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West-
Bound
Sign truss at Ohio Street, with the rather inspiring Chicago Skyline in the background.
Photographer: Scott Steeves
Date: 7/03/2008
Close-up of overhead button-copy sign highlighting the following three Chicago Loop interchanges. The Chicago Loop gets its name from the elevated rail line that 'loops' around the city's core.
Photographer: Scott Steeves
Date: 7/03/2008
Within the Chicago loop, I-90/I-94 has entry and exit ramps at almost 1,000 foot intervals. Note the el train line running atop Lake Street.
Photographer: Scott Steeves
Date: 7/03/2008
The I-90/I-94 duplex meets I-290 at the Circle Interchange just to the west of the Chicago Loop. Click here for I-290 images.
View
looking west along the Ryan Expressway at the 18th Street interchange.
Notice the low 45 m.p.h. speed limit posted along this stretch of the
freeway.
Photographer: Scott Steeves
Date: 7/03/2008
Overhead
guide signage for the ramp to I-55. The scale of Illinois'
overhead guide signage is rather impressive.
Photographer: Scott Steeves
Date: 7/03/2008
First
overhead sign for the Express and Local lane split located just east of
the ramp to Interstate 55.
Photographer: Scott Steeves
Date: 7/03/2008
Advanced
overhead signage for the eastbound Express-Local Lane split. This
sign sits virtually on top of I-55.
Photographer: Scott Steeves
Date: 7/03/2008
View
looking northerly along the Dan Ryan Expressway at 87th Street.
Notice the CTA red line station located in the median of the freeway.
This is 87th Street station.
Photographer: Scott Steeves
Date: 7/03/2008
Overhead
sign truss for the I-55 interchange from the collector lanes of the Ryan
Expressway. The Express and Local lanes of the Ryan Expressway
converge into a single carriageway before the split of the I-55
interchange.
Photographer: Scott Steeves
Date: 7/03/2008
The massive Chicago City skyline dominates the
view from the 31st Street overpass.
Photographer: Scott Steeves
Date: 7/03/2008
The
home of the Chicago White Sox can be seen to the West of the freeway at
the 35th Street overpass on the right side of this photo. This
photo is taken from the 31st Street overpass.
Photographer: Scott Steeves
Date: 7/03/2008
View
looking westerly on the Ryan Expressway from the 35th Street overpass.
Notice the Sox-35th St. Station along the CTA Red Line in median.
Photographer: Scott Steeves
Date: 7/03/2008
Overhead signage along the Dan Ryan Expressway.
Photographer: Scott Steeves
Date: 7/03/2008
View looking northerly along the Dan Ryan Expressway at 87th Street. Notice the CTA red line station located in the median of the freeway. This is 87th Street station.
Photographer: Scott Steeves
Date: 7/03/2008
Overhead signage for the 103rd St/Stony Island Ave. interchange. There is a short freeway spur linking Stony Island Ave with the interstate.
Photographer: Scott Steeves
Date: 7/03/2008
Cook County
City of Dolton
Twin truss bridges carry the interstate over the Little Calumet River.
Photographer: Scott Steeves
Date: 7/03/2008
Cook County
City of Dolton
The photographer notes that this section of I-94 reminds him very distinctly of a freeway in his home province of Ontario. It has long been said that Ontario modeled its freeways after those in Chicagoland.
Photographer: Scott Steeves
Date: 7/03/2008
Overhead signage denoting the cloverleaf interchange at US 6. Note the pull-through overhead sign highlights I-94 to Chicago with the text 'ahead'.
Photographer: Scott Steeves
Date: 7/03/2008
The right-most lane of I-94 departs the freeway at the US 6 interchange ahead. I-94 maintains a six lane cross-section between this interchange and I-57.
Photographer: Scott Steeves
Date: 7/03/2008
Northerly view of the Bishop Ford Freeway from the East 170th Street overpass.
Photographer: Scott Steeves
Date: 7/03/2008
The impressive I-80/I-94/I-294/IL 394 interchange as viewed from the East 170th Street overpass.
Photographer: Scott Steeves
Date: 7/03/2008
Overhead sign truss denoting the split on the exit ramp between I-80/I-294 and IL 394. The IL 394 designation seems suspect -- as if the route was intended to become a full interstate spur, but never received federal funding or approval.
Photographer: Scott Steeves
Date: 7/03/2008
