Editing Interstate 294 (section)

{{short description|Highway in Illinois}}
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{{Infobox road
|state = IL
|type = I-Toll
|route = 294
|alternate_name = Tri-State Tollway
|maint = [[Illinois State Toll Highway Authority|ISTHA]]
|map = {{maplink-road|from=Interstate 294.map}}
|map_custom = yes
|map_notes = I-294 highlighted in red
|length_mi = 53.45
|length_ref=<ref name=t2>{{cite web |author = Illinois Technology Transfer Center |url = http://www.dot.state.il.us/gist2/select.html |title = T2 GIS Data |access-date = November 8, 2007 |year = 2006 }}</ref>
|established = 1958 <ref>{{cite web |last = McClendon |first = Dennis |date = 2005 |title = Expressways |url = https://www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org/pages/440.html |access-date = October 22, 2020 |website = Encyclopedia Chicago |archive-date = August 9, 2020 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200809175830/https://www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org/pages/440.html |url-status = dead }}</ref>
|history = Completed December 23, 1958<ref>{{cite news |last = Orr |first = Ginger |date = May 7, 1996 |title = Illinois Tollways Through the Years |url = https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1996-05-07-9701150615-story.html |access-date = October 22, 2020 |work = Chicago Tribune }}</ref>
|spur_type = I
|spur_of = 94
|direction_a = South
|terminus_a = {{Jct|state=IL|I|80|I|94|IL|394}} in [[Lansing, Illinois|Lansing]]
|junction = <!--Max of 10 junctions in the infobox-->
*{{Jct|state=IL|I|80}} in [[Hazel Crest, Illinois|Hazel Crest]]
*{{Jct|state=IL|I|57}} in [[Blue Island, Illinois|Blue Island]]
*{{Jct|state=IL|I|55}} in [[Indian Head Park, Illinois|Indian Head Park]]
*{{Jct|state=IL|I-Toll|88|I|290|CKC}} in [[Hillside, Illinois|Hillside]]
*{{Jct|state=IL|I-Toll|90|I|190}} in [[Rosemont, Illinois|Rosemont]]
|direction_b = North
|terminus_b = {{Jct|state=IL|I-Toll|94}} / [[Lake Cook Road]] in [[Deerfield, Illinois|Deerfield]]
|counties = [[Cook County, Illinois|Cook]]
|previous_type = I
|previous_route = 290
|next_type = IL
|next_route = 336
}}
'''Interstate 294''' ('''I-294''') is a tolled [[auxiliary Interstate Highway]] in the northeastern part of the U.S. state of [[Illinois]]. Forming the southern portion of the Tri-State Tollway in Illinois, I-294 runs from [[South Holland, Illinois|South Holland]] at [[Interstate 80 in Illinois|I-80]]/[[Interstate 94 in Illinois|I-94]] and [[Illinois Route 394]] (IL&nbsp;394) to [[Northbrook, Illinois|Northbrook]] at I-94. I-294 is {{convert|53.42|mi|km}} long; {{convert|5.32|mi|km}} are shared with I-80.<ref name="t2" /> It serves as a bypass around the city of [[Chicago]].