CHICAGO - Need directions...

[DVad3r]

Hey I'm doing a trip down to Milwuakee on Thursday. I'm going to be coming back down and want to know if someone can give me any detailed directions in Chicago on how to get back on highway 94 towards Canada.

Reason for the trip is, driving dad and friend to Milwuakee cause they bought a sailboat, and are sailing it to georgian bay, 1000 km trip. I know the general directions but just don't wanna get owned getting off the wrong highway ramps in Chicago or getting owned by collector lains.

Thx.

 

[K1052]

What time of day will you be driving through the city?

 

[DVad3r]

I am going to try for night time or early morning, my dad used to be a truck driver and said you could spend half the day stuck in traffic during rush hours. But honestly I don't really know, I'm going to be helping them out with last minute preparations on the boat, then when they are off I will start my journey back to Toronto.

 

[Grant]

take 94 south, follow 294 south. It will merge with 80 and then that will merge later with 94 again. then you are back on 94 on the way to Canada.

 

[DVad3r]

Originally posted by: Grant
take 94 south, follow 294 south. It will merge with 80 and then that will merge later with 94 again. then you are back on 94 on the way to Canada.

Hmm but doesn't the 294 swirve all around chicago? How long does that take?

 

[Kyteland]

294 is a toll road. If you are looking to avoid "collector lanes" (I'm assuming that's what you mean) then you don't want to take 294.

 

[DVad3r]

No I don't mind collector lanes, I jus't don't want to get mixed up in a jumble of trying to get off or go on the right lane in the last minute. If I can go on the express 294 all the way down till it becomes highway 80 then it's all good. A toll road? You mean like I gotta pay for it? lol

 

[Kyteland]

There are quite a few tolls depending how you go through the Chicago area. Most of them are $0.80, but a few are $1.00. It is possible to avoid all of them, but that usually isn't the fastest way through the city.

 

[Scarpozzi]

Originally posted by: Kyteland
294 is a toll road. If you are looking to avoid "collector lanes" (I'm assuming that's what you mean) then you don't want to take 294.

But wouldn't the toll road be faster? Sometimes it's worth paying if he's going to be there during the rush.

Heck...in Chicago, it might be easier to drive to the outskirts and catch the train....then take it to the opposite side of the city and rent a car to continue the trip.

 

[Genx87]

Originally posted by: DVad3r
No I don't mind collector lanes, I jus't don't want to get mixed up in a jumble of trying to get off or go on the right lane in the last minute. If I can go on the express 294 all the way down till it becomes highway 80 then it's all good. A toll road? You mean like I gotta pay for it? lol

Yeah somebody got the bright idea that putting a tax on your gas isnt enough. They make you pay to drive on the road the tax on gas already paid for.

Amazingly people keep re-electing these people to office.

 

[GoingUp]

Originally posted by: Genx87

Originally posted by: DVad3r
No I don't mind collector lanes, I jus't don't want to get mixed up in a jumble of trying to get off or go on the right lane in the last minute. If I can go on the express 294 all the way down till it becomes highway 80 then it's all good. A toll road? You mean like I gotta pay for it? lol

Yeah somebody got the bright idea that putting a tax on your gas isnt enough. They make you pay to drive on the road the tax on gas already paid for.

Amazingly people keep re-electing these people to office.

The tolls were supposed to pay for the roads and then leave once they were paid, but its a funny thing when you realize how many billions of dollars you make a year with something like that...

 

[DVad3r]

We have a highway like that too here in TO, 407, they made it and apperently are waiting till it pays itself off, but that's been a while now and looks like it won't be anytime soon. But you can bypass the electronic toll taker by putting a special face plate over your liscense plate or by just driving real slow through the ramp and the camera won't think anything of it

 

[Ausm]

Make sure you go South because every flatlander and his brother will be heading North


Ausm

 

[Mathlete]

But the one thing that you want to remember is that even though 94 is an East-West road(the number is even) between Chicago and Milwaukee West=North and East=South.

 

[Illusio]

Originally posted by: Ausm
Make sure you go South because every flatlander and his brother will be heading North


Ausm

I always laughed when people in Wisconsin called people in IL flatlanders. I've been to the cheese state, its not exactly the rockies.... :disgust:

 

[Genx87]

Originally posted by: Gobadgrs

Originally posted by: Genx87

Originally posted by: DVad3r
No I don't mind collector lanes, I jus't don't want to get mixed up in a jumble of trying to get off or go on the right lane in the last minute. If I can go on the express 294 all the way down till it becomes highway 80 then it's all good. A toll road? You mean like I gotta pay for it? lol

Yeah somebody got the bright idea that putting a tax on your gas isnt enough. They make you pay to drive on the road the tax on gas already paid for.

Amazingly people keep re-electing these people to office.

The tolls were supposed to pay for the roads and then leave once they were paid, but its a funny thing when you realize how many billions of dollars you make a year with something like that...

Of course they were, once they get their filthy hands into the pot there is no going back.

 

[Kyteland]

Originally posted by: Ausm
Make sure you go South because every flatlander and his brother will be heading North


Ausm

Having grown up out west I find it amusing that somebody from Wisconsin of all places is using the term "flatlander" as a derogatory term. Your glacially-scoured state has no significant elevation to speak of.

 

[Homerboy]

Originally posted by: Kyteland

Originally posted by: Ausm
Make sure you go South because every flatlander and his brother will be heading North


Ausm

Having grown up out west I find it amusing that somebody from Wisconsin of all places is using the term "flatlander" as a derogatory term. Your glacially-scoured state has no significant elevation to speak of.

