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{{Short description|Highway in Chicago, Illinois, US}}
{{for multi|the expressway in New York City|JFK Expressway
|the freeway in Colorado|Interstate 25 in Colorado
|the freeway in Nebraska|U.S. Route 75 in Nebraska}}
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* {{Jct|state=IL|I|190}} in [[O'Hare, Chicago|O'Hare]]
* {{Jct|state=IL|I|90}} from O'Hare to [[Circle Interchange|Chicago Circle]]
* {{Jct|state=IL|I|94}} from [[Irving Park, Chicago|Irving Park]] to Chicago Circle}}
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The '''John F. Kennedy Expressway''' is a nearly {{convert|18|mi|km|adj=mid|-long}} [[freeway]] in [[Chicago]], Illinois, United States.  Portions of the freeway carry [[Interstate 190 (Illinois)|I-190]], [[Interstate 90 in Illinois|I-90]] and [[Interstate 94 in Illinois|I-94]].  The freeway runs in a southeast–northwest direction between the central city neighborhood of the [[West Loop, Chicago|West Loop]] and [[O'Hare International Airport]]. The highway was named in commemoration of 35th US President [[John F. Kennedy]]. It conforms to the Chicago-area term of using the word ''expressway'' for an [[Interstate Highway]] without tolls.  The Kennedy's official endpoints are the [[Jane Byrne Interchange]] with [[Interstate 290 (Illinois)|Interstate 290]] ([[Eisenhower Expressway]]/[[Ida B. Wells Drive]]) and the [[Dan Ryan Expressway]] (also I-90/94) at the east end, and the O'Hare Airport terminals at the west end.  I-190 runs from the western terminus at O'Hare Airport for {{convert|3.07|mi|km|2}}, where it meets I-90 and runs a further {{convert|6.29|mi|km|2}}, before joining with I-94 for the final {{convert|8.44|mi|km|2}}.<ref name="t2" />

Traveling eastbound from O'Hare, the Kennedy interchanges with the eastern terminus of the [[Jane Addams Memorial Tollway]] (I-90) and with the [[Tri-State Tollway]] ([[Interstate 294|I-294]]) at a complex junction just west of [[Illinois Route 171]] (IL&nbsp;171, Cumberland Avenue). The Kennedy later merges with the southern end of the [[Edens Expressway]] ([[Interstate 94 in Illinois|I-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 Ida B. Wells Drive at the Jane Byrne Interchange in downtown Chicago.

With up to 327,000 vehicles traveling on the Kennedy daily, the Kennedy and its South Side extension, the [[Dan Ryan Expressway|Dan Ryan]], are the busiest roads in the [[Midwest]].<ref name=t2>{{cite web|author=Illinois Technology Transfer Center |url=http://www.dot.state.il.us/gist2/select.html |title=T2 GIS Data |publisher=Illinois Department of Transportation |access-date=November 8, 2007 |year=2006 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070810103329/http://dot.state.il.us/gist2/select.html |archive-date=August 10, 2007 }}</ref>

==History==
[[File:Highway Isometric.jpg|thumb|left|An eastbound view of the Kennedy Expressway heading toward downtown Chicago]]
[[File:IL 66 I94 NARA 1961 171.jpg|thumb|left|Traffic on the Northwest (Kennedy) Expressway in 1961 (looking south)]]
The Kennedy was originally constructed along the route of Avondale Avenue, an existing diagonal street, and the [[Union Pacific Northwest Line|C&NW Northwest Line]] corridor, in the late 1950s and completed on November 5, 1960. 

On January 21st 1961, a new reversible roadway was completed.<ref name= "Chicago roads">{{cite web | url=https://www.chicagoroads.com/roads/kennedy/ | title=John F Kennedy Expressway (I-90 and I-94) }}</ref>

Originally named the '''Northwest Expressway''' for its general direction of travel, the [[Chicago]] City Council voted unanimously on November 29, 1963—one week after [[Death of John F. Kennedy|the assassination of President Kennedy]]—to rename the highway the [[John F. Kennedy]] Expressway.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access/572222562.html?dids=572222562:572222562&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&type=historic&date=Nov+30%2C+1963&author=&pub=Chicago+Tribune&desc=Northwest+Expressway+Is+Renamed+for+Kennedy&pqatl=google |title= Northwest Expressway Is Renamed for Kennedy |work= Chicago Tribune |date= November 30, 1963 |access-date= March 11, 2010 |archive-date= June 4, 2011 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110604175402/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access/572222562.html?dids=572222562:572222562&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&type=historic&date=Nov+30,+1963&author=&pub=Chicago+Tribune&desc=Northwest+Expressway+Is+Renamed+for+Kennedy&pqatl=google |url-status= dead }}</ref>

