What is Kennedy Expressway?
[[File:Highway Isometric.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Kennedy Expressway]] The '''[[John F. Kennedy]] Expressway''' is a {{convert|17.8|mi|km|2|adj=mid|-long}} [[freeway]] in metropolitan [[Chicago]], Illinois, in the United States. It travels from the neighborhood of [[West Loop, Chicago|West Loop]] to [[O'Hare International Airport]]. The highway is named for the 35th U.S. President, [[John F. Kennedy]]. The [[Interstate 90 in Illinois|Interstate 90]] (I-90) portion of the Kennedy is a part of the much longer I-90 (which runs {{convert|3111.52|mi|km|2}} from [[Boston, Massachusetts]] to [[Seattle, Washington]]). The Kennedy's official endpoints are the Circle Interchange with [[Interstate 290 (Illinois)|Interstate 290]] ([[Eisenhower Expressway]]/[[Congress Parkway]]) and the [[Dan Ryan Expressway]] (also I-90/94) at the east end, and the O'Hare Airport terminals at the west end. With up to 327,000 vehicles traveling on some portions of the Kennedy daily, the Kennedy and its South Side extension, the [[Dan Ryan Expressway|Dan Ryan]], are the busiest roads in Illinois.<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=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070810103329/http://dot.state.il.us/gist2/select.html |archive-date=August 10, 2007 }}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== * [http://www.chicagoroads.com/roads/kennedy/ John F. Kennedy Expressway (I-90 and I-94) at Steve Anderson's ChicagoRoads.com] * [http://www.gcmtravelstats.com/Default.aspx?selLinks1=24 Historic, Current & Average Travel Times For The Kennedy Expressway] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080922043729/http://www.gcmtravelstats.com/Default.aspx?selLinks1=24 |date=2008-09-22 }} {{US-stub}} [[Category:Transport in Chicago]] [[Category:John F. Kennedy]]