I-290. At Elmhurst Road, I-90 narrows down to four lanes in each direction and turns slightly to the northeast. It then goes through the areas north of O'Hare International toward Rosemont and I-190/I-294.[citation needed]

File:Dan Ryan Expressway, I-90 and I-94 Eastbound, Chicago, Illinois (9181773580).jpg
Interstates 90 and 94 approaching Interstate 55.

After the I-190/I-294 interchange, I-90 becomes a freeway called the Kennedy Expressway heading due east. It then turns southeast and meets I-94. I-90/I-94 then turns south and meets the east end of I-290 and the Chicago–Kansas City Expressway. After the interchange, The Kennedy Expressway becomes the Dan Ryan Expressway and meets I-55. I-90 splits from I-94 at Englewood and becomes the Chicago Skyway with three lanes in each direction, turning southeast. It then crosses the Calumet River and continues into Indiana.[citation needed]

History

The Jane Addams Tollway in Schaumburg prior to the 2015-16 rebuild and widening

Jane Addams Memorial Tollway

The 76-mile (122 km) Northwest Tollway portion of I-90 opened on August 20, 1958.[3] Prior to the opening, the first vehicle to officially travel the new roadway was a covered wagon navigated by local resident John Madsen who took 5 days to make the journey.[4]

On September 7, 2007, highway officials responding to an effort by state lawmakers renamed the Northwest Tollway to Jane Addams Memorial Tollway, after Jane Addams, the Nobel Peace Prize winner and founder of the Settlement House movement in the United States.[5][6]

The Illinois Tollway's 2005–2012 Congestion-Relief Program provided $644.1 million in improvements to the I-90 corridor.[7] Projects included rebuilding and widening of the tollway between I-39 and Rockton Road, including a reconfiguration of the I-90/I-39 interchange to improve traffic flow. This construction started in 2008 and was completed by the end of 2009.[8]

From 2013 to 2016, over $2 billion was spent on rebuilding and widening the Jane Addams Memorial Tollway from I-39 to the Kennedy Expressway. The inside shoulders were widened for future transit opportunities, and active traffic management was incorporated into the corridor from IL 59 to the eastern end.[9][10] In addition, almost all of the crossroad bridges were rebuilt and several interchanges were reconfigured/expanded.[11] In 2019, a $33.4 million interchange with IL 23 was added near Marengo to provide the first I-90 interchange in McHenry County.[12]

Until 1978, I-90 was routed on the Congress Street Expressway (later named the Eisenhower Expressway) which was extended from the Loop to the intersection of the Northwest Tollway and IL 53. The Kennedy Expressway was signed only as I-94, and the portion of present-day I-90 between the Edens Expressway and IL 53 was not signed as an Interstate Highway. This provided a non-toll section of I-90 between downtown Chicago and IL 53. The route designations were changed to their present form when I-90 was moved to follow the entire length of the Kennedy Expressway and the Jane Addams Tollway, and the original route was designated I-290.

In 2018, ISTHA raised the speed limit on I-90 from 65 to 70 miles per hour (105 to 113 km/h) from the I-39 split to Randall Road. They also raised it from 55 to 70 miles per hour (89 to 113 km/h) from Randall Road to Mount Prospect Road and raised the limit from Mount Prospect Road to the Kennedy was raised from 55 to 60 miles per hour (89 to 97 km/h). The speed limit for buses is 65 miles per hour (105 km/h), and the speed limit for trucks is 60 miles per hour (97 km/h).[13]

Chicago Skyway

Chicago Skyway in 1999

The Chicago Skyway was originally known as the Calumet Skyway.[14] It cost $101 million (1958, $791 million in 2011) to construct and took about 34 months (nearly 3 years) to build. Nearly 8 miles (13 km) of elevated roadway, the Chicago Skyway was originally built as a shortcut from State Street, a major north-south street on Chicago's South Side that serves the Loop, to the steel mills on the Southeast to the Indiana state line where the Indiana Toll Road begins. Later, when the Dan Ryan Expressway opened, the Chicago Skyway was extended west to connect to it. There are only two eastbound exits east of the toll barrier, whereas there are four westbound exits west of the toll barrier (so that no exits are available until one has crossed the bridge and paid the toll). The Chicago Skyway opened to traffic on April 16, 1958.[14][15]

