Articles filed under Tollways
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How a Roselle family got a $10,000 bill from tollwaySep 09, 2013 5:30 am - This week, it's another column about problems at Metra. Kidding! Instead, we're focusing on your questions about a “Kafkaesque” dispute with the Illinois tollway, messed...
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Survey shows drivers ignore stopped school busesAug 19, 2013 5:15 am - On Wednesday, seven buses will line up in front of Whittier School in Wheaton waiting to give both seasoned fifth-graders and awe-struck first-graders a ride home after ...
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I-94 reopened near Wisconsin line after crashAug 16, 2013 5:00 pm - All lanes of the Tri-State Tollway have reopened near the Wisconsin state line following a crash involving two semi-trucks and three cars, authorities said. The crash oc...
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3 in critical condition after 6-vehicle crash on Tri-StateJul 12, 2013 12:00 pm - Three people are in critical condition and 13 others are hospitalized after a six-vehicle chain-reaction crash Friday morning on the Tri-State Tollway in Gurnee, officia...
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Union Station makeover ideas could win you $5,000Jul 08, 2013 5:15 am - Only tourists stroll through Union Station, their necks craned to gaze at the 110-foot-tall ceiling or art deco staircase made famous by "The Untouchables." The rest o...
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Tollway approves $44 million software contractJun 27, 2013 5:01 pm - The Illinois tollway software system that processes all I-PASS transactions flies under the radar — except if something goes wrong as it did in 2007 and 2008 when glitch...
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Schaumburg to brighten up interchange bridgesJun 18, 2013 11:00 pm - Schaumburg will soon reach out to the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority with a proposal to add and fund architectural features to the Meacham and Roselle Road interc...
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Man’s death on Tri-State result of collision, examiner confirmsJun 08, 2013 12:48 pm - A 50-year-old Norridge resident died from cranial cerebral injuries suffered in a high-speed traffic accident on the Tri-State Tollway Thursday night, according to the C...
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Tollway 'website of shame' targeting scofflaws gets boostJun 04, 2013 8:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD — Drivers who owe more than $1,000 in tollway fines could have their names posted to a “website of shame” to try to embarrass them into paying up under a pla...
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Answers to your questions on bridges, merging and moreJun 03, 2013 5:00 am - Is Lake County doomed to traffic on Route 120? Is the UP bridge on Route 31 unsafe? What the heck is happening with mergers on I-90 during construction? And what do wome...