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  • By Pete_Thera on August 25, 2002
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  • Driving/Parking - Chicago
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    Also car.

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    Driving/Parking: Expressway Traffic/Construction
  • Updated By grkboiler on December 2, 2004
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  • Ah, yes! Brake lights! - Chicago
    Ah, yes! Brake lights!
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    Chicago has 4 seasons - Winter, Early Construction, Mid-Construction, and Late Construction. And even without construction and bad weather, traffic is inevitable. Driving to Chicago on the expressways can be very unpleasant. Just when you think everything is going well, you see nothing but brake lights ahead of you.

    To prepare for traffic, it is good to tack on some extra travel time when driving to Chicago from a nearby area during the day. A good radio station for traffic updates is 780 AM with updates every 10 minutes. From 10pm - 7am, there shouldn't be any problem, but it happens. There is nothing like a 2am traffic jam, eh?

    The link is to a congestion map which is updated frequently. Notice all the orange diamonds representing construction.

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  • Website: http://www.ai.uic.edu/GCM/CongestionMap.html

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    Driving/Parking: Adlai E. Stevenson Expressway (I-55)
  • Updated By Toughluck on October 25, 2007
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  • Chicago has named it's freeways. When listening to traffic reports, they use the names because it helps identify which part of the interstate is involved.

    Adlai E. Stevenson Expressway
    This is I-55 on the southwest side of town. It runs from the Dan Ryan/Lakeshore Drive/Downtown interchange (it's a high bridge intersection), southwest along the Sanitary Ship Canal to the Tristate Tollway. The Stevenson ends at the Tristate, but I-55 continues southwest to Joliet.

    I-55 continues southward through Illinois to Springfield.

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    Driving/Parking: Chicago Skyway (I-90)
  • By Toughluck on October 25, 2007
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  • Chicago has named it's freeways. When listening to traffic reports, they use the names because it helps identify which part of the interstate is involved.

    Chicago Skyway
    This is I-90 running from the Dan Ryan into Indiana and linking with the Indiana Tollway (I-90). The Skyway is a huge viaduct/bridge. From west of the bridge over the Calumet River, you can only enter the skyway going east and exit it from the westbound lanes. The reverse is true once you cross to the east of the bridge. You can only exit going east and enter into the west bound lanes.

    The skyway was built to move traffice into Chicago and out of Chicago. There is no service for short runs along the route.

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    Driving/Parking: Edens Expressway (I-94)
  • Updated By Toughluck on October 25, 2007
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  • Chicago has named it's freeways. When listening to traffic reports, they use the names because it helps identify which part of the interstate is involved.

    Edens Expressway
    This is I-94 running from the Kennedy north. It provide access to the north side suburbs of Skokie, Morton Grove, Glenview, Wilmette, Winnetka, and Northbrook. To continue northward to Highland Park, Lake Forest, or Waukegan, use US 41 or I-94 as the Tristate Tollway.

    I-94 continues south into Chicago as the Kennedy Expressway.
    I-94 continues north towards Milwaukee, Wisconsin as the Tristate Tollway.

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    Driving/Parking: Traffic To/From NWI
  • Updated By grkboiler on December 2, 2004
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  • If you are traveling to or from Chicago through Northwest Indiana, this very helpful website by the Indiana Department of Transportation provides up to the minute information and live cameras of traffic and road conditions.

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  • Website: http://pws.indot.org/pws/nw

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    Driving/Parking: Parking Meters
  • By bocmaxima on September 6, 2006
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  • METERS DO NOT RUN ON SUNDAYS AND PUBLIC HOLIDAYS!!
    This is not just Chicago, but almost every city. I can't even say how many people I saw in Chicago confused about why the meters stayed flashing even though they were pumping money into them.
    Take advantage of the free spots (if you can find them, that is), because parking in the city is otherwise difficult and very expensive.

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    Driving/Parking: The Kennedy Expressway
  • By londonlover on August 4, 2004
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  • Heading into town... - Chicago
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    This is the Monroe Avenue bridge over the Kennedy Expressway, as it enters the city from the north. As this is the main expressway into the city from the northern suburbs, the traffic is constant.

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    Driving/Parking: Interstate 90 or 94 (paytoll)...
  • By Anne02 on August 24, 2002
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  • Interstate 90 or 94 (paytoll) or US 12 (no tolls).

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    Driving/Parking: Tolls galore
  • By kelhan on April 17, 2008
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  • Yes, there are a lot of freeways around and in Chicago. And they have tolls on them every few kilometres! For my family to pick me up and drop me off at the airport, they paid about $12 US. Make sure you have lots of coins in the car, cos some of them only accept correct coin change.

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