The Skyway's official name, referring to it as a "toll bridge" rather than a "toll road", is the result of a legal quirk. At the time of its construction, the city charter of Chicago did not provide the authority to construct a toll road. However, the city could build toll bridges, and it was found that there was no limit to the length of the approaches to the bridge. Therefore, the Skyway is technically a toll bridge spanning the Calumet River with a six-mile-long (9.7 km) approach. This also is part of the reason that there are no exits available until after one has crossed the bridge and paid the toll.[16]

Historically, the Chicago Skyway was signed as, and was widely considered to be part of, I-90 from the mid-1960s forward (after I-90 in this area had been swapped with I-94). However, around 1999, the City of Chicago realized they had never received official approval to designate the Skyway as I-90. The city subsequently replaced most of the "I-90" signage with "TO I-90/I-94" signage. However, the Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) has always and continues to report the Skyway as part of the Interstate Highway System, and the Federal Highway Administration also considers the Chicago Skyway an official part of I-90.[17]

In the 1960s, the newly constructed Dan Ryan Expressway and the neighboring Calumet Expressway, Kingery Expressway and Borman Expressway provided free alternatives to the tollway, and the Skyway became much less used. As a result, from the 1970s through the early 1990s, the Skyway was unable to repay revenue bonds used in its construction.[18] Traffic volumes rebounded from the late 1990s onward, partially because of the construction of casinos in Northwest Indiana, along with reconstruction of the Dan Ryan, Kingery and Borman Expressways.[19] In June 2005, the Skyway became compatible with electronic toll collection, with users now able to pay tolls using I-PASS or E-ZPass transponders.[20]

Chicago's Department of Streets and Sanitation formerly maintained the Chicago Skyway Toll Bridge System. A transaction that gave the city a $1.83 billion cash infusion leased the Skyway to the Skyway Concession Company, a joint-venture between the Australian Macquarie Infrastructure Group and Spanish Cintra Concesiones de Infraestructuras de Transporte S.A., which assumed operations on the Skyway on a 99-year operating lease. The agreement between SCC and the city of Chicago marked the first time an existing toll road was moved from public to private operation in the United States.[21]

