Illinois notes

[Beltway]

Probably the biggest disappointment was the progress on I-490 around O'Hare. I don't know what is slowing the work, but other than the flyovers on I-90 and I-294, just a lot of dirt being pushed around along York Road. The fact that the old CPD K-9 Facility is still standing does makes me wonder, but it looks like they are building a shoofly for Touhy around where the I-490 bridge will cross over the current ROW.

I check it out when I fly to O'Hare once a year and rent a car. Other than the bridge ramps to the Tri-State, hardly any noticeable progress in Jan. 2024, 2025 and 2026. Those ramps are unusable by themselves.

[edwaleni]

I will add that *any* type of large construction in or around O'Hare is a challenge due to the sheer number of jurisdictions surrounding said airport. So many municipalities are right up against the airport boundary.