Route Description
Interstate 294 has four of the Tri-State Tollway's five mainline barriers. These are located at:
- 163rd Street
- 82nd Street (Southbound)/83rd Street (Northbound)
- Cermak Road
- Irving Park Road (Illinois Route 19) (Southbound)/ Touhy Ave. (Northbound)
The fifth is on I-94 near Waukegan.
The full length of Interstate 294 is 8 lanes wide (4 lanes each direction). Prior to 2006, only the portion between O'Hare (Interstate 90) and 95th Street (U.S. 12/U.S. 20) was 8 lanes, with the remainder being 6 lanes. In 2009, The Illinois Tollway Authority completed reconstruction on the remainder of Interstate 294, expanding the tollway from 6 to 8 lanes from 95th Street to its Southern terminus at the Kingery Expressway, and from Interstate 90 to its Northern terminus at Interstate 94 in Northbrook.
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