Calumet Expressway | ||||
Route information | ||||
Maintained by IDOT | ||||
Length | 14.63 mi[1] (23.54 km) | |||
Existed | 1965[4]–present | |||
History | Signed as IL 1 1957[2]–1964[3] | |||
Major junctions | ||||
South end | IL 1 in Crete | |||
US 30 in Ford Heights | ||||
North end | I-80 Toll / I-94 / I-294 Toll in South Holland | |||
Location | ||||
Country | United States | |||
State | Illinois | |||
Counties | Will, Cook | |||
Highway system | ||||
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Illinois Route 394 (IL 394), also known as the Calumet Expressway, is a 14.6-mile-long (23.5 km) four-lane state highway that travels north from a junction with IL 1 south of Crete to an interchange in South Holland with Interstate 294/Interstate 94/Interstate 80 (I-294/I-94/I-80, Tri-State Tollway/Bishop Ford Freeway; this route is an extension of, but not part of the latter freeway). Although not an Interstate Highway, Illinois 394 is an Interstate-standard highway from its junction with Sauk Trail at Sauk Village to its northern terminus at the I-294/I-94/I-80 interchange in South Holland. IL 394 functions as a bypass of IL 1 to the west, of which it was formerly part, and provides access to southern suburbs of Chicago.