Tri-State Highway Explained

Country:USA
Tri-State Highway
Alternate Name:Kingery Expressway, Borman Expressway
Maint:IDOT, INDOT
Length Mi:18.46
Length Round:2
Length Ref:[1]
Length Notes:Kingery: 30NaN0
Borman: 15.462NaN2
Direction A:West
Terminus A: near Thornton, IL
Junction: in Gary, IN
Direction B:East
Terminus B: in Lake Station, IN
Counties:Cook, Lake
System:
Type:I

The Tri-State Highway was the designation for an 18 mile expressway in the Chicago metropolitan area. The original designations for the expressway were Interstate 80, 90, and 294, as well as a portion of U.S. Route 6. It connects the Tri-State Tollway, Bishop Ford Freeway, and Illinois Route 394 in the west to the Indiana Toll Road in the east.

In 1953, the Tri-State Highway was renamed. The road that was once part of the Tri-State Highway is now:

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Length & Location of Tri-State Highway. April 17, 2007. Google.