Articles filed under Tollways
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More construction, fewer toll collectors in tollway's 2018 budget draftOct 27, 2017 1:00 am - Is that toll collector in the booth an endangered species? Not quite with 387 collectors working for the Illinois tollway in 2018, but the numbers are dwindling as the a...
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Get ready for new segment of Route 390 that stretches to Route 83Oct 25, 2017 1:00 am - You can drive from Lake Street in Hanover Park to Route 83 in Bensenville along a newly extended Route 390, but it's at a premium price. The newly completed tollway segm...
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In Transit: Dashboard systems pose dangerous risk, AAA warnsOct 16, 2017 5:30 am - Love staying connected while driving? Enjoy chatting with Siri, sampling songs on Pandora and punching in addresses for your navigation system using easy, safe dashboard...
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Questions persist on tollway's no-transponder feeOct 09, 2017 5:30 am - What happened to the Illinois tollway's softer approach to nudging I-PASS customers who drive through tolls without transponders into getting one? Effective in 2018, the...
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No I-PASS transponder in your car? You're going to pay double in 3 monthsSep 28, 2017 1:00 am - I-PASS customers are running out of time to obtain transponders before the Illinois tollway enacts a penalty for vehicles without them. Currently, when a driver goes thr...
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Full interchange at Route 47 and I-88 moves aheadSep 20, 2017 1:00 am - Most partial Illinois tollway interchanges had one purpose when they were built - get drivers to and from Chicago. But the intersection of the Reagan Memorial Tollway (I...
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Did you see hit-and-run that killed tollway worker? Police seek tipsSep 20, 2017 1:00 am - Police are asking the public to help find a semitrailer driver involved in a hit-and-run that killed an Illinois tollway worker Monday. David M. Schwarz, a 48-year-old e...
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Editorial: Take highway work-zone safety seriouslySep 19, 2017 11:00 pm - In early spring, the Illinois Department of Transportation and Illinois Tollway issued the standard yearly plea for motorists to be on their best behavior in constructio...
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Search continues for driver who hit, killed tollway workerSep 19, 2017 1:00 am - David M. Schwarz worked "on the front line" of the Illinois tollway's 292-mile system and died trying to make the roads safer, agency leaders said Tuesday. Illinois Stat...
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Tollway worker killed in hit-and-run crash along the Tri-StateSep 18, 2017 1:00 am - Illinois State Police are looking for the driver of a semitrailer that struck and killed an Illinois tollway maintenance worker Monday afternoon. The 48-year-old man, wh...