Illiana Expressway

While it is being played as competition to the Illiana Expressway in the media, an extension of I-355 between I-80 and I-57 would fit perfectly into Daniel Burnham’s vision of a third ring road around Chicago if the proposd Illiana Expressway from I-65 in Lake County, Indiana to I-57 in Will County, Illinois was coordinated so that it could link up with the proposed I-355 expansion.

The Northwest Indiana Times had this little tidbit about the Illiana Expressway in a Christmas Eve item giving advice to Santa Claus on what he should give to local political leaders and the like and suggested giving coal to the anti-Illiana crowd:

Opponents of the Illiana Expressway study. The proposal was to study the feasibility of constructing a new expressway that would serve as an outer beltway for the Chicago area — beginning at I-94 in LaPorte County and continuing into Illinois. The not-in-my-back-yard crowd adamantly opposed not just construction, which would have been a separate discussion once facts were known, but even the very idea of discussing the proposal.

What are your wish lists for the Illiana Expressway?

Both sides are welcome to leave their comments — pro and con.

Just keep things civil and rational.

I’ve upgraded my blogging platform for Illiana Expressway to make keeping it updated during the year 2008 a little easier.

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