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===Illinois=== {{Main|Interstate 90 in Illinois}} [[File:Highway Isometric.jpg|thumb|right|The [[Kennedy Expressway]], looking southeast towards the [[Chicago]] skyline|alt=View of the Chicago skyline, including the prominent Willis Tower, with a divided highway leading towards it]] I-90 uses several sections of the [[Illinois Tollway]] system as it traverses the [[Northern Illinois|northeastern corner]] of the state, primarily in the [[Chicago metropolitan area]]. It enters the state from Beloit, Wisconsin, and remains concurrent to I-39 and [[U.S. Route 51|US 51]] on the [[Jane Addams Memorial Tollway]] through the eastern outskirts of [[Rockford, Illinois|Rockford]], where the highways split off. I-90 continues on the tollway as it follows [[U.S. Route 20|US 20]] southeast through [[Belvidere, Illinois|Belvidere]] and [[Elgin, Illinois|Elgin]] in the [[Fox Valley (Illinois)|Fox Valley]].<ref name="ILTollway-Map">{{cite map |date=January 2020 |title=Illinois Tollway 2020 Complimentary Map |at=[https://www.illinoistollway.com/documents/20184/145046/TollwayMap_01_29_2020-SideB.pdf Chicago and Vicinity] inset |url=https://www.illinoistollway.com/documents/20184/145046/TollwayMap_01_22_2020-SideA.pdf |scale=Scale not given |location=Downers Grove |publisher=[[Illinois State Toll Highway Authority]] |accessdate=November 29, 2021 |archive-date=November 30, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211130073626/https://www.illinoistollway.com/documents/20184/145046/TollwayMap_01_22_2020-SideA.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> The tollway cuts through the northwestern suburbs of Chicago, where it intersects [[Interstate 290 (Illinois)|I-290]] in [[Schaumburg, Illinois|Schaumburg]] and passes the north side of [[O'Hare International Airport]]. On the east side of the airport in [[Rosemont, Illinois|Rosemont]], I-90 intersects [[Interstate 294|I-294]] and [[Interstate 190 (Illinois)|I-190]], the latter of which serves the airport's passenger terminals and marks the end of the tollway.<ref name="ILTollway-Map"/> The freeway, now named the [[Kennedy Expressway]], travels through northwestern Chicago, where the [[Blue Line (CTA)|Blue Line]] of the [[Chicago "L"|"L" rapid transit system]] runs in the median and serves several stops.<ref name="Tribune-BlueLine">{{cite news |last=Hilkevitch |first=Jon |date=December 5, 2013 |title=O'Hare Blue Line to stay open during 4-year renovation |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-2013-12-05-chi-4year-492m-blue-line-project-to-be-announced-today-20131205-story.html |work=Chicago Tribune |accessdate=November 29, 2021 |archive-date=October 9, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221009230610/https://www.chicagotribune.com/ |url-status=live }}</ref> I-90 turns southeast and is rejoined by I-94 in [[Irving Park, Chicago|Irving Park]], where it gains a set of [[reversible lane|reversible express lanes]] that travel for {{convert|6.2|mi|km}} toward the [[Near West Side, Chicago|Near West Side]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Hilkevitch |first=Jon |date=August 22, 2011 |title=Drivers frustrated by Kennedy express lanes |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/autos/ct-xpm-2011-08-22-ct-met-getting-around-0822-20110822-story.html |at=sec. 1, p. 4 |work=Chicago Tribune |accessdate=November 29, 2021 |archive-date=November 30, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211130071337/https://www.chicagotribune.com/autos/ct-xpm-2011-08-22-ct-met-getting-around-0822-20110822-story.html |url-status=live }}</ref> The Kennedy Expressway travels south through the Near West Side, opposite the [[Chicago River]] from the [[Chicago Loop]] (the city's central business district), and intersects I-290 again at the [[Jane Byrne Interchange]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Wronski |first=Richard |date=November 23, 2015 |title=Kennedy Expressway tops new list of nation's most congested highways |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-kennedy-congestion-met-20151123-story.html |work=Chicago Tribune |accessdate=November 29, 2021 |archive-date=November 30, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211130071339/https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-kennedy-congestion-met-20151123-story.html |url-status=live }}</ref> The freeway continues onto the [[Dan Ryan Expressway]] and crosses the Chicago River near [[Chinatown, Chicago|Chinatown]] and an interchange with [[Interstate 55|I-55]]. The Dan Ryan is the widest section of I-90, at 12 through lanes, and is split between [[Local–express lanes|local and express lanes]].<ref>{{cite web |date=July 27, 2010 |title=Urban Highways with the Most Lanes |url=https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/policyinformation/tables/01.pdf |publisher=Federal Highway Administration |access-date=December 3, 2021 |archive-date=January 6, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220106214052/http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/policyinformation/tables/01.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Hilkevitch |first=Jon |date=March 26, 2006 |title=Buckle up, it looks like a long ride |at=sec. 1, p. 10 |work=Chicago Tribune |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/89956956/buckle-up-it-looks-like-a-long-ride/ |via=Newspapers.com |accessdate=December 3, 2021 |archive-date=October 9, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221009232850/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/89956956/buckle-up-it-looks-like-a-long-ride/ |url-status=live }}</ref> I-90/I-94 is joined by the [[Red Line (CTA)|"L" Red Line]] in the median of the expressway through the city's [[South Side, Chicago|South Side]],<ref name="Tribune-BlueLine"/> where it passes [[Rate Field]], the [[Illinois Institute of Technology]] campus, and [[Washington Park (Chicago park)|Washington Park]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Channick |first=Robert |date=January 31, 2017 |title=IIT sells oldest building for redevelopment |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-iit-redevelop-historic-building-0201-biz-20170131-story.html |work=Chicago Tribune |accessdate=November 29, 2021 |archive-date=November 30, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211130071922/https://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-iit-redevelop-historic-building-0201-biz-20170131-story.html |url-status=live }}</ref> I-90 splits from the Dan Ryan Expressway in [[Englewood, Chicago|Englewood]] and turns southeast onto the tolled [[Chicago Skyway]]. The tolled Skyway travels towards the Indiana state line, which the freeway crosses near the [[Calumet River]] in the [[East Side, Chicago|East Side]].<ref name="google"/><ref name="ILTollway-Map"/>
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