In Memoriam: Flipped Out
The Expressway
The Kennedy Expressway (Chicago) at rush hour ... well, anytime of the day.
From the Wikipedia:
The Kennedy Expressway is a 16 mile (26 km) long highway that travels northwest from the Chicago loop to O'Hare Airport. The Interstate 90 portion of the Kennedy is a part of the much longer I-90 (which runs 3111.52 miles 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 miles long (5 km) and is meant to serve airport traffic. On an average day, over 300,000 vehicles use some part of the Kennedy (2003 data).
From the Chicago Library:
On November 5, 1960, the city's new 16-mile, $237 million Northwest Expressway was opened providing a direct route from the Congress Expressway (later renamed Eisenhower) to O'Hare International Airport.
On November 29, 1963, the Chicago City Council unanimously voted to change the name of the Northwest Expressway to the John Fitzgerald Kennedy Expressway. The act came at 12:37 p.m., one week almost to the minute from the time that President Kennedy had been struck down by an assassin's bullets in Dallas.
A rapid transit line in the median strip of the Kennedy Expressway went into service February 1, 1970, after dedication ceremonies January 30. Expressway median rapid transit is an innovation of Chicago planners and engineers.
The Expressway
The Kennedy Expressway (Chicago) at rush hour ... well, anytime of the day.
From the Wikipedia:
The Kennedy Expressway is a 16 mile (26 km) long highway that travels northwest from the Chicago loop to O'Hare Airport. The Interstate 90 portion of the Kennedy is a part of the much longer I-90 (which runs 3111.52 miles 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 miles long (5 km) and is meant to serve airport traffic. On an average day, over 300,000 vehicles use some part of the Kennedy (2003 data).
From the Chicago Library:
On November 5, 1960, the city's new 16-mile, $237 million Northwest Expressway was opened providing a direct route from the Congress Expressway (later renamed Eisenhower) to O'Hare International Airport.
On November 29, 1963, the Chicago City Council unanimously voted to change the name of the Northwest Expressway to the John Fitzgerald Kennedy Expressway. The act came at 12:37 p.m., one week almost to the minute from the time that President Kennedy had been struck down by an assassin's bullets in Dallas.
A rapid transit line in the median strip of the Kennedy Expressway went into service February 1, 1970, after dedication ceremonies January 30. Expressway median rapid transit is an innovation of Chicago planners and engineers.