Inside the Tollway

News, stories and insight from inside the Illinois Tollway.

Tollway Ready For Halloween Snowstorm

Winter arrived early this year with a Halloween snowstorm, but the Illinois Tollway was ready to roll, deploying all of its 196 snowplows and opening its Snow Operations Center to clear roads and keep traffic moving.   “We’re committed to serving our customers by rapidly clearing snow and ice from our roads so drivers can continue to travel safely and by quickly assisting any customers whose vehicles become disabled along our system,” said Illinois Tollway Executive Director José...

Date Date 2019-10-31

Illinois Tollway Supports Breast Cancer Awareness Month

Pink will be the color of the day at the Illinois Tollway on October 25 as staff show their support for Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Many employees will be wearing pink clothing to work as part of the Tollway’s efforts to increase awareness and provide more information...
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Date Date 2019-10-21

Tollway Traffic Technology Project Wins Top Award

The Illinois Tollway collects detailed traffic information from cameras, weather stations, road sensors and, for the first time, Tollway drivers themselves to more efficiently manage traffic flow, reduce congestion and respond more quickly to roadway...
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Date Date 2019-10-10

Illinois Tollway Lighting the Way to Safer, More Energy-Efficient LED Lights

The Illinois Tollway is upgrading lighting across its system to energy-efficient LED fixtures. By retrofitting existing light fixtures and designing and building new LED fixtures as part of the Move Illinois capital program, the Tollway’s LED lighting efforts...
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Date Date 2019-10-09

Tollway Senior Project Engineer Named Young Government Civil Engineer of the Year

Illinois Tollway Senior Project Engineer, Laura Thompson, P.E. (left), with Megan McDonald, P.E., president-elect, Illinois Section of the American Society of Civil Engineers Since coming to work for the Illinois Tollway in 2013, Senior Project...
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Date Date 2019-09-23

Illinois Tollway Launches Annual Art Contest Honoring The Service of Illinois State Police

Each year the Illinois Tollway gives an opportunity for young artists to show off their creative talents by soliciting artwork for the cover the annual Illinois Tollway system map.  The map itself, which is distributed to Oases and customer service centers across the...
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Date Date 2019-09-15

National Work Zone Memorial Wall at Hinsdale Oasis

The Illinois Tollway is asking drivers to help save lives by promising to slow down and move over when they travel through work zones or pass vehicles stopped along the road.   To drive home that message, the Tollway is displaying the National Work Zone Memorial at...
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Date Date 2019-09-13

Illinois Tollway Recognized for Innovative Workplace Safety Solutions

The Illinois Tollway has been selected as the statewide winner of the Build a Better Mousetrap Competition, which highlights innovative solutions to everyday problems and issues that transportation workers encounter. Administered by the Illinois Department of...
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Date Date 2019-09-10

Scott’s Law Strengthened Under New Legislation Signed by Governor Pritzker

Governor J.B. Pritzker recently signed a package of legislation to expand Scott’s Law in an effort to protect law enforcement, first responders, road workers and the everyday motorist.  Scott’s Law, sometimes known as the “Move Over” Law, requires drivers to slow down...
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Date Date 2019-07-30

Illinois Tollway operating extra road patrols to protect customers during extreme heat

The Illinois Tollway is operating around-the-clock Hot Weather Patrols to more quickly assist customers stranded along its roads during the dangerously high temperatures and humidity expected to continue into the weekend. The Tollway typically operates Hot Weather Patrols to...
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Date Date 2019-07-25

Illinois Speed Awareness Day. Slow Down. Stay Alive.

The Illinois Tollway emphasizes safety—that’s why we’re proud to help call attention to the dangers of speeding by participating in the fourth annual Illinois Speed Awareness Day (ISAD) campaign. Drivers who speed have less time to react to other vehicles or objects in the...
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Date Date 2019-07-24

Illinois Tollway Supports National Child Passenger Safety Week

September 15-21 is National Child Passenger Safety Week, and each year agencies and organizations around the country take this opportunity to help educate and promote kids safety in vehicles. For its part, the Illinois Tollway is constantly looking for ways to promote...
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Date Date 2019-07-24

New Interchange Will Provide More Travel Options

Drivers on the Jane Addams Memorial Tollway (I-90) are getting a front-row view of the construction of a new interchange that will provide more travel options by linking I-90 to the new I-490 Tollway being built along the western edge of O’Hare International Airport. Crews...
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Date Date 2019-07-24

One Year Later: Barrington Road Park-n-Ride Station

A year after it opened, the innovative Barrington Road Park-n-Ride station is busier than ever as riders use it to hop on and off Pace express buses for convenient, reliable commutes along the Jane Addams Memorial Tollway (I-90). Roads & Bridges magazine...
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Date Date 2019-07-24

Illinois Tollway adding native plants and flowers along its roads to support threatened butterflies and bees

The Illinois Tollway not only builds and maintains roads — it also enhances the ecosystem around its roads by adding native plants that help support threatened butterflies, bees and other pollinators. The colorful results of that work can be seen springing up all along the...
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Date Date 2019-07-19

Tollway Dispatch Center training program recognized for excellence

The Illinois Tollway has been recognized as having one of the best training programs in the country for the telecommunications dispatchers who handle calls for roadside assistance and emergency situations on the 294-mile Tollway system. The Tollway has become only the 6th...
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Date Date 2019-07-17

Tollway Oases Being Used As Warming Centers

As temperatures drop dangerously low, the Illinois Tollway is opening the doors of its six oases to everyone who needs a place to warm up. The oases are open around the clock and most have pavilions that offer food, beverage and retail options. All oases have...
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Date Date 2019-01-28

Tragic Loss of an Illinois State Police District 15 Trooper

The Illinois Tollway staff was devastated this weekend when Illinois State Police District 15 Trooper Christopher Lambert was struck by a vehicle while assisting with a three-vehicle crash on the Tri-State Tollway (I-294). ISP District 15 is the dedicated state police unit...
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Date Date 2019-01-16

Looking to the Future of Transportation

Last year, the Illinois Tollway began exploring the possibility of installing in-road charging equipment in the Central Tri-State Tollway (I-294) so drivers can recharge their electric cars just by traveling over the pavement. It’s an innovative idea—and one that the Chicago...
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Date Date 2019-01-08

Illinois Tollway Looks Ahead to 2019

Seeks to build upon past accomplishments in eighth year of Move Illinois Program DOWNERS GROVE, IL – The Illinois Tollway introduced advancements, improvements and innovative new programs in 2018 that promise to deliver exceptional value to Tollway customers in 2019 and for...
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Date Date 2019-01-02
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