Editing Dan Ryan Expressway (section)

{{short description|Highway in Illinois}}
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{{Infobox road
|state=IL
|type=I-named
|route= Dan Ryan Expressway
|alternate_name= South Route Expressway
|map={{maplink-road|raw={{Wikipedia:Map data/Wikipedia KML/Dan Ryan Expressway}}}}
|map_custom=yes
|length_mi= 11.47
|length_ref= <ref name="t2" />
|established= 1961
|allocation=
*{{jct|state=IL|I|90}} from near [[Downtown Chicago]] to [[Englewood, Chicago|Englewood]]
*{{jct|state=IL|I|94}} entire length
|direction_a=North
|terminus_a={{jct|state=IL|I|90|I|94|I|290|CKC}} in [[Chicago]]
|junction=
*{{jct|state=IL|I|55}} in Chicago
*{{jct|state=IL|I-Toll|90|Skyway}} in Chicago
*{{jct|state=IL|US|12|US|20}} in Chicago
|direction_b=South
|terminus_b={{jct|state=IL|I|57|I|94}} in Chicago
}}

[[Image:Dan Ryan Expressway-1970.jpeg|thumb|right|The Dan Ryan Expressway West Leg (now more commonly referred to as [[Interstate 57|I-57]]) at Genoa Road in 1970]]

The '''Dan Ryan Expressway''', often called "the Dan Ryan" by locals,<ref>{{cite news |last1=Jindra |first1=Sarah |title=A crash course on the names of Chicago’s expressways |url=https://wgntv.com/news/trending/a-crash-course-on-the-names-of-chicagos-expressways/ |access-date=February 20, 2025 |publisher=WGN Television |date=August 17, 2022}}</ref> is an [[Controlled-access highway|expressway]] in [[Chicago]] that runs from the [[Jane Byrne Interchange]] with [[Interstate 290 (Illinois)|Interstate 290]] (I-290) near [[downtown Chicago]] through the [[South Side, Chicago|South Side]] of the city. It is designated as both [[Interstate 90 in Illinois|I-90]] and [[Interstate 94 in Illinois|I-94]] south to 66th Street, a distance of {{convert|7.44|mi|km|2}}. South of 66th Street, the expressway meets the [[Chicago Skyway]], which travels southeast; the I-90 designation transfers over to the Skyway, while the Dan Ryan Expressway retains the I-94 designation and continues south for {{convert|4.03|mi|km|2}}, ending at an interchange with [[Interstate 57|I-57]]. This is a total distance of {{convert|11.47|mi|km|1}}.<ref name="t2" /> The highway was named for [[Dan Ryan Jr.]], a former [[president of the Cook County Board of Commissioners]].