On a recent trip to the Mid-West I drove a section of freeway I haven't been on since the late 1990s; the Kennedy Expressway from Chicago O'Hare International Airport east to Interstate 290 in downtown Chicago. The Kennedy Expressway is a designation of 17.8 miles of freeway consisting parts of Interstate 190, 90 and 94 between Chicago O'Hare and I-290 in downtown Chicago. Expressway designations in the Chicago Area refer to free access freeway grades as opposed to limited access toll roads. Much of the Interstate network around Chicago consists of toll road segments. In the case of the Kennedy Expressway the free designation has made it the main east/west arterial freeway in the Chicago area which carries a massive peak daily traffic count of approximately 327,000 vehicles. In short; construction of the Kennedy Expressway began in 1955 with portions opening 1958. The entirety of the Kennedy Expressway opened in November 1960 with reversible lanes opening ...
Because every road has a story.