Eisenhower Expressway

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The Eisenhower Expressway is a major Chicago-area freeway (Interstate 290) that runs west from downtown Chicago, serving as a key commuter and transit corridor through the city's western suburbs.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf freeway
interstate highway
limited-access highway
connectsTo Congress Parkway (historic terminus)
linked to: Congress Parkway

Dan Ryan Expressway
Kennedy Expressway
country United States
easternTerminusIn Chicago, Illinois
linked to: Chicago
hasAbbreviation I-290
hasAlternateName The Ike
hasDesignation Interstate 290
linked to: I-290
hasJunctionWith Interstate 294
Interstate 88
Interstate 90
Interstate 94
hasLanes multiple lanes in each direction
hasPublicTransitCorridor Chicago Transit Authority Blue Line (median for part of route)
linked to: CTA Blue Line
hasRouteNumber 290
hasSpeedLimit varies by segment
isAlsoClassifiedAs urban freeway
isMajorRouteFor western approach to downtown Chicago
isNumberedSegmentOf Interstate 290 in Illinois
locatedIn Chicago, Illinois
Cook County, Illinois
DuPage County, Illinois
maintainedBy Illinois Department of Transportation
namedAfter Dwight D. Eisenhower
openedAs part of post–World War II expressway network in Chicago
partOf Interstate Highway System
passesNear Hillside, Illinois
Maywood, Illinois
Oak Park, Illinois
passesThrough western suburbs of Chicago
runsDirection east–west
serves Chicago central business district
linked to: Chicago Loop
servesAs commuter corridor
transit corridor
state Illinois
usedBy commuters
freight traffic
westernTerminusNear Rolling Meadows, Illinois

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Dan Ryan Expressway connectsTo Eisenhower Expressway
I-290 hasLocalName Eisenhower Expressway
West Side, Chicago traversedBy Eisenhower Expressway
UIC–Halsted station near Eisenhower Expressway
Chicago expressway system hasComponent Eisenhower Expressway
Kennedy Expressway hasJunctionWith Eisenhower Expressway
The Ike officialName Dwight D. Eisenhower Expressway
linked to: Eisenhower Expressway
The Ike nicknameFor Dwight D. Eisenhower Expressway
linked to: Eisenhower Expressway
Congress Parkway (historic alignment) connectedTo Eisenhower Expressway
West Loop borderedBy Eisenhower Expressway
Near West Side, Chicago traversedBy Eisenhower Expressway
UIC–Halsted locatedOn Eisenhower Expressway
Kedzie–Homan locatedAlong Eisenhower Expressway
Harlem (Forest Park branch) adjacentHighway Eisenhower Expressway
Forest Park branch rightOfWayFollows Eisenhower Expressway (I-290)
linked to: Eisenhower Expressway