Interstate 88 (Illinois)
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Length | 140.60 mi[2][3] (226.27 km) | |||
Existed | July 1987[1]–present | |||
NHS | Entire route | |||
Major junctions | ||||
West end | I-80 / IL 5 / IL 92 / IL 110 (CKC) near East Moline | |||
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East end | I-290 / IL 110 (CKC) in Hillside | |||
Location | ||||
Country | United States | |||
State | Illinois | |||
Counties | Rock Island, Whiteside, Lee, Ogle, DeKalb, Kane, DuPage, Cook | |||
Highway system | ||||
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Interstate 88 (I-88) is an
Route description
I-88 runs concurrently with
East Moline to Rock Falls
Starting at I-80 at a cloverleaf interchange, IL 5 ends there while IL 92 continues eastward. I-88 begins at that interchange and then traverses eastward. Immediately east of the cloverleaf, I-88, IL 92, and IL 110 meet a road at a diamond interchange. This road used to be part of IL 2 and IL 92. They then traverse eastward until IL 92 branches off east near Joslin. The freeway then meets the next two local roads, each having a diamond interchange. One of the interchanges serves Hillsdale while the other one serves Erie. The two routes then meet IL 78 near Lyndon. Near Como, they then meet US 30 at a trumpet interchange. South of Rock Falls, they then meet IL 40 at a diamond interchange. East of Yeoward Addition, they again meet U.S. Route 30 (US 30) at a diamond interchange.[4]
Rock Falls to Aurora
After US 30, I-88/IL 110 becomes an ISTHA-maintained
Aurora to Hillside
Across the
History
Prior to its designation as an Interstate Highway, the route was known as IL 5 and, before that, IL 190.
In 1975, IL 5 was extended westward to Rock Falls. Back then, only a small portion south of Rock Falls was free.[5] At that point, there were two proposed freeways connecting each individual cities, FAP 402 (a proposed freeway to Clinton, Iowa) and FAP 403 (another proposed freeway to East Moline). However, only FAP 403 was being built.[6][7] By 1979, IL 5 finished completing the FAP 403 freeway.[8]
The reason for I-88's original designation and continued existence as an Interstate has to do with a technicality in the old
Ronald Reagan Memorial Tollway
The Ronald Reagan Memorial Tollway, originally known as the East-West Tollway, is a toll road in northern Illinois.
Opened November 21, 1958, it was initially designated as US Route 30 Toll (US 30 Toll), and later
When the East-West Tollway was extended to Dixon in the 1970s, the IL 190 numbering was removed from the stretch between Aurora and Sugar Grove, making that section strictly IL 56. Once complete, the new routing of the combined tollway and freeway between I-80 near the Quad Cities and I-294 became designated as IL 5. In the late 1980s, it was renumbered I-88.
Officially, the tollway portion begins in Rock Falls, starting at the intersection with US 30 at milemarker 44, although the first toll plaza does not appear until after the IL 26 interchange in Dixon, making the section between US 30 and IL 26 technically a freeway. It continues as a tollway until its terminus in Hillside, although there is a free section between exit 76 (IL 251) and exit 78 (I-39). West of US 30 to I-80, I-88 is a freeway. The tollway portion is 96 miles (154 km) long.
After the death of Illinois native and former President
There is no direct off-ramp access to US 52, IL 23, IL 25, and IL 83 (northbound). In addition, I-88 merges with IL 56 for a short distance.
Although a federal law, 23 U.S.C. § 111, prohibits the operation of commercial rest areas constructed after January 1, 1960, on Interstate Highways, the DeKalb oasis was constructed at milepost 93 in 1975, prior to the route's designation as I-88, and remains in operation.
