What is the shortest driving route between Chicago and Washington D.C.?

Answer 1

1. Get onto the Chicago Skyway into Indiana where it becomes the Indiana TOLL ROAD.
2. Stay on the TOLL ROAD (I-90, then later on I-80/90) to Ohio where I-80/90 continues EAST as the OHIO TURNPIKE (toll).
3. Take the OHIO TURNPIKE (I-80/90 to Cleveland, then I-80 to Youngstown, then I-76 to the Pennsylvania border) to Pennsylvania where I-76 continues EAST as the PENNSYLVANIA TURNPIKE (toll).
4. Take I-76 EAST on the PENNSYLVANIA TURNPIKE (toll) to U.S. 30 TO I-70 EAST to BREEZEWOOD and BALTIMORE.
5. FOLLOW SIGNS to I-70 EAST. Take I-70 EAST to I-270 SOUTH to WASHINGTON at EXIT 53 in Maryland.
6. Take I-270 SOUTH to Washington, D.C.