Articles filed under Tollways
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'What are we? Chopped liver?' | Noise wall taunts residents on other side of I-355Jul 22, 2019 5:30 am - Deborah Noble was delighted when she heard the Illinois tollway had finally erected a wall to provide respite from the din of I-355. The bad news - the wall was on the e...
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Good Samaritans rescue man on I-88 after pickup truck flips overJul 22, 2019 1:00 am - ABC 7 Chicago A group of good Samaritans came to the rescue of a driver of a pickup truck that flipped over Monday morning on I-88 in Oak Brook. Video from ABC 7 sho...
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No sweat - hundreds hop on hogs in Downers Grove to raise money for police charitiesJul 20, 2019 1:00 am - As hundreds of motorcycles revved around her, retired Illinois State Police Master Sgt. Lisa Ditzler fought to keep her composure. Ditzler wore a T-shirt commemorating s...
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With Route 53 extension scrapped, will $13 million in studies go to waste?Jul 18, 2019 1:00 am - The Illinois tollway washed its hands of extending Route 53 to Lake County last week, but does that mean $13 million spent on consultants will go down the drain? Executi...
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Why were Metra riders on tracks? In Transit has the answerJul 15, 2019 5:30 am - Metra riders are used to coping with the unexpected, but a recent mess at Union Station strained BNSF Line regular Cheryl Cianelli's patience. As passengers waited for d...
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As tollway ends Route 53 extension study, now the question: Do what with that Lake County land?Jul 12, 2019 1:00 am - Editor's note: This story has been changed to correctly attribute a quote to Lake County Board member Jessica Vealitzek. Illinois tollway leaders pulled the plug F...
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Proposed Route 53 extension has long historyJul 12, 2019 1:00 am - • 1962: A north-south link in Lake County first identified as part of a network of highways throughout the Chicago region in the "Metropolitan Transporation Plan." • 196...
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Northbound I-294 reopens after closing for multivehicle crashJul 09, 2019 1:00 am - Northbound I-294 is now open after a multivehicle accident closed the tollway between Touhy Avenue and Oakton Street for several hours this morning, Sigalert is reportin...
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If Lake County puts Route 53 plan on ice, will tollway get cold feet?Jul 08, 2019 5:30 am - There's only one consensus on extending Route 53 into Lake County and that is - the issue has dragged on for many years. Since the 1970s, the project has been studied mu...
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Small plane crashes on I-88 in Kane County, clips a truckJul 08, 2019 1:00 am - A small plane crashed on the Reagan Memorial Tollway near Kaneville and clipped a truck during its landing Monday, police said. The small, fixed-wing plane was en route ...