Chicago driving?

j4m4d8

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Darren or anyone else who's familiar with the Chicago area, please help.

We are going to a funeral in Downers Grove this week. We will come in on I90 from the northwest. On the map directions I'm getting it has us take I290 to I355 getting off on state road 56. Is this a decent way for inexperienced city drivers to go? Remember we have no traffic lights and no four lanes in our county, although we recently had a stretch with a left hand turn lane put in.

If we're going into the city does it matter if we arrive at rush hour on Wednesday evening, and if it does, how early do we need to get there to avoid it?

The last time I was there was the trip my daughter started escaping from her infant seat. (I was coming from lower Michigan that time.) I remember being so tense about the city traffic and she must have felt it, because it was the only part of the trip that she was awake and didn't try to wiggle out. Either that or looking up at all the semis fascinated her. The way out wasn't as bad. I somehow messed up the directions I was given and couldn't figure out how to get back on the expressway, so I plotted a course through areas of golf courses until I hit a two-lane highway that headed northwest. I eventually got on the tollway near Rockford, so it all worked out and I was much more relaxed.

Sorry to bother you, but I didn't want to bother our cousin with our little concerns right now.

Julie D.
 
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CPSDarren - Admin
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I am very familiar with the area. That is probably the best route, even though you will certainly get a lot of traffic if you hit it during rush hour. I would not want to exit from I90 to I290 between 4pm and 7pm on a weekday or you could be adding an extra 30-60 minutes to your trip depending on weather conditions. My wife used to commute on that route and she's glad she's in another office, now;-)

I-355 is also a tollway. You'll end up paying over a buck between the mail tollbooth and the exit toll, I think. Make sure you have change.
 

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