Articles filed under Tollways
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Teacher from Des Plaines dies in I-294 crashApr 30, 2016 1:00 am - A 54-year-old Des Plaines man was struck and killed by a semitrailer truck on the Tri-State Tollway Saturday morning, authorities said. The victim, Jeffery R. Komada, wa...
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No free tolls, but free trees from tollway this Arbor DayApr 28, 2016 1:00 am - You can hug your tree seedling during an Arbor Day giveaway Friday at the Illinois tollway headquarters in Downers Grove and oases. The agency is offering 15,000 free se...
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A wider I-294? Solutions sought for central Tri-StateApr 21, 2016 1:00 am - Anyone who's crawled along the central Tri-State (I-294) near O'Hare Airport at 4 p.m. on a weekday knows the Illinois tollway's workhorse is flawed. But fixing the most...
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Tollway hugging trees, wants to plant 58,000Apr 21, 2016 1:00 am - The Illinois tollway plans to turf its ho-hum grassy landscapes with an influx of 58,000 trees. This year about 3,000 trees and 6,000 shrubs will be planted in an effort...
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Where to look out for spring road constructionApr 18, 2016 5:30 am - They're back: Bulldozers. Front-end loaders. Excavators. Cement trucks. Construction season 2016 is upon us, and it's a significant year for many reasons. For long-suff...
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Tollway leader: We want to make the tollway look more like IllinoisApr 17, 2016 7:00 am - More trees, no passenger-car toll hikes, a toll app and open minds on the Route 53 extension. As they close in on a year since joining the Illinois tollway, Chairman Bob...
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Tollway leaders: We're ready for Elgin-O'Hare toll angstApr 14, 2016 1:00 am - There may be angst when the Elgin-O'Hare Expressway/Route 390 converts into a tollway July 5, but Executive Director Greg Bedalov hopes at least the move won't catch dri...
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What's your roadwork safety IQ? Take our testApr 12, 2016 1:00 am - Despite a relatively mild winter, the number of people dying in crashes in Illinois this year rose by 37 percent as of Tuesday, one reason state authorities urged driver...
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Pyke: Are dangerous merges to blame for more I-90 crashes?Apr 11, 2016 5:30 am - With seconds to merge into traffic you can't see, the Arlington Heights Road interchange with westbound I-90 is a heart-stopping, adrenaline-pumping thrill-ride no one w...
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Editorial: During construction, tollway designers, drivers both must do more to assure safetyApr 10, 2016 11:00 pm - Even in the best of conditions, suburban expressways are dangerous places. Any roadways on which vehicles measured by the ton hurtle along at speeds of 50 to 70 mph are ...