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Veterans Memorial Tollway (south)

 
Also known as: Des Plaines River Valley Bridge
Des Plaines River Valley Bridge, Palos Park, IL 60439-4329, United States of America (I 355)
 
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Veterans Memorial Tollway (south) is a minor waterways place on the Illinois Waterway (Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal) between Ruby Street Bascule Bridge (10.31 miles and 1 lock to the south) and Ship - Calumet Junction (Junction of the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal with the Calumet River) (4.47 miles to the east).
 
 
The nearest place in the direction of Ruby Street Bascule Bridge is East Romeo Road Bridge; 2.82 miles away.
 
The nearest place in the direction of Ship - Calumet Junction is Lemont Road Bridge; 1.48 miles away.

Mooring here is unrated.

There is a bridge here which takes a motorway over the canal.

 
 
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Interstate 355 (I-355), also known as the Veterans Memorial Tollway, is an Interstate Highway and tollway in the western and southwest suburbs of Chicago in the U.S. state of Illinois. Like most other toll roads in the northeastern portion of the state, I-355 is maintained by the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority (ISTHA). I-355 runs from I-80 in New Lenox north to I-290 in Itasca, a distance of 32.5 miles (52.3 km). With the exception of a four-mile (6.4 km) expansion in 2009, from U.S. Route 34 (US 34, Ogden Avenue) to 75th Street, the highway is six lanes wide for its entire length.

The tollway authority opened I-355 as the North–South Tollway in 1989 to ease congestion on Illinois Route 53 (IL 53), a parallel two-lane state highway in central DuPage County. Initially, I-355 ran from I-55 north to I-290. The new highway helped cut travel times for commuters traveling north and south in the county. According to commercial real estate developers at the time, the new tollway also opened the western suburbs of Chicago to commercial and industrial development.

On November 11, 2007, the tollway authority opened a southern extension of I-355, which runs 12.5 miles (20.1 km) between I-55 and I-80. The extension was routed through Will County and a small portion of Cook County, which together formed one of Illinois' fastest-growing regions at the time. The tollway authority expected the extension to cut travel times in the region by 20 percent. Upon the extension's opening, the tollway authority changed the name of the tollway to "Veterans Memorial Tollway".

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[Interstate 355] Interstate 355 (I-355), also known as the Veterans Memorial Tollway, is an Interstate Highway and tollway in the western and southwest suburbs of Chicago [Interstate 290 (Illinois)] eastern terminus in the Chicago Loop. I-290 connects I-90 (Jane Addams Memorial Tollway) in Rolling Meadows with I-90/I-94 (John F. Kennedy Expressway / Dan [I-Pass] launched on November 18, 1993, with the opening of Interstate 355 (Veterans Memorial Tollway). It uses the same transponder as the E-ZPass system used in the [Interstate 88 (Illinois)] with special "CKC" logos. The Ronald Reagan Memorial Tollway, originally known as the East-West Tollway, is a toll road in northern Illinois. Opened [Illinois Tollway oasis] Airport. The only tollways that do not have any oases are the Veterans Memorial Tollway (Interstate 355) and the Elgin–O'Hare Tollway (Illinois Route 390) [Illinois State Toll Highway Authority] of tollways in 12 counties in northern Illinois, comprising five routes: Jane Addams Memorial Tollway (I-39/I-90/US 51) Veterans Memorial Tollway (I-355) [Interstate 55 in Illinois] Metro Area (with I-270 forming the other two-thirds) I-355: The Veterans Memorial Tollway, serving the western and southwestern suburbs of Chicago, running [Interstate 80 in Illinois] interstate has an interchange with the southern terminus of the Veterans Memorial Tollway (I-355). The residential properties end and the highway passes [Fullerton Avenue (Chicago)] (Veterans Memorial Tollway). All 3.54 miles (5.70 km) of this segment is located in Addison. The road continues east from under the Veterans Memorial Tollway [E-ZPass] Expressway/Illinois Route 110 Tri-State Tollway/Interstate 80, Interstate 94, and Interstate 294 Veterans Memorial Tollway/Interstate 355 Indiana Toll Road/Interstate
 
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