You;ve never seen Illinois then. They dont have hills. Seriously. Its a pancake.
Oh and htey have these things called "maps" both hard copy and electonic (online! with detailed directions!)

But yes you're right traffic can (and is) a B!tch anywhere areound Chicago. If you find a way to avoid it, make a movie or write a book about it. You'll be famous.

 

[Kyteland]

Originally posted by: Homerboy

Originally posted by: Kyteland
Having grown up out west I find it amusing that somebody from Wisconsin of all places is using the term "flatlander" as a derogatory term. Your glacially-scoured state has no significant elevation to speak of.

You;ve never seen Illinois then. They dont have hills. Seriously. Its a pancake.

I live in Illinois.

That doesn't make his comment any less amusing.

 

[Zedtom]

This flatlanders subject is a hoot. Here in Colorado the people who live in the mountains call people who live by the front range in the foothills, flatlanders.

 

[DVad3r]

Whoaa just got back from Milwaukee, what a mad trip. Going there we got stuck in the most insane traffic I have ever witnessed in my life. I thought Toronto was bad in rush hour, but going through Chicago at 5 thursday afternoon was just retarded. Coming back I made sure to go through it at night time. Thx for all the directions, I took 94 south through chicago then 94 east all the way till I 69 all the way into Canada

btw American highways > Canadian highways

also the drivers seem to be better in the states, i had zero retards cutting me off or doing stupid shit, even driving around downtown milwaukee. Whereas I cross the border into Canada just to get owned by idiots cutting me off etc...

 

[Kyteland]

Originally posted by: DVad3r
Whoaa just got back from Milwaukee, what a mad trip. Going there we got stuck in the most insane traffic I have ever witnessed in my life. I thought Toronto was bad in rush hour, but going through Chicago at 5 thursday afternoon was just retarded. Coming back I made sure to go through it at night time. Thx for all the directions, I took 94 south through chicago then 94 east all the way till I 69 all the way into Canada

btw American highways > Canadian highways

also the drivers seem to be better in the states, i had zero retards cutting me off or doing stupid shit, even driving around downtown milwaukee. Whereas I cross the border into Canada just to get owned by idiots cutting me off etc...

Were you driving in bizarro America or something?

That crap happens to me all the time here.

 

[imthebadguy]

ever heard of mapquest?

 

[mzkhadir]

Originally posted by: imthebadguy
ever heard of mapquest?

thats what I was about to say, if no body said it.

 

[Amused]

Summary: 621.5 miles (8 hours, 55 minutes)
6:00 AM 0.0 Depart Milwaukee on US-18 [E Wells St] (East) 0.5 mi
6:01 AM 0.5 Turn RIGHT (South) onto N Jackson St 142 yds
6:01 AM 0.5 Bear RIGHT (South-West) onto Ramp 0.2 mi I-43 / I-94
6:01 AM 0.8 Merge onto I-794 (West) 0.7 mi
6:02 AM 1.5 At I-794 Exit 1C, turn off onto Ramp 0.2 mi I-94 / US-41 / I-43 S / Chicago
6:03 AM 1.8 Merge onto I-94 [US-41] (South-East) 39.4 mi
6:35 AM 40.2 Entering Illinois
6:36 AM 41.2 *Toll road* Stay on I-94 [Tri-State Tollway] (South) 24.3 mi I-94 / Chicago / Indiana
6:55 AM 65.5 *Toll road* Continue (South) on I-294 [Tri-State Tollway] 48.0 mi I-294 / Tri-State Tollway / Indiana / O'Hare
7:33 AM 113.5 *Toll road* Bear LEFT (East) onto I-80 [I-294] 5.5 mi
7:38 AM 119.0 Stay on I-80 [I-94] (East) 17.6 mi
7:40 AM 121.3 Entering Indiana
7:52 AM 136.6 At I-80 Exit 16, continue (East) on I-94 138.6 mi
8:16 AM 167.0 Entering Michigan
9:46 AM 275.2 At I-94 Exit 108, turn off onto Ramp 0.3 mi
9:46 AM 275.5 Merge onto I-69 [US-27] (North) 35.7 mi
10:15 AM 311.2 Continue (North) on I-96 [I-69] 5.0 mi
10:19 AM 316.2 Continue (North) on I-69 [US-27] 124.0 mi I-69 / US-27 / Flint / Clare
11:58 AM 440.3 *Toll road* Stay on I-69 [Blue Water] (East) 142 yds
11:59 AM 440.3 Entering Ontario
11:59 AM 440.3 Continue (East) on HWY-402 63.9 mi
12:59 PM 504.3 Bear LEFT (North-East) onto HWY-401 [Macdonald-Cartier Fwy] 31.4 mi
1:28 PM 535.7 Bear RIGHT (East) onto HWY-403 51.9 mi
2:16 PM 587.6 Bear RIGHT (East) onto QEW [Queen Elizabeth Way] 23.4 mi
2:41 PM 611.0 Continue (North-East) on Gardiner Expy [Frederick G Gardiner Expy] 4.2 mi
2:46 PM 615.1 Continue (North-East) on HWY-2 [Gardiner Expy] 4.9 mi
2:52 PM 620.0 Bear RIGHT (East) onto Ramp 0.5 mi HWY-11A / York St. / Bay St. / HWY-11 / Yonge St.
2:53 PM 620.5 Bear RIGHT (East) onto Lake Shore Blvd W [Harbour St] 0.1 mi
2:53 PM 620.7 Turn LEFT (North) onto Bay St 0.8 mi
2:55 PM 621.5 Arrive Toronto

SUMMARY
Driving distance: 621.5 miles
Trip duration: 8 hours, 55 minutes
Driving time: 8 hours, 55 minutes
Cost: $58.83