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The Dan Ryan Expressway is a north-south expressway in Chicago. This runs from the Dwight D. Eisenhower Expressway and the John F. Kennedy Expressway at the Circle Interchange to Interstate 57 and the Bishop Louis Henry Ford Freeway at 95th Street. It carries the shields of Interstate 90 and Interstate 94. Interstate 90 runs from the Circle Interchange to the Chicago Skyway. The entire expressway carries the Interstate 94 shield.

This expressway is named after the former president of the Cook County Board.

What makes this expressway interesting is that from the Circle Interchange to the Chicago Skyway, it is 14 traffic lanes wide with two (2) to four (4) light-rail line between the NB and SB lanes.

The Ryan Expressway passes through the following town in Illinois.
Chicago

The Ryan Expressway is controlled by the Illinois Department of Tranportation.


The Ryan Expressway crossed the following interstates in Illinois.
Interstate 90, (John F. Kennedy Expressway) at Chicago.
Interstate 94, (John F. Kennedy Expressway) at Chicago.
Interstate 290, (Dwight D. Eisenhower Expressway) at Chicago.
Interstate 55, (Adlai Stevenson Expressway) at Chicago.

NB Ryan (Locals) at the Stevenson Expressway.

Interstate 90, at Chicago.
Chicago Skyway, at Chicago.

A BGS on NB Ryan.

WB Ryan at the Chicago Skyway. (November, 2007)
Interstate 57, at Chicago.
Interstate 94, (Bishop Louis Henry Ford Freeway) at Chicago.

SB Ryan at I-57/Ford Freeway.

SB Ryan at I-57/94. (November, 2007)


A work zone info sign on NB I-57. (Feb., 2006)

A thank you sign on the NB Ryan. (November, 2007)

NB Ryan at 95th Street. (November, 2007)

NB Ryan at 87th Street

NB Ryan near 79th.

NB Ryan at 76th Street. (November, 2007)

Lane markers on NB Ryan for the start of the Local and Express Lanes.

NB Ryan near I-90 (Chicago Skyway). (2003)

NB Ryan Locals at the Skyway. (March, 2006)

NB Ryan Locals near 63rd.

NB on the Ryan Expy. in the Express Lanes near 47th. (4 NB Express Lanes, 3 NB Local Lanes; 4 SB Express Lanes, 3 SB Local Lanes)

Access from the Express Lanes to the Local Lanes at 43rd Street on the NB Ryan Expy.

NB Ryan at the Chicago River.

30 October 2008