‘Right at the doorstep of O’Hare’: I-490 three years away, with western access negotiations coming

After years of planning, western access to O’Hare International Airport is starting to be measured in concrete.

Illinois tollway officials and U.S. Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi gave an update Monday on two major projects interfacing with the airport.

“I’ve been to this facility so many times … this is the first time we’ve actually talked about a ramp going into O’Hare from the west,” Krishnamoorthi said at a briefing from a tollway maintenance building in nearby Bensenville.

Construction crews are “right at the doorstep of O’Hare,” Chief Engineer Manar Nashif said.

What that means is momentum for building an interchange that will link an extended Route 390 (formerly the Elgin-O’Hare Expressway) and I-490, a toll road wrapping around the airport’s western side.

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