Illiana Expressway Feasibility Study Indiana Department of Transportation Objective To determine the overall viability of developing, financing, constructing, operating, maintaining, and placing into service a new Interstate quality highway to be known as the Illiana Expressway. The proposed expressway would be 25 to 30 miles in length, connecting I-57 in Illinois with I-65 in Indiana. Project Overview/Challenge The Illiana Expressway corridor has been a component of long-range plans for the bistate region since the early 1900s, first envisioned by Daniel Burnham as a vital link in the outer ring of highways encircling the Chicago region. Formerly known as the South Suburban Expressway, the corridor has shifted southward over the years as the Chicago metropolitan area has expanded geograph

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