The Elgin O'Hare Expressway
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Don't let the name fool you, because it goes neither to Elgin or O'Hare International Airport. It was supposed to, but then they ran out of money, and had to cut it short "(supposedly they said they "wanted" to make the road like this because they weren't sure on how to connect it to O'Hare...i think it's a load of crap). It was built about 9 years ago. </div> <bR> <div> Anyway, the Elgin O'Hare is a great road because supposedly the speed limit is 55 (LOL!). But everyone does 70 or so on it. The EOE goes from Lake Street in Hanover Park to I-290 in Itasca (about 6 miles down the road). It then ends at 290 and if you keep going, it turns into Thorndale Avenue and then dies out. blah. </div> <bR> <div> There's a crazy dip on the Elgin O'Hare. if you're going westbound, towards HP and just past the Gary Avenue exit, the road goes like into a sink hole and rises up kind of fast. it always makes your stomach drop out if you aren't expecting it. Those of us who know where it is always speed up to get a bigger effect. Hehehehhee. </div> <bR> <div> Here's some maps of where the Elgin O'Hare goes (or rather, where it doesn't go....)</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="077c8030.gif" border=0 width="456" height="259" ALIGN="RIGHT" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#990066" FACE="Calisto MT" >As you can see by the circled area in the middle, the red line that is the Elgin O'Hare doesn't go to either O'Hare or Elgin (the black dot on the left side of the picture). Apparently, in 10-15 years they will extend it westward to connect to Elgin. But even then, it still won't have a number. it's just "Elgin O'Hare Expressway". not like, the Kennedy Expressway (I-90/94 downtown) or the Dan Ryan Expressway (290 outbound to I-90). it's ridiculous. </FONT></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="078f3f40.gif" border=0 width="499" height="500" ALIGN="RIGHT" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#33CCFF" FACE="Calisto MT" >This picture to the left shows "Thorndale Avenue" going towards O'Hare, and it does. But, it's a 2 lane road, and it doesn't really go INTO O'Hare. it ends at York Road and doesn't go into anything inside O'Hare. The actual Expressway (where you can do 60-70+ mph ends at 290. So in order to get INTO O'Hare, you have to take 290 North to I-90 east to the eastern edge of O'Hare and then take I-190 into the airport. It's really complicated. But if the Elgin O'Hare actually went INTO O'Hare, you could enter from the western edge and life would be grand.</FONT></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="079f3f40.gif" border=0 width="499" height="500" ALIGN="RIGHT" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF6666" FACE="Calisto MT" >This map actually i think is the most accurate account of where the Elgin O'Hare actually goes. It stars at Lake Street (Route 20) and goes eastward until just shy of I-290 in Itasca. Where the red colored road ends is where the EOE actually ends. Which doesn't really make sense why the decided to end the expressway before the I-290 interchange. So where the expressway ends is a traffic light and then you have to go like 1/4 mile east to get to I-290. strange. </FONT></div> </td> </tr></table></body>