Inside the Tollway
Inside the Tollway
News, stories and insight from inside the Illinois Tollway.
2023 National Roadway Safety Awards recognize innovations to protect pedestrians, cyclists and motorists as pandemic spike in U.S. road fatalities continues largely unabatedThe Illinois Tollway was honored with a 2023 National Roadway Safety Award today for creating the TIMS2GO Mobile Incident Response Tool, a mobile web application that provides its traffic managers with instant access to livestream video, incident details and status updates of roadway incidents on smartphones, tablets and...
2023-11-30
I-PASS and Pay By Plate allow drivers to pay tolls for family and friends As many as 8.8 million vehicles are expected to drive the Illinois Tollway system during this year’s extended holiday, and I-PASS and Pay By Plate offer options for both local and out-of-town...
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2023-11-20
Whenever storms strike this winter, the Illinois Tollway will be ready to roll with the equipment, technology and staffing needed to keep our roads open and our customers safe. We’re pleased to join with the Illinois Department of Transportation and Illinois State Police...
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2023-11-16
The Illinois Tollway has introduced a balanced Tentative 2024 Budget with $1.64 billion of revenue that includes $451.3 million for annual maintenance and operations on the 294-mile system and provides funds to support $1.4 billion in capital spending, including funding for...
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2023-11-06
As one of more than 200 organizations in the gROWing Chicago Habitat Working Group, the Illinois Tollway works in collaboration with a broad spectrum of private industry, government, non-profits and academia to support wildlife habitat throughout the region. “Being part...
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2023-11-03
The Illinois Tollway is building four unusual bridges along the western edge of O’Hare International Airport that won’t carry cars, trucks or even pedestrians. As part of its work to build the new I-490 Tollway, the Tollway is constructing the bridges to support the...
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2023-10-27
The Illinois Tollway hit the awards trifecta, winning three awards from the International Bridge, Tunnel and Turnpike Association – including top honors among all winners of the coveted Toll Excellence Awards. Executive Director Cassaundra Rouse picked up the new...
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2023-10-11
Diversity means it takes all kinds to succeed. But it takes a one-of-a-kind leader to ensure that inclusion is the foundation of everything the Illinois Tollway does to achieve that success. That leader is Terry Miller, who was recognized by Crain’s Chicago Business...
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2023-10-02
One of the priorities for the Illinois Tollway is building the pipeline of a qualified and talented workforce, encouraging students to consider future options in the trades and engineering.The Illinois Tollway hosted about 120 students from area high schools September 26 for a...
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2023-09-29
Helping parents keep their children safe every trip, every time, the Illinois Tollway and Illinois State Police Troop 15 are hosting a free Kids’ Identification and Safety Seat (K.I.S.S.) event on Saturday, September 30, in partnership with the Tinley Park Police...
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2023-09-25
Helping parents keep their children safe every trip, every time, the Illinois Tollway and Illinois State Police Troop 15 are hosting a free Kids’ Identification and Safety Seat (K.I.S.S.) event on Saturday, September 23, at Lambs Farm in Libertyville. The event coincides...
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2023-09-18
The digital revolution is accelerating in the heavy highway construction industry and the Illinois Tollway is making sure that smaller firms aren’t steamrolled by the changes. The Illinois Tollway is defining requirements not only for construction, but also setting...
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2023-09-14
It takes skill and specialized equipment to gently lift beams weighing up to 89 tons and measuring up to 145 feet long into place on a bridge the Illinois Tollway is building as part of its $4 billion reconstruction of the Central Tri-State Tollway (I-294). To make the...
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2023-09-07
After launching a small engineering firm in 2017, Lisa Gasperec and her business partner, Megan Elberts, landed several contracts with the Illinois Tollway, working as subconsultants on projects that helped their four-person firm begin to grow. But they were still working...
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2023-08-31
Imagine I-PASS as an “all-access” pass on your travels on any toll road, tunnel or bridge from coast to coast. It may take several more years to make it a reality, but the tolling industry continues working toward national tolling interoperability, making all toll systems...
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2023-08-30
7.7 million vehicles expected to travel Friday through TuesdayThe Illinois Tollway is encouraging drivers traveling over the Labor Day holiday weekend to make sure their I-PASS and Pay By Plate accounts are ready to go when they take to the road for end-of-summer trips.The...
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2023-08-29
The Illinois State Black Chamber of Commerce calls its annual convention each August “a treasure trove of connections waiting to be explored” and the Illinois Tollway went all-out to tap into that wealth of connections. “The Illinois State Black Chamber of Commerce...
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2023-08-23
Working as supervisor at the Illinois Tollway’s M-14 maintenance site keeps Mike Velasco busy, but he still manages to find time for what’s become almost a second career—collecting and delivering food and other essentials to people in need. “I’ll help out whenever I have...
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2023-08-23
Additional 24-hour road patrols bolster H.E.L.P. trucks and State Police Troop 15The Illinois Tollway is launching around-the-clock Hot Weather Patrols to more quickly locate and assist customers stranded along its roads during the dangerously high temperatures and humidity...
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2023-08-22
Free safety seat checks and kids ID cards at K.I.S.S. event at the Children’s Museum in Oak Lawn Helping parents keep their children safe every trip, every time, the Illinois Tollway and Illinois State Police Troop 15 are hosting a free Kids’ Identification and Safety...
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2023-08-21
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