From 2005 lasting through 2012, ISTHA reconstructed and widened much of the original portion of I-88, between York Road and IL 56. Approximately $991.6 million (equivalent to $1.3 billion in 2023[9]) was budgeted for I-88 over that period.[10] Between 2005 and 2009, I-88 was reconstructed and widened to four lanes in each direction between IL 59 and York Road, with work progressing gradually from west to east. The project included a reconstruction and reconfiguration of the Naperville Road interchange.[11] Between IL 56 and the Aurora Toll Plaza, I-88 was reconstructed and widened to three lanes in each direction, including the reconstruction of the IL 31 interchange and new bridges over the Fox River.[12][13]
Exit list
County | Location | mi | km | Exit | Destinations | Notes |
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Rock Island | Hampton Township | 0.00 | 0.00 | IL 5 west / IL 92 west – Moline, Rock Island | Continuation beyond western terminus; western end of IL 92 concurrency | |
East Moline | 1A-B | I-80 / IL 110 (CKC) west to I-74 – Des Moines, Peoria | Signed as exits 1A (east) and 1B (west); western end of IL 110 concurrency; I-80 exit 4B | |||
0.75 | 1.21 | 1C | Old IL 2 | |||
Joslin | 5.69 | 9.16 | 6 | IL 92 east (38th Avenue North) – Joslin | Eastern end of IL 92 concurrency | |
Hillsdale | 10.26 | 16.51 | 10 | Hillsdale, Port Byron | ||
Whiteside | Erie | 18.44 | 29.68 | 18 | Erie, Albany | To IL 84 |
Lyndon | 25.70 | 41.36 | 26 | IL 78 (Crosby Road) – Morrison, Prophetstown | Former IL 2 | |
Rock Falls | 36.16 | 58.19 | 36 | To US 30 – Clinton, Rock Falls, Sterling | ||
41.11 | 66.16 | 41 | IL 40 (Hoover Road) – Rock Falls, Sterling | |||
43.98 | 70.78 | 44 | US 30 – Joliet, Rock Falls | Eastern end of Ronald Reagan Memorial Highway; western end of Ronald Reagan Memorial Tollway | ||
Lee | Dixon | 54.12 | 87.10 | 54 | IL 26 (Galena Avenue) – Dixon | |
56.15 | 90.36 | Dixon Toll Plaza 69 | ||||
Ogle | Rochelle | 75.87 | 122.10 | 76 | IL 251 – Rochelle, Mendota | |
78.33 | 126.06 | 78 | I-39 / US 51 – Bloomington, Normal, Rockford | Signed as exits 78A (south) and 78B (north); I-39 exit 97 | ||
DeKalb | DeKalb | 86.25 | 138.81 | DeKalb Toll Plaza 66 | ||
91.12 | 146.64 | 91 | Annie Glidden Road to IL 38 / IL 23 – DeKalb | Toll on westbound exit and eastbound entrance ramps | ||
93.25 | 150.07 | DeKalb Oasis | ||||
93.73 | 150.84 | 94 | Peace Road to IL 38 | Toll on westbound exit and eastbound entrance ramps | ||
Kane | Sugar Grove | 108.97 | 175.37 | 109 | IL 47 | Toll on westbound exit and eastbound entrance ramps |
Aurora | 113.00 | 181.86 | 113 | IL 56 west to US 30 – Sugar Grove | Western end of IL 56 concurrency; westbound exit and eastbound entrance | |
114.06 | 183.56 | 114 | CR 83 (Orchard Road) | Was exit 115; toll on eastbound exit and westbound entrance ramps | ||
North Aurora | 116.52 | 187.52 | 117 | IL 31 (Lincolnway Street) / IL 56 east | Eastern end of IL 56 concurrency; toll on eastbound exit and westbound entrance ramps | |
Aurora | 117.48 | 189.07 | Aurora Toll Plaza 61 | |||
118.88 | 191.32 | 119 | Farnsworth Avenue | Signed as exits 119A (south) and 119B (north) westbound; toll on westbound exit and eastbound entrance ramps | ||
CR 14 (Eola Road) | Toll on westbound exit and eastbound entrance ramps | |||||
Naperville | 122.93 | 197.84 | 123 | IL 59 | Diverging diamond interchange as of October 2015 | |
CR 13 (Winfield Road) | Toll on eastbound exit and westbound entrance ramps | |||||
CR 23 (Naperville Road) | Toll on eastbound exit and westbound entrance ramps | |||||
Lisle | 129.63 | 208.62 | 130 | IL 53 (Lincoln Avenue) | Westbound exit and eastbound entrance | |