Exit list

County Location mi[1] km Exit Destinations Notes
Winnebago South Beloit 0.00 0.00 I-39 north / I-90 west – Madison Continuation into Wisconsin
0.29 0.47 1 US 51 north / IL 75 – South Beloit Western end of US 51 overlap
Rockton 2.71 4.36 3 CR 9 (Rockton Road) Northwestern end of Jane Addams Memorial Tollway
3.60 5.79 South Beloit Toll Plaza 1
Rockford 8.94 14.39 8 IL 173 (West Lane Road) – Machesney Park Westbound exit and eastbound entrance ramps pay toll
12.47 20.07 12 CR 55 west (East Riverside Boulevard) Westbound exit and eastbound entrance ramps pay toll
15.76 25.36 15
US 20 Bus. (State Street)
Cherry Valley 17.40 28.00 17 I-39 south / US 51 south to US 20 – Bloomington Eastern end of I-39/US 51 overlap; to Chicago Rockford International Airport via US 20 west
Boone Belvidere 20.40 32.83 20 Irene Road I-Pass only on eastbound exit and westbound entrance ramps
22.93 36.90 Belvidere Toll Plaza 5 (westbound)
23.51 37.84 Belvidere Oasis
24.62 39.62 25 Belvidere–Genoa Road Exit ramps pay toll
McHenry Riley 36.10 58.10 36 IL 23 – Marengo, Genoa I-Pass only on exit and westbound entrance ramps
37.39 60.17 Marengo Toll Plaza 7 (eastbound)
Kane Hampshire 41.54 66.85 42 US 20 – Hampshire, Marengo
Huntley 46.02 74.06 47 IL 47 – Huntley, Woodstock, Elburn I-Pass only
Elgin 51.78 83.33 52 CR 34 (Randall Road) Eastbound exit and westbound entrance ramps pay toll
53.42 85.97 Elgin Toll Plaza 9
54.22 87.26 54 IL 31 (State Street, 8th Street) – Elgin Signed as exits 54A (south) and 54B (north); westbound exit and eastbound entrance ramps pay toll
Kane–Cook
county line		 55.95 90.04 56 IL 25 (Dundee Avenue) Westbound exit and eastbound entrance ramps pay toll
Cook Hoffman Estates 57.77 92.97 58 Beverly Road Westbound exit and eastbound entrance; westbound exit ramp pay toll
59.31 95.45 59 IL 59 (Sutton Road) Exit ramps pay toll
61.81 99.47 62 Barrington Road I-Pass only on eastbound exit and westbound entrance ramps
Schaumburg 65.19 104.91 65 Roselle Road I-Pass only on eastbound exit and westbound entrance ramps; westbound entrance ramp via Central Road
66.93 107.71 67 Meacham Road I-Pass only; westbound exit and entrance; no access from I-290 and IL 53 ramp
Rolling Meadows 67.84 109.18 68
I-290 east / IL 53 to I-355 south / Invalid type: IL-Toll – Chicago, West Suburbs, Northwest Suburbs		 Signed as exits 68A (east/south) and 68B (north); eastbound exit ramp pay toll; western terminus of I-290
Arlington Heights 70.47 113.41 70 Arlington Heights Road Toll on eastbound exit and westbound entrance ramps
Des Plaines 73.25 117.88 73 Invalid type: road to IL 83 I-Pass only on eastbound exit and westbound entrance ramps
74
I-490 south (Western O'Hare Beltway)		 Currently under construction; expected to be complete in 2023
75.80 121.99 76 IL 72 (Lee Street) Westbound exit and eastbound entrance
Rosemont 76.75 123.52 Devon Avenue Toll Plaza 17 (westbound)
77.03 123.97 — IL 72 (Higgins Road) / Invalid type: road Westbound entrance
77.20 124.24 77A
I-294 south (Tri-State Tollway) – Indiana
I-190 west (Kennedy Expressway) – O'Hare		 Eastbound exit and westbound entrance; I-190 exit 1C; I-294 north exit 40
77B
I-294 north (Tri-State Tollway) – Milwaukee		 Signed as exit 77 westbound; I-294 south exit 40B
78.20 125.85 River Road Toll Plaza 19 (eastbound)
Chicago 78.65 126.57 78
I-190 west (Kennedy Expressway) to I-294 south (Tri-State Tollway) / Invalid type: road – O'Hare, Indiana		 Westbound exit and eastbound entrance; eastern terminus of I-190; southeastern end of Jane Addams Memorial Tollway
79.28 127.59 79 IL 171 south (Cumberland Avenue) Signed as exits 79A (south) and 79B (north)
79.99 128.73 80 Canfield Road Westbound exit and eastbound entrance
80.84 130.10 81A IL 43 (Harlem Avenue)
81.14 130.58 81B Sayre Avenue Westbound exit and eastbound entrance
81.85 131.72 82A Nagle Avenue No westbound exit
82.09 132.11 82B Bryn Mawr Avenue Westbound exit
82.31 132.47 82C Austin Avenue to Foster Avenue Eastbound exit
82.79 133.24 83A Foster Avenue No eastbound exit
83.01 133.59 83B Central Avenue Westbound exit and eastbound entrance
83.71 134.72 84 Lawrence Avenue Eastbound To I-94
84.35–
84.59		 135.75–
136.13		 — I-94 west (Edens Expressway) – Milwaukee Western end of I-94 overlap; westbound exit and eastbound entrance; western end of reversible express lanes; I-94's exit numbers used throughout the concurrency; I-94 exit 43B
84.77 136.42 43C Montrose Avenue Westbound exit and eastbound entrance
85.03 136.84 43D Kostner Avenue Westbound exit
85.39–
85.62		 137.42–
137.79		 44A IL 19 (Irving Park Road) / Invalid type: road No westbound exit
85.62–
85.81		 137.79–
