Brent drove from Chicago west to QC and met up for a joint trip southeast to Champaign. A quick cold front blew through the morning of, washing out most of the ride west.
If you drove through in 2008, you noted jersey barriers everywhere and your eyes bled orange.
The Illinois Tollway is slowly implementing exit numbering along their system. Previously, all exits were unnumbered, and the milepost system adhered to Tollway mileage in lieu of overall Interstate mileage.
This is not as uncommon of an error as one might expect, as sign replacements along Interstate 95 south at its vastly unsigned Business Loop for Darien, GA incorrectly display a tri-color Interstate shield in lieu of a green business loop shield.
Originally AASHTO touted the entire Interstate 72 corridor west from Springfield as Interstate 172. FHWA officials preferred to designate the east-west freeway as an extended Interstate 72, which led to designating the north-south leg as Interstate 172. This was approved on April 22, 1995.
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