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| Jane Addams Memorial Tollway | |
| Formerly the Northwest Tollway | |
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| Length: | 79 miles (127 km) |
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| Formed: | 1958 |
| Direction: | East-west |
| From: |  Illinois Route 75 in South Beloit |
| To: |  Interstates 90/190 in Chicago |
| Major cities: | Rockford, Elgin, Arlington Heights, Schaumburg |
| System: | Interstate Highway System Illinois Tollway system |
The Jane Addams Memorial Tollway in Illinois is a 79-mile (127 km) segment of Interstate 90 from Interstate 190 in far northwest Chicago to Illinois Route 75, one mile (1.6 km) south of the Wisconsin state line. For 16 miles (26 km), Interstate 90 is concurrent with Interstate 39 and U.S. Route 51. The highway is named after Jane Addams, Nobel Peace Prize winner and founder of the Settlement House movement in the United States.
The tollway was built in the late 1950s and early 1960s from the O'Hare area (at the Tri-State Tollway) to the WI line north of Rockford. The route is signed as I-90 on its entire length. From the Rockford Curve to the last exit in IL (IL-75), US-51 and I-39 also run with the Tollway.
This tollway is one of the few roads in the United States where the exit numbers increase traveling west. Mileage markers count up from Chicago-O'Hare International Airport going west.
East of Interstate 190, Interstate 90 merges into the Kennedy Expressway.
Prior to September 7, 2007, the tollway was known as the Northwest Tollway.[1][2]
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Route description
The Jane Addams Tollway consists of four lanes west of Elgin (2 each direction), and six east of Elgin (3 each direction).
Toll barriers
There are four mainline toll barriers in each direction with two split plazas and two full plazas. The barriers are located around the O'Hare International Airport area (River Road eastbound and Devon Avenue westbound), in Elgin, near Marengo (Eastbound), in Belvidere (Westbound), and in South Beloit. Interstate 39 travelers exiting/entering at Rockford paid at the Cherry Valley toll plaza, but that toll plaza has been decommissioned southbound in 2003 and northbound in 2004 in due to traffic congestion.[3] In Feb. 2006, the Marengo Westbound and the Belvidere Eastbound tolls were removed. Two two toll plazas near O'Hare and the one in Elgin each charge cash tolls of 80 cents (as of January 1, 2005) and I-Pass tolls of 40 cents for a 2-axle passenger vehicle. The South Beloit toll plaza near the Illinois and Wisconsin state line is $1.00 (50 cents for I-Pass users). Eastbound traffic does not pay a toll at Belvidere because of the removal of the Eastbound Belvidere plaza, but pays $1.60 at Marengo (I-Pass users pay $0.80). On the other hand, Westbound traffic pays no toll at Marengo but pays $1.60 at Belvidere (I-PASS users pay $0.80). This change was done to accommodate open road tolling construction. Originally, a ticket system was used to compute tolls on the segment between Beloit and Elgin with each driver receiving a Hollerith card upon entering and paying upon exiting, but it was replaced with a cash barrier system in the late 1970s. It was the only portion of the Illinois Tollways to use a ticket system.
The Jane Addams Tollway is maintained by the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority.
Oases
There are two oases on the Jane Addams Tollway -- one at Belvidere, and one in Des Plaines near O'Hare. Both are over-highway oases. There is also a welcome center south of Beloit, WI.
Golden Corridor
From O'Hare to Huntley, the region around the Jane Addams Tollway is sometimes referred to as the "Golden Corridor", due to the proximity of commercial and business activity located along the corridor in Northwest Suburban Chicago. Several Fortune 500 companies, large malls, hotels, entertainment and exhibition facilities, restaurants, and retailers are located along the corridor, providing a "gold" mine of profit to communities along the Golden Corridor.
Exit list
| County | Location | Plaza #[4] |
Mile [4] |
Destinations | Notes |
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| Winnebago | South Beloit |   US 51 north / IL 75 west – South Beloit |
West end of US 51 overlap; signed as exit 1 | ||
| Rockton | 76 | Rockton Road | Signed as exit 3 | ||
| 1 | 75.5 | South Beloit Toll Plaza | |||
| Rockford | 4 | 69.8 |  IL 173 |
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| 2 | 66 | East Riverside Boulevard – Loves Park | |||
| 63.5 |   US 20 Bus. (State Street) |
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| 61.5 |  I-39 south / US 51 south to US 20 – Rockford |
East end of I-39/US 51 overlap | |||
| Belvidere | 5 | 55.5 | Belvidere Toll Plaza (westbound) | ||
| 54.5 | Belvidere Oasis | ||||
| 54 | Genoa Road – Belvidere | ||||
| McHenry | Riley | 7 | 41 | Marengo-Hampshire Toll Plaza (eastbound) | |
| Kane | Hampshire | 36 | US 20 – Marengo, Hampshire |
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| Huntley | 32.5 |  IL 47 – Woodstock |
Westbound exit and eastbound entrance | ||
| Elgin | 8 | 26.5 | Randall Road | ||
| 9 | 25 | Elgin Toll Plaza | |||
| 11 | 24 |  IL 31 |
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| Cook | 13 | 23 |  IL 25 |
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| Hoffman Estates | 14A | 21 | Beverly Road | Westbound exit and eastbound entrance | |
| 14 | 19 |  IL 59 |
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| 10 | 16.5 | Barrington Road | Westbound exit and eastbound entrance | ||
| Schaumburg | 12 | 13 | Roselle Road | Westbound exit and eastbound entrance | |
| 15 | 10.5 |   I-290 east (Eisenhower Expressway) / IL 53 – Chicago, West Suburbs, Northwest Suburbs |
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| Arlington Heights | 18 | 8 | Arlington Heights Road | ||
| Des Plaines | 5 | Elmhurst Road | Westbound exit and eastbound entrance | ||
| 4.5 | Des Plaines Oasis | ||||
| 2.5 |  IL 72 / Lee Street |
Westbound exit and eastbound entrance | |||
| Rosemont | 17 | 2 | Devon Avenue Toll Plaza (westbound) | ||
| 1.5 | IL 72 / Devon Avenue (6400 North) |
Westbound entrance only | |||
| 1.5 |   I-294 south (Tri-State Tollway) / I-190 west (Kennedy Expressway) – Indiana, O'Hare Airport |
Eastbound exit and westbound entrance | |||
| 1 | I-294 north (Tri-State Tollway) – Milwaukee |
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| 19 | 0.5 | River Road Toll Plaza (eastbound) | |||
| Chicago | 0 |  I-90 east (Kennedy Expressway) – Chicago |
Eastbound exit and westbound entrance | ||
References
- ^ Ryan, Joseph (2007-09-07). "Northwest Tollway renamed for reformer Addams". http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=33757. Retrieved 2007-09-08.
- ^ Illinois General Assembly (2007-05-22). "Full text of HJR0019". http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?GAID=9&SessionID=51&GA=95&DocTypeID=HJR&DocNum=19&LegID=30143&SpecSess=&Session=. Retrieved 2007-09-08.
- ^ "Cherry Valley Interchange Press Release". Nov 12, 2009. http://www.illinoistollway.com/portal/page?_pageid=54,2491497&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL. Retrieved 2009-11-13.
- ^ a b Illinois State Toll Highway Authority, System Map, November 2007
External links
- Illinois Tollway official site
- Description and history from Richard Carlson's Illinois Highways
- Historic, Current & Average Travel Times For The Jane Addams Tollway
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