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Originally Posted by Steely Dan
I wonder how they parse out the "value" of I-80 and I-90 (both in the top 5) because they share the longest route concurrency of the interstate system at roughly 265 miles from just outside Cleveland to just outside Chicago. This is because the great lakes "force" I-90 to bend southward down to I-80's latitude and run with it to get around the lakes.
Only a short 5 mile stretch of I-80 in IL is tolled where it runs concurrently with the tristate tollway (I-294) in the south burbs. I think the through-route fare for a car over that stretch is $0.85.
The other 158 miles of I-80 in Illinois are free.
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With slightly more autistic planners, we’d have an I-90 crossing lakes Erie and Michigan on pretty awesome bridges
