This came up on another thread. Almost all freeways ("expressways") in the Chicago area have a designated name to them: Kennedy, Eisenhower, Stevenson, Dan Ryan, etc. I was just wondering... why doesn't I-57 have a name?
Any ideas?
Quote from: A.J. Bertin on April 30, 2013, 12:39:44 PM
This came up on another thread. Almost all freeways ("expressways") in the Chicago area have a designated name to them: Kennedy, Eisenhower, Stevenson, Dan Ryan, etc. I was just wondering... why doesn't I-57 have a name?
Any ideas?
Maybe they're saving it for Obama?
It is a named expressway, but the name, like that of I-80 (Moline Expy), is rarely used.
I-57 is the West Leg of the Dan Ryan Expressway. It could be considered a southward extension of the Ryan, but the name is not used. My guess is to differentiate between the main stem of the Ryan (I-90/94) and the West Leg (I-57), the name is never used.
https://www.aaroads.com/forum/index.php?topic=9366.msg218571#msg218571
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Maybe they're saving it for Obama?
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God I hope not.
Quote from: NE2 on April 30, 2013, 01:14:15 PM
https://www.aaroads.com/forum/index.php?topic=9366.msg218571#msg218571
And AJ thought it would be better in its own thread after posting. I agree.
Quote from: US 41 on May 02, 2013, 08:41:32 AM
Maybe they're saving it for Obama?
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There is already an "Obama Dr" in the area being used on 127th St in Calumet Park which does go over I-57. The signage on I-57 does not reflect it but the actual surface street does with a very tiny "127th Street" in the top left corner of the sign. So I highly doubt that the state, politics aside, will apply Obama Frwy to I-57 ever.
Quote from: hobsini2 on May 03, 2013, 02:13:16 PM
Quote from: US 41 on May 02, 2013, 08:41:32 AM
Maybe they're saving it for Obama?
God I hope not.
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There is already an "Obama Dr" in the area being used on 127th St in Calumet Park which does go over I-57. The signage on I-57 does not reflect it but the actual surface street does with a very tiny "127th Street" in the top left corner of the sign. So I highly doubt that the state, politics aside, will apply Obama Frwy to I-57 ever.
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Not that I support renaming I-57 or any other road after Obama (or any other president), there is no reason why naming a surface street after him would prevent the expressway from being named for him too.
N9JIG, think of it this way. How many times does that already exist where a freeway name has an interchange or an overpass with an arterial street that has the same name. I can't think of any off hand. This would be an interesting question to answer in the general talk section.
Chicago's first President is going to have a bunch of stuff named after him in that city when all is said and done. I wouldn't doubt that a highway of some sort is one of those things.
Quote from: SEWIGuy on June 25, 2013, 10:24:37 AM
Chicago's first President is going to have a bunch of stuff named after him in that city when all is said and done. I wouldn't doubt that a highway of some sort is one of those things.
It'll be very hard to disagree with that statement!
Quote from: hobsini2 on June 24, 2013, 07:20:37 PM
N9JIG, think of it this way. How many times does that already exist where a freeway name has an interchange or an overpass with an arterial street that has the same name. I can't think of any off hand. This would be an interesting question to answer in the general talk section.
Oswego IL has a Douglas Street and a Douglas Road, both of substantial length. I wonder if anyone ever gets their mail mixed up?
Heck, Illinois even had 2 routes with the same number crossing each other for a while. When IL-5 was rechristened I-88 on the East-West Tollway (Now the Reagan...) it crossed IL-88 for a couple years before IL-88 was changed to IL-40.
President Reagan has 2 highways named after him in Illinois, US-14 from Chicago to Harvard and the aforementioned I-88. They don't cross however.
Quote from: N9JIG on June 25, 2013, 06:38:16 PM
President Reagan has 2 highways named after him in Illinois, US-14 from Chicago to Harvard and the aforementioned I-88. They don't cross however.
Isn't there also a "Ronald Reagan Trail" somewhere in IL?
Yes I am not sure exactly where it goes but it runs through Galesburg and ends in Monmouth
Nothing for Bonzo though.
Quote from: hobsini2 on June 24, 2013, 07:20:37 PM
N9JIG, think of it this way. How many times does that already exist where a freeway name has an interchange or an overpass with an arterial street that has the same name. I can't think of any off hand. This would be an interesting question to answer in the general talk section.
Close, but no cigar: http://goo.gl/maps/p7w5Q
Technically, the Turnpike has an interchange with Turnpike Drive, but the exit is signed for K-15.
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Isn't there also a "Ronald Reagan Trail" somewhere in IL?
Yes, this is one of those brown-signed routes that runs N-S thru north central IL, partly on IL-26. It is not a route designation in the numbering sense, more like the Great River Road etc.
Rick, Douglas St and Douglas Rd in Oswego is not the type of case I was asking for. There are several instances were minor roads with the same name cross. Hell I even know of (also in Oswego) where Manhattan Circle meets Manhattan Circle at a 4 way intersection.
N9JIG, as far as highway numbers that are the same, again, not what I was asking for. That also occurs in several places.
KP has come the closest with what I was looking for.