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 Interstate 94 | ||||
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 I-94 highlighted in red | ||||
| Route information | ||||
| Maintained by IDOT and ISTHA | ||||
| Length | 61.53 mi[1] (99.02 km) | |||
| NHS | Entire route | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| West end |    I-41 / I-94 / US 41 near Zion | |||
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| East end |   I-80 / I-94 / US 6 at Lansing | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | United States | |||
| State | Illinois | |||
| Counties | Lake, Cook | |||
| Highway system | ||||
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Interstate 94 (I-94) generally runs north–south through the northeastern portion of the US state of Illinois, in Lake and Cook counties. It is signed east–west in Illinois in accordance with its general alignment across the country, with west signage aligned with northbound travel and east signage aligned with southbound travel. I-94 in Illinois is 61.53 miles (99.02 km) long.[1]
The William G. Edens Expressway (also known as the Edens Parkway[2] and the Edens Superhighway[3]) is the main major expressway north from the city of Chicago to Northbrook. Only the short portion from the spur ramp to the expressway's end in Highland Park does not carry I-94. It was the first expressway in Chicago and was opened on December 20, 1951. It has three lanes in each direction. The original name of the expressway was the Edens Parkway, named after William Grant Edens (1863–1957), a banker and early advocate for paved roads. He was a sponsor of Illinois's first highway bond issue in 1918.[4]
From the southern terminus of the Edens, I-94 follows part or all of several other named highways; joining I-90 on the Kennedy Expressway and the Dan Ryan Expressway through the center of Chicago, following the Bishop Ford Freeway through the southside of Chicago to I-80, where it joins the Kingery Expressway before entering Indiana.
- ^ a b Starks, Edward (January 27, 2022). "Table 1: Main Routes of the Dwight D. Eisenhower National System of Interstate and Defense Highways". FHWA Route Log and Finder List. Federal Highway Administration. Retrieved December 19, 2022.
- ^ League of Women Voters of Evanston (1955). This is Evanston (2nd ed.). Evanston, Illinois: The League. OCLC 671270450.
- ^ Kelly, James. Development and Progress of Superhighways in Cook County, Illinois. Retrieved November 27, 2022.
- ^ Presser, ArLynn Leiber (2010). Northfield. Charleston, South Carolina: Arcadia Publishing. p. 65. ISBN 9780738583693. OCLC 656467482.