138.10		 44B IL 19 (Irving Park Road) / Invalid type: road Westbound exit and eastbound entrance
86.34 138.95 45A Addison Street
86.77 139.64 45B Kimball Avenue
87.08 140.14 45C Belmont Avenue / Kedzie Avenue Westbound exit and eastbound entrance
87.64 141.04 — Sacramento Avenue Eastbound entrance
87.79 141.28 46A California Avenue Eastbound exit and westbound entrance
87.96 141.56 46B Diversey Avenue Westbound exit and eastbound entrance
88.53–
88.90		 142.48–
143.07		 47A Western Avenue / Fullerton Avenue Westbound exit and eastbound entrance from Western Avenue
89.08 143.36 47B Damen Avenue Westbound exit and eastbound entrance
89.52 144.07 48A Armitage Avenue Eastbound traffic uses Armitage Avenue to Ashland Avenue
90.10 145.00 48B IL 64 (North Avenue) Westbound traffic uses North Avenue to Ashland Avenue
90.66 145.90 49A Division Street
90.91 146.31 49B Augusta Boulevard / Milwaukee Avenue Westbound exit and eastbound entrance
91.40 147.09 50A Ogden Avenue Eastbound exit and westbound entrance
91.62 147.45 50B Ohio Street Eastern end of reversible express lanes
92.19 148.37 51A Lake Street Westbound exit and eastbound entrance
92.27 148.49 51B Randolph Street west
92.34 148.61 51C Washington Boulevard east Exits only; no entrances
92.44 148.77 51D Madison Street
92.53 148.91 51E Monroe Street Eastbound exit
92.62 149.06 51F Adams Street west Eastbound exit and westbound entrance
92.71 149.20 51G Jackson Boulevard east Eastbound exit and westbound entrance
92.72–
93.35		 149.22–
150.23		 51H-I I-290 / IL 110 (CKC) west (Eisenhower Expressway) / Invalid type: road east – Aurora, West Suburbs, Chicago Loop Jane Byrne Interchange; signed as exits 51H (west) and 51I (east); southeastern end of Kennedy Expressway; northern end of Dan Ryan Expressway; eastern termini of I-290/IL 110 (CKC); IBW Drive formerly Congress Parkway
93.42 150.34 51J Taylor Street / Roosevelt Road Eastbound exit and westbound entrance
93.57 150.59 52B Roosevelt Road / Taylor Street Westbound exit and eastbound entrance
94.22 151.63 52C 18th Street Eastbound exit and westbound entrance
94.48 152.05 53A Canalport Avenue / Cermak Road Westbound exit and eastbound entrance; Chinatown exit
94.22–
96.04		 151.63–
154.56		 53B-C I-55 (Stevenson Expressway) / Invalid type: road (Cermak Road) – St. Louis, Lake Shore Drive, Chinatown Signed separately as exits 53B (south) and 53C (north) westbound, together as exit 53 eastbound; I-55 exits 292 and 293B; 22nd St. signed westbound only; western end of express lanes
96.16 154.75 54 31st Street
96.45 155.22 55A 35th Street Access to Guaranteed Rate Field and the Illinois Institute of Technology
96.98 156.07 55B Pershing Road
97.44 156.81 56A 43rd Street
97.97 157.67 56B 47th Street
98.88 159.13 57 Garfield Boulevard
99.50 160.13 58A 59th Street Westbound exit and eastbound entrance
100.00 160.93 58B 63rd Street Eastbound exit and westbound entrance
100.00–
100.33		 160.93–
161.47		 — I-94 east (Dan Ryan Expressway) – Indiana Eastern end of I-94 overlap; eastern end of express lanes; western end of Chicago Skyway; eastbound exit and westbound entrance; I-94 exit 59A; original I-90 exit numbering resumes on Chicago Skyway
100.33 161.47 100 State Street Westbound exit and eastbound entrance
101.42 163.22 101 St. Lawrence Avenue Westbound exit and eastbound entrance
101.78 163.80 102 73rd Street Westbound exit and eastbound entrance
103.04–
103.33		 165.83–
166.29		 103 Stony Island Avenue north to Lake Shore Drive Westbound exit and eastbound entrance
103.93 167.26 — Jeffery Boulevard Eastbound entrance
104.28 167.82 104 87th Street Westbound exit
104.67 168.45 Chicago Skyway Toll Plaza
105.26 169.40 105 Anthony Avenue / 92nd Street Eastbound exit and westbound entrance
105.82–
106.21		 170.30–
170.93		 Chicago Skyway Toll Bridge
107.62 173.20 107 US 12 / US 20 / US 41 / LMCT (Indianapolis Boulevard) / 104th Street Eastbound exit and westbound entrance
107.82 173.52 Invalid type: I-Toll east / Indiana Toll Road east to I-80 / I-65 / I-94 – Toledo Continuation into Indiana; eastern end of Chicago Skyway
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

Related routes

I-90 has two related auxiliary Interstate Highways within Illinois. I-190 is a spur into O'Hare International Airport in Chicago that is also known as the Kennedy Expressway O'Hare Extension or the O'Hare Expressway. I-290 takes a southwesterly dogleg left route accessing the western suburbs and heading eastward into downtown Chicago. It is also known as the Dwight D. Eisenhower Expressway.

See also

References

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