Downers Grove | 130.94– 132.82 | 210.73– 213.75 | 131 | I-355 Toll (Veterans Memorial Tollway) to US 34 (Ogden Avenue) – Joliet, Northwest Suburbs | Signed as exits 131A (south) and 131B (north) westbound; signed as exits 131 (south) and 132 (north) eastbound; I-355 exit 20 | |
133.88 | 215.46 | 134 | CR 9 (Highland Avenue) | Toll on eastbound exit and westbound entrance ramps; westbound entrance via Downers Drive | ||
Oak Brook | 134.62 | 216.65 | Meyers Road Toll Plaza 52 (eastbound) | |||
136.02 | 218.90 | 136 | CR 15 (Midwest Road) | Toll on eastbound exit and entrance; toll on entrance ramp | ||
136.77 | 220.11 | 137 | IL 83 south (Kingery Highway) | Westbound exit and eastbound entrance; toll on eastbound entrance ramp | ||
137.29 | 220.95 | 138 | 22nd Street (Cermak Road) to IL 83 north (Kingery Highway) | Westbound entrance and exit; toll on entrance ramp | ||
137.73 | 221.65 | York Road Toll Plaza 53 (westbound) | ||||
138.27 | 222.52 | 138 | I-294 Toll south (Tri-State Tollway) to York Road – Indiana | Eastbound exit and westbound entrance; exit includes direct exit ramp onto York Road; York Road exit signed as exit 138 eastbound; I-294 exit 29 | ||
Cook | Hillside | 139.64 | 224.73 | 139 | I-294 Toll north (Tri-State Tollway) – Milwaukee, O'Hare I-290 west (Eisenhower Expressway) – Rockford | Eastbound exit and westbound entrance; I-294 exit 31A |
— | I-294 Toll south (Tri-State Tollway) – Indiana IL 38 west (Roosevelt Road) | Westbound exit and eastbound entrance | ||||
140.15– 140.38 | 225.55– 225.92 | — | I-290 east (Eisenhower Expressway) to US 12 / US 20 / US 45 (Mannheim Road) – Chicago | Eastbound exit only; all trucks must exit onto a local lane | ||
I-290 east / IL 110 (CKC) east (Eisenhower Expressway) – Chicago | Eastern terminus; eastern end of Ronald Reagan Memorial Tollway; eastern end of IL 110 concurrency; I-290 exit 15A | |||||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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References
- ^ a b Mehler, Neil H. (July 6, 1987). "Road with Many Names Gets a New One". Chicago Tribune (National ed.). p. C3. Retrieved February 16, 2008.
- ^ 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 September 5, 2022.
- ^ Illinois Technology Transfer Center (2006). "T2 GIS Data". Illinois Department of Transportation. Retrieved November 8, 2007.
- ^ a b c d Google (November 18, 2020). "Overview map of I-88" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved November 18, 2020.
- ^ Illinois Department of Transportation (1975). Illinois Highway Map (Map). [1:772,500]. Springfield: Illinois Department of Transportation. Retrieved November 22, 2020 – via Illinois Digital Archives.
- ^ "Illinois Supplemental Freeway System" (PDF). Retrieved November 22, 2020.
- ^ Illinois Department of Transportation (1977). Illinois Highway Map (Map). [1:772,500]. Springfield: Illinois Department of Transportation. Retrieved November 22, 2020 – via Illinois Digital Archives.
- ^ Illinois Department of Transportation (1979). Illinois Highway Map (Map). [1:772,500]. Springfield: Illinois Department of Transportation. Retrieved November 22, 2020 – via Illinois Digital Archives.
- Gross Domestic Product deflatorfigures follow the MeasuringWorth series.
- Illinois State Toll Highway Authority. pp. 3–6. Archived from the original(PDF) on September 27, 2011. Retrieved February 28, 2011.
- ^ Staff (May 5, 2009). "Washington Street to Finley Road Rebuild & Widen Project & Naperville Road Interchange" (PDF). Reagan Memorial Tollway. Illinois State Toll Highway Authority. Retrieved September 20, 2014.
- ^ Staff (December 2, 2009). "Aurora Toll Plaza to Orchard Road Rebuild & Widen Project" (PDF). Reagan Memorial Tollway. Illinois State Toll Highway Authority. Retrieved September 20, 2014.
- ^ "I-88 Rebuild and Widen Project" (PDF). Reagan Memorial Tollway. Illinois State Toll Highway Authority. Retrieved September 20, 2014.