Throughout 1971, the old roadway was removed and replaced by new roadway.<ref name= "Chicago roads"/> 

Until 1978, the Kennedy Expressway was marked as [[Interstate 94 in Illinois|I-94]] and [[Interstate 190 (Illinois)|Illinois Route 194]] (IL&nbsp;194), I-90 and I-190 replaced IL&nbsp;194 and thus the Eisenhower Expressway was renamed from I-90 to [[Interstate 290 (Illinois)|I-290]].

The express portion of the freeway was reconstructed from 1992 through 1994,<ref>{{cite news |last= Hilkevitch |first= John |url= http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-0603260419mar26,1,7032775.story?coll=chi-news-hed |title= Buckle Up, It Looks like a Long Ride |work= Chicago Tribune |date= March 26, 2006 |access-date= March 26, 2006 }}{{Dead link|date=October 2022 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> when the existing express lanes, which previously were reversed by hand, were modernized. In addition, all aspects of the express lanes system were computerized, so that the process could be controlled at both ends from a central location. At least once a day, however, IDOT crews still examine the express lanes for debris while the lanes are closed.

[[File:Kennedy Expwy Nov 08.JPG|thumb|right|Southeastward view of the Kennedy Expressway from the [[Montrose (CTA Blue Line)|Montrose Blue Line Station]], with the reversible express lanes to the right of the tracks]]
In 2005, the Washington Street bridge over the expressway was reconstructed, and the entrance ramps to both directions of the Kennedy were partially removed. The same was done in 2006 for the Monroe Street bridge. This left a disconnected portion of each ramp remaining on the expressway, to be removed and the existing "suicide ramps" lengths extended when funding became available. The [[American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009]] provided the necessary funding for the construction between [[Hubbard Street]] and the [[Circle Interchange]], commencing in summer 2009. The westbound (facing north) ramps at Adams Street and Madison Street, along with the eastbound (facing south) ramps at Randolph Street and Madison Street, were lengthened by removing what remained of abandoned ramps and lengthening the entrance ramps significantly.<ref name=Hil1>{{cite news |last= Hilkevitch |first= Jon |title= Kennedy Expressway Left-Lane 'Suicide' Ramps Makeover Begins Monday |url= https://www.chicagotribune.com/2009/07/13/taking-aim-at-suicide-merges/ |access-date= July 21, 2013 |newspaper= Chicago Tribune |date= July 13, 2009}}</ref> The only remaining short, limited-sight, left-side suicide ramp entrance is from Lake Street to the eastbound expressway (heading south). As part of the project, eastbound (heading south) traffic patterns were adjusted. The two right-most lanes were made "exit only" for [[Chicago Loop]], [[Congress Parkway|Ida B. Wells Drive]], and [[Eisenhower Expressway]] exits, the Adams Street and Jackson Boulevard exits were combined, certain center median walls reconstructed, lanes restriped to remove the merging of the leftmost lanes, and appropriate signage changes. For example, the changes increased the taper for the Randolph Street entrance headed eastbound from {{convert|160|to|583|ft|m}},<ref name=Hil2>{{cite news|last= Hilkevitch |first= Jon |title= Getting Around: Kennedy Expressway's New Ramps Get a Test-Drive |url= https://www.chicagotribune.com/2009/12/21/a-few-extra-seconds-to-spare-on-kennedy/ |access-date= July 21, 2013 |newspaper= Chicago Tribune |date= December 21, 2009}}</ref> an increase of over 3.6 time. In the westbound direction (headed north), the exit ramp to Monroe Street was permanently removed.

