I went to Madison, WI to watch a basketball game between the Wisconsin Badgers and my Purdue Boilermakers. The route was as follows:
From West Lafayette to Madison: I-65 NB, I-80/I-94 WB, I-294 NB, I-90 WB, US 12/US 18 WB, US 151
From Madison to West Lafayette: Same route in reverse.
What I got out of this trip was not just a Purdue victory, but seeing more construction progress at I-490 in the western part of O'Hare.
Some trip photos:
Square US shield in Madison:
(https://i.imgur.com/QOt7JVm.jpg)
I-490/I-90 interchange construction:
I-90 WB to I-490 SB:
(https://i.imgur.com/WDyO0rB.jpg)
I-490 bridge:
(https://i.imgur.com/lCddxDl.jpg)
Sign for I-490 SB from I-90 EB reversed until the road is open (excuse the poor quality):
(https://i.imgur.com/IlXXN8j.jpg)
Transcribed: TOLL SOUTH I-490 <-
Covered BGS for I-490 SB from I-90 EB:
(https://i.imgur.com/1NPkK0q.jpg)
Nice win for our Boilermakers.
There are lots of creative ways to travel between West Lafayette and Madison, and lots of great places to stop along the way. Personally I am disinclined to come back the same way I went out. Glad you got to make the trip.
Please continue to Boiler the eff Up!
Quote from: Konza on February 04, 2024, 11:56:38 PM
Nice win for our Boilermakers.
There are lots of creative ways to travel between West Lafayette and Madison, and lots of great places to stop along the way. Personally I am disinclined to come back the same way I went out. Glad you got to make the trip.
Please continue to Boiler the eff Up!
Thank you! It was a rough and ugly game at times, but our Boilers pulled through. I was also glad to see the I-490 construction with my own eyes, especially an interesting find with my first I-490 road sign sighting in Illinois.
While the Interstate route was the fastest as I was in a charter bus for this with the Purdue student section, I found some of the creative routes you mentioned as well as great stops. For the interstate route, Chicago would seem obvious, but that would push it a little much. Elgin, Rockford, and Janesville definitely seem doable. And so does the Albanese factory. And for the creative routes, there are so many to count.
I still miss the now prohibited in the MUTCD "(Direction) Tollway" text on the BGSes on the ISTHA system . . .
Mike