Future Interstate 490 | ||||
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 I-490 highlighted in red | ||||
| Route information | ||||
| Auxiliary route of I-90 | ||||
| Maintained by ISTHA | ||||
| Status | Under construction | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| South end |   I-294 Toll in Franklin Park | |||
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| North end |  I-90 Toll in Des Plaines | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | United States | |||
| State | Illinois | |||
| Counties | Cook, DuPage | |||
| Highway system | ||||
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Interstate 490 (I-490), also known as the O'Hare West Bypass and Western O'Hare Beltway, is an electronic toll highway and a beltway that is currently under construction near Chicago, Illinois; it will run along the west side of O'Hare International Airport.[1] The tollway will connect I-294 (Tri-State Tollway) to a western access point to the airport. From there, it will continue northward to an extension of Illinois Route 390 (IL 390, formerly known as the Elgin-O'Hare Expressway) and I-90 (Jane Addams Memorial Tollway). The O'Hare Western Bypass is part of the Elgin–O'Hare Western Access (EOWA) project.[2] Building the highway will affect the villages of Elk Grove Village, Wood Dale, Itasca, and Bensenville.[3] The route will run through the 1979 American Airlines Flight 191 crash site, the deadliest aviation accident in US history.[4]
- ^ Meincke, Paul (July 14, 2011). "O'Hare bypass likely to increase Illinois tolls". Chicago: WLS-TV. Retrieved December 24, 2011.
- ^ "EOWA Overview". Illinois State Toll Highway Authority.
- ^ Illinois Department of Transportation. Roadway Improvements 203D (Map). Illinois Department of Transportation. Archived from the original on April 26, 2012. Retrieved December 24, 2011.
- ^ Roeder, David (May 24, 2019). "O'Hare western access tollway planned for field where Flight 191 crashed 40 years ago". Chicago Sun Times. Retrieved May 25, 2019.