![]() Thank you for understanding what I meant about that stretch of road. ![]() I'll have to make the trip again in the future - so it is good to have more options. It ends up being about 12 hours - but I really would like to try that one day. SJaye - that route sounds really lovely - and quite tempting. Thanks very much to that member! (Will PM tonight or tomorrow when I've had a chance to really figure out my questions.) That PM had quite a few other suggestions that I'm still checking out - all very helpful. I can live with driving slightly longer on a more interesting stretch of highway like that. It ends up reducing miles by 35 - but slightly increasing drive time only from 9 hours 15 mins to 9 hours 50 minutes. One of which is to hop off of I-39 around I-80 - and get over to IL Route 29. I've had a wonderful private message - and that person gave me some very workable ideas. Louis I felt totally comfortable - it's just this segment that bugged me.) Is there a better route south than this - that avoids Chicago's traffic mayhem - but maybe isn't quite as desolate? Or maybe I'm just being silly about it being desolate and remembering it wrong? (I hate traveling alone - maybe it is me being nervous over nothing. Seemed a little spooky driving alone - with exits being so far apart - little traffic - and nothing much along the sides of the highway. Second part of the question - I remember thinking a large portion of this trip seemed nearly desolate once I got south of Rockford. This is the route I am working on through google so far. Driving a very small suv (2 axels, no trailer) - can you tell me where and how many tolls I'll be hitting - and maybe how much they'll cost me? I know there are tolls through the Rockford route, but after 3 hours of surfing the Illinois toll info online, I'm really confused. Looks like my best route may be through Beloit / Rockford - so I can avoid the extreme driving of Chicago. I've driven this once before some years ago but can't recall details. The new I-90 will feature flexible infrastructure to enable the Tollway to add new “smart” features as needed and is accommodating transit options along the I-90 corridor for the first time in the agency’s history.Am moving from SE Wisconsin to SE Missouri. The project encompasses 62 miles and includes reconstruction and expansion of I-90 to eight lanes from the Tri-State Tollway (I-294) to Randall Road in Elgin and six lanes from Randall Road to I-39 near Rockford, as well as significant improvements to seven interchanges. The I-90 corridor from downtown Chicago to Rockford serves nearly one million travelers per day. The $2.5 billion Jane Addams Memorial Tollway (I-90) Rebuilding and Widening Project will deliver a state-of-the-art corridor linking Rockford to O’Hare International Airport. Work to reconstruct the Fox River Bridge in Elgin is also underway. Work to rebuild and widen I-90 between Elgin and the Tri-State Tollway (I-294) will begin next spring is scheduled to be completed by the end of 2016. In addition, the speed limit between I-39 and Tyrrell Road in Elgin was set to also return 65 mph. “Now that the first phase of the $2.5 billion I-90 project is complete, drivers have three new lanes of roadway in each direction for 37 miles between the Elgin Toll Plaza and I-39 and we invite them to have a cup of coffee on us.”Īll traffic will be traveling on three new lanes of pavement in both directions of I-90 between I-39 in Rockford and the Elgin Toll Plaza. “We thank our customers for their patience and support during the two years of construction to rebuild and widen the 37-miles from Rockford to Elgin,” said Illinois Tollway Executive Director Kristi Lafleur. The Illinois Tollway has completed reconstruction of the western segment of the Jane Addams Memorial Tollway between Rockford and Elgin and returned the speed limit to 65 mph.
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