In 2015, the [[American Highway Users Alliance]] named the {{convert|12|mi|km}} of the Kennedy between the Circle Interchange and Edens junction the worst traffic bottleneck in the country.<ref name=ahua2015>{{cite press release |first1= Lon |last1= Anderson |first2= Cathy |last2= Gillen |first3= Daisy |last3= Singh |url= http://www.highways.org/2015/11/unclogging-study2015/ |title= Unclogging America's Arteries: Prescriptions for Healthier Highways |publisher= [[American Highway Users Alliance]] |access-date= November 24, 2015 |year= 2015}}</ref>

== Impact ==
The creation of the Kennedy Expressway displaced "3,306 families and 480 single people". Unlike other expressways on the south and west side of Chicago, areas around the Kennedy maintained much of their density despite the displacement caused by its construction.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-02-06 |title=How Chicago’s expressways were born — and furthered segregation |url=https://chicago.suntimes.com/2024/2/6/23949386/kennedy-eisenhower-dan-ryan-expressway-highway-construction-traffic-segregation-urban-renewal-race |access-date=2025-01-18 |website=Chicago Sun-Times |language=en}}</ref>

The Kennedy Expressway bisected the Avondale neighborhood of Chicago. Avondale residents view the Kennedy's underpasses' unwelcoming conditions as creating a barrier between the two halves of the neighborhood. Residents also complain about traffic congestion and dangerous speeds near the expressway's onramps.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Avondale Neighborhood Plan |url=https://engage.cmap.illinois.gov/avondale-neighborhood-plan |access-date=2025-01-18 |website=CMAP |language=en-US}}</ref> A large portion of Avondale Park was destroyed to make way for the Kennedy Expressway, greatly decreasing its size from 5 acres to just over 1 acre.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2011-11-29 |title=Chicago Park District: Avondale Park |url=http://www.chicagoparkdistrict.com/index.cfm/fuseaction/parks.detail/object_id/454F3D58-8D95-48B4-944B-9EF2C1A8E1B9.cfm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111129135924/http://www.chicagoparkdistrict.com/index.cfm/fuseaction/parks.detail/object_id/454F3D58-8D95-48B4-944B-9EF2C1A8E1B9.cfm |url-status=dead |archive-date=2011-11-29 |access-date=2025-01-18 }}</ref> This contributed to Avondale becoming a "park poor" neighborhood. <ref>{{Cite web |title=Cityscapes: Cramped Chicago: Half of the city's 2.7 million people live in park-poor areas; lakefront's parkland disguises severe shortage in many inland neighborhoods |url=https://featuresblogs.chicagotribune.com/theskyline/2011/10/cramped-chicago-half-of-the-citys-27-million-people-live-in-park-poor-areas-lakefronts-parkland-disg.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171012202415/http://featuresblogs.chicagotribune.com/theskyline/2011/10/cramped-chicago-half-of-the-citys-27-million-people-live-in-park-poor-areas-lakefronts-parkland-disg.html |archive-date=October 12, 2017 |access-date=2025-01-18 |website=featuresblogs.chicagotribune.com |url-status=live }}</ref> 

Areas around the Kennedy Expressway are hotspots for [[air pollution]], especially in the Avondale and Irving Park neighborhoods of Chicago. Residents in these neighborhoods face significant exposure to fine particulate matter (PM2.5), a type of air pollution comprising tiny particles that can penetrate deep into the lungs. PM2.5 poses severe health risks such as heart and lung diseases, asthma, and premature death. PM2.5 is considered the largest environmental contributor to mortality, with approximately 5% of premature deaths in Chicago attributed to this pollution.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-05-16 |title=The dangers in our air: Mapping Chicago’s air pollution hotspots |url=https://chicago.suntimes.com/2022/5/16/23069860/dangerous-air-we-breathe-mapping-chicago-air-pollution-hotspots-pm2-5-particulate-matter |access-date=2025-01-18 |website=Chicago Sun-Times |language=en}}</ref>

==Features==
The [[Blue Line (Chicago Transit Authority)|Blue Line]] operates in the median of the Kennedy Expressway for about {{convert|10|mi|km}} from [[O'Hare International Airport]] to just south of Addison Street. The first section, an extension from [[Logan_Square_station|Logan Square]] to [[Jefferson_Park_Transit_Center|Jefferson Park]], opened in 1970. The second section opened between Jefferson Park and [[Rosemont_station_(CTA)|River Road (now Rosemont)]] in February 1983. The third and final section between River Road and [[O’Hare station|O’Hare]] was opened in September 1984.<ref>{{cite web |title=Blue Line: O'Hare Branch |url=https://www.chicago-l.org/operations/lines/ohare.html |website=Chicago "L".org |access-date=10 July 2018}}</ref>

