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- While plans for Chicago’s highway system were well underway by the 1950s, local officials found justification in the federal push to construct a national system of interconnected roadways to help Americans get to work, speed up traffic and reduce accidents. Congress passed the plan in 1956, funding 90% of construction costs.
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As the city grew and annexed adjacent towns, problems arose with duplicate street names and a confusing numbering system based on the Chicago River. On June 22, 1908, the city council adopted a system proposed by Edward P. Brennan; [ 2 ] amended June 21, 1909.
The federal highway program for rural and suburban roads began about the same time. In 1941, Illinois became one of five states to create a toll highway authority based on the early success of the Pennsylvania Turnpike.
Oct 12, 2018 · Between the 1830s and 1900, lawmakers, engineers, and thousands of long-forgotten laborers created a new, manmade geography for Chicago—building a canal and sewers, raising city streets, and even...
To connect Chicago with the new Indiana Toll Road, the Chicago (originally Calumet) Skyway opened in 1958. By the time Congress created the Interstate Highway System in 1956, nearly all Chicago-area expressways were laid out, but federal funding pushed construction into high gear.
Feb 6, 2024 · While plans for Chicago’s highway system were well underway by the 1950s, local officials found justification in the federal push to construct a national system of interconnected roadways to help Americans get to work, speed up traffic and reduce accidents. Congress passed the plan in 1956, funding 90% of construction costs.
In 1940, the City Council of Chicago established the Westside Route, or Congress Expressway, as their first priority in a comprehensive superhighway system.
Jan 22, 2015 · Chicago’s diagonal streets are much older that the Plan of Chicago or even the City of Chicago. According to Milo Quaife, in Chicago's Highways, Old and New , before Europeans set eyes on the dunes and swampland of the future Chicago, these routes were used by Native Americans.
