Some interesting stuff about this new I-355 extension.
* More than 50,000 vehicles are expected to use the extension on opening day.
* The Des Plaines River Valley Bridge is 1.3 miles long and 125 feet wide, making it the longest bridge in the state's tollroad system and the second longest bridge in Illinois.
* The amount of concrete used to build the extension is 410,000 cubic yards-- enough to build 1,000 miles of sidewalk.
* About 2270,000 tons of steel were used-- enough to make about 9,600 sports-utility vehicles.
* Workers moved 10.2 million cubic yards of dirt, which would fill US Cellular Field (Comiskey Park) and Wrigley Field seven times over.
* It took 90,000 gallons of paint to put down the stripes.
* More than 3,000 workers helped build the extension.
* Cost of the project was $730,000,000.
* Total length is 12.5 miles.
* I wonder what the toll will be? I'm thinking $2, or $4 if you don't have I-Pass!!! Perhaps half of that.
From Chicago Tribune Source: Illinois State Highway Authority
That's a whole Lot of Lot. --RoadDog
RoadDog's RoadLog Blog: Being my travels down those great two lane highways of this nation as well as news I learn about them from media sources. Since I'm also very interested in historic preservation, there will be a lot of that as well.
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