Illinois Route 394
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| Illinois Route 394 | |||||||||
| Bishop Ford Freeway Maintained by IDOT |
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| Length: | 14.63 mi[1] (23.54 km) | ||||||||
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| Formed: | After 1956[2] | ||||||||
| South end: |  IL 1 / Will CR 23 near Crete |
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| North end: |    I-80 / I-94 / I-294 in Thornton |
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| Counties: | Will, Cook | ||||||||
| Major cities: | None | ||||||||
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>Illinois Route 394 (also known as the Bishop Ford Freeway, formerly known as the Calumet Expressway) is a short four-lane state freeway that travels south from Thornton at the Interstate 294/Interstate 94/Interstate 80 (Tri-State Tollway/Bishop Ford Freeway; this route is an extension of the latter freeway) interchange to Illinois Route 1 south of Steger and Crete. Before taking the Illinois 394 route, it was known as Illinois 1. Illinois 394 is 14.63 miles (23.54 km) long.[1]
Illinois 394 is an Interstate standard highway until the junction with U.S. Highway 30 (Lincoln Highway) by Chicago Heights; however, it has not officially been designated Interstate 394 as of August 2007. Although it is not an Interstate highway, it is usually confused as one. It could receive the I-394 designation if the disputed Peotone airport is ever built, east of Interstate 57 near Peotone and west of Illinois 1.
This road is some times called I-394 in many ad's and billboards and some local news reports as it is called IL-394 and it is built to Interstate standards.
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[edit] Southland Interchange reconstruction
In 2006 and 2007, Illinois 394 was reconstructed north of Glenwood-Dyer Road as part of the massive Kingery Expressway reconstruction effort. The intersection with Interstates 80, 94 and 294 was improved in the following areas:
- Southbound: The ramps were rebuilt, with a gentler left-exit curve for Interstate 94 to travel from the Bishop Ford to the Kingery Expressway. The cloverleaf-style ramps to southbound Illinois 394 were replaced with a flyover and the distributor leg of a collector-distributor ramp from eastbound Interstate 80/294.
- Northbound: A dangerous ramp to eastbound Interstate 80/94 was replaced with a ramp to a set of collector-distributor lanes, intended for U.S. 6 and Illinois 83 (Torrence Avenue). A cloverleaf ramp from eastbound Interstate 80/294 was replaced with a flyover, and the merge area where Illinois 394 terminates was improved. (The Interstate 94 ramp itself has been moved nearly a mile (1.6 km) east to before Torrence Avenue). These improvements were completed in June 2007.[3]
[edit] Exit list
| County | Location | Mile | Destinations | Notes |
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| Cook | Ford Heights | 9.20 |  US 30 (Lincoln Highway) |
Southern terminus of freeway portion of Illinois 394. Illinois 394 continues south another 4 miles (6 km) to its southern terminus at IL 1. |
| Glenwood | 11.10 | Glenwood-Dyer Road | ||
| South Holland | 14.63 | I-80 / I-94 (Bishop Ford Freeway, Kingery Expressway) / I-294 north (Tri-State Tollway) – Chicago, Indiana, Iowa, Wisconsin |
Northern terminus of IL 394 |
[edit] External links
[edit] References
- ^ a b Illinois Technology Transfer Center (2006). "T2 GIS Data". http://www.dot.state.il.us/gist2/select.html. Retrieved 2007-11-08.
- ^ Carlson, Rick. Illinois Highways Page: Routes 203 through end. Last updated March 15, 2006. Retrieved March 27, 2006.
- ^ "Independence from roadwork along new Kingery Expressway and modernized Southland Corridor marks July 4th holiday week". Illinois Department of Transportation. http://www.kingeryexpressway.com/press/r062907.html. Retrieved 2007-06-29.
