Kennedy Expressway
| Kennedy Expressway | |
|---|---|
| John F. Kennedy Expressway | |
| Route information | |
| Maintained by IDOT | |
| Length: | 17.80 mi (28.65 km) |
| Existed: | 1960 – present |
| Component highways: |
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| Major junctions | |
| West end: |
 O'Hare International Airport in Chicago
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  US 12 / US 45 in Chicago I-294 in Rosemont  I-90 / I-190 in Chicago IL 171 in Chicago IL 43 in Chicago I-94 in Chicago IL 19 in Chicago IL 64 in Chicago |
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| East end: |
     I-90 / I-94 / I-290 / IL 110 (CKC) in Chicago |
| Highway system | |
The John F. Kennedy Expressway is a 17.8-mile-long (28.65 km) freeway in metropolitan Chicago, Illinois, in the United States that travels northwest from the neighborhood of West Loop to O'Hare International Airport. The highway is named for the 35th U.S. President, John F. Kennedy, and conforms to the Chicago-area convention of using the term Expressway for an Interstate Highway without tolls. The Interstate 90 (I-90) portion of the Kennedy is a part of the much longer I-90 (which runs 3,111.52 miles (5,007.51 km) from Boston, Massachusetts to Seattle, Washington). The Kennedy's official endpoints are the Circle Interchange with Interstate 290 (Eisenhower Expressway/Congress Parkway) and the Dan Ryan Expressway (also I-90/94) at the east end, and the O'Hare Airport terminals at the west end. The Interstate 190 portion of the Kennedy is 3.07 miles (4.94 km) long and is meant to serve airport traffic. Interstate 90 picks up the Kennedy destination and runs a further 6.29 miles (10.12 km), before joining with I-94 for the final 8.44 miles (13.58 km).
Traveling eastbound from O'Hare, the Kennedy interchanges with the eastern terminus of the Jane Addams Memorial Tollway (Interstate 90) and with the Tri-State Tollway (Interstate 294) at a complex junction just west of Illinois Route 171 (Cumberland Avenue). The Kennedy later merges with the southern end of the Edens Expressway (Interstate 94) at Montrose Avenue; the Kennedy (at this point both I-90 and I-94) then turns south to its junction with the Dan Ryan and Eisenhower Expressways and Congress Parkway at the Jane Byrne Interchange in downtown Chicago.
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