[[File:Kennedy Expressway and Metra.jpeg|thumb|left|Sign over the Kennedy Expressway, at the north entrance to Hubbard's Cave, encouraging commuters to use [[Metra]] trains, such as the one seen here passing over the highway, to avoid the common congestion]]
The second distinct features of the Kennedy Expressway are its [[Local-express lanes|reversible express lanes]] where I-94 merges into I-90. The [[reversible lane]]s lie in the median of the highway from the Kennedy Expressway/Edens Expressway junction until just north of the Loop (at Ohio Street), a distance of about {{convert|8|mi|km|spell=in}}. These reversible lanes, situated between the inbound lanes and the Blue Line tracks, allow two lanes of traffic to flow towards or away from the city, depending on the time of the day. The lanes are controlled by computers and verified by humans at a separate control center. Steel mesh barriers and breakaway gates prevent traffic from entering oncoming lanes. On January 25, 2014, a drunk driver broke through the safety gates and drove in the express lanes in the wrong direction, but was stopped by a snow plow; no injuries were reported.<ref name="suntimes012014">{{cite news|url= http://www.suntimes.com/25184986-761/idot-snowplow-stops-wrong-way-driver-in-kennedy-expressway-express-lanes.html |work= Chicago Sun Times |title= IDOT Snowplow Stops Wrong-Way Driver in Kennedy Expressway Express Lanes |agency= Sun-Times Media Wire |date= January 25, 2014}}</ref> This was the first wrong-way accident involving the express lanes.{{citation needed|date=January 2014}}

A third distinct feature is Hubbard's Cave, also called the Hubbard Street Tunnel, which passes under several streets and the [[Metra]]'s [[Union Pacific West Line|Union Pacific West]], [[North Central Service]], [[Milwaukee District North Line|Milwaukee District North]], and [[Milwaukee District West Line|Milwaukee District West]] lines (former [[Chicago & Northwestern]] and [[Milwaukee Road]] commuter lines respectively). It is named for [[Hubbard Street]], one of the streets it passes underneath. Hubbard's Cave is a landmark frequently heard in [[Traffic reporting|traffic reports]] on radio and TV.

[[File:MagikistlipsKennedy.jpg|thumb|Magikist Lips sign formerly located on the Kennedy Expressway at Montrose Avenue in Chicago, torn down in 2004]]
The final distinct features are the nine exits in {{convert|2|mi|km|spell=in}} between mile markers 50 and 51, and the southbound exit to I-290 and Ida B. Wells Drive is marked as exits 51H and 51I. While the density of interchanges is quite dangerous, the hazard is partially offset by the fact that exits are {{convert|500|ft|m}} apart on the right hand side, while entrances to the highway were {{convert|500|ft|m}} apart, but on the left side. Known as the "suicide ramps", the entrance ramps on the left had little to no acceleration zone, and traffic on the ramps could not see mainline traffic until the last {{convert|500|ft|m}} of the ramp. The 2009–10 reconstruction between [[Hubbard Street]] and the [[Circle Interchange]] improved safety by increasing the lengths of most entrance ramps and reduced bottlenecks by better utilizing the existing space.{{Citation Needed|date=December 2021}}

The Kennedy Expressway was the location of a large [[Magikist]] lips flashing sign which was a [[Chicago]] pop culture icon for many years. Located at the southeast corner where Montrose Avenue abutted the expressway, the sign was torn down in 2004.
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==See also==
* [[List of memorials to John F. Kennedy]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
{{commons category|Kennedy Expressway}}
{{Attached KML|display=inline,title}}
* [http://www.chicagoroads.com/roads/kennedy/ John F. Kennedy Expressway (I-90 and I-94) at Steve Anderson's ChicagoRoads.com]
* {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20080922043729/http://www.gcmtravelstats.com/Default.aspx?selLinks1=24 Historic, Current & Average Travel Times For The Kennedy Expressway]}}

{{John F. Kennedy}}

[[Category:Interstate 90]]
[[Category:Interstate 94]]
[[Category:1960 establishments in Illinois]]
[[Category:Expressways in the Chicago area]]
[[Category:Wrong-way driving]]
[[Category:Monuments and memorials to John F. Kennedy in the United States]]