Far SW Chicago burbs checking in...

[kphoger]

This conversation is a bit surreal to me.  I remember, growing up in New Lenox, going for drives with my dad out into farm country; Laraway Road was still gravel.  And I'm only 34 years old.

[inkyatari]

This conversation is a bit surreal to me.  I remember, growing up in New Lenox, going for drives with my dad out into farm country; Laraway Road was still gravel.  And I'm only 34 years old.

I'm 47, and I remembger when Essington Rd. in Joliet was a 1 lane gravel road.

The old Essington Rd bridge over the Rock Run is actually still just off Essington, behind a bank just north east of the corner of Essington and Black Rd.

[Desert Man]

In the expanding suburban sprawl of western Chicagoland, they need more business parks, arts & entertainment, and major league sports (Aurora, IL's 2nd largest city is 30-35 miles W of Chicago, similar position like Newark and Jersey City, NJ; Long Beach and Anaheim in So CA, and Oakland and San Jose in No CA). The DC- Baltimore-NoVa region is an example of a megalopolis with more than one urban center, due to Washington (DC) is the nation's capital.

Anyways, welcome to AARoads, the place for road geeks (like you and me).