Central Tri-State Tollway (I-294) 95th Street to Balmoral Avenue, Mile Post 17.7 to 40.0 Corridor Improvements Corridor Concept Study Tollway Planning Project Number: TSMP2020 Prepared for Prepared by September, 2014 VOLUME 1 REPORT th Central Tri-State Tollway (I-294) │ 95 Street to Balmoral Ave. │ Corridor Concept Study Table of Contents Volume 1 1.0 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ................................................................................................. 1 2.0 INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................................... 10 2.1 Summary of Internal Meetings ................................................................................. 11 2.2 Summary of External Meetings ............................................................................. 13 2.3 Presentations to Tollway Staff ............................................................................... 13 3.0 EXISTING CONDITIONS .............................................................................................. 14 3.1 Project Limits ......................................................................................................... 14 3.2 Improvement History ............................................................................................. 14 3.3 Record Drawings ................................................................................................... 15 3.4 Overview of Project Area ....................................................................................... 15 3.5 Traffic .................................................................................................................... 16 3.6 Crash History ......................................................................................................... 17 3.7 Geometrics ............................................................................................................ 19 3.7.1 Identified Design Deficiencies ................................................................... 19 3.8 Typical Section ...................................................................................................... 20 3.9 Interchanges .......................................................................................................... 20 3.9.1 I-90 EB to I-294 NB ................................................................................... 21 3.9.2 NB I-294 / I-90 Major Divergence .............................................................. 21 3.9.3 I-294 at Balmoral Avenue .......................................................................... 23 3.9.4 I-294 at Irving Park Road........................................................................... 23 3.9.5 North Avenue / Lake Street ....................................................................... 25 3.9.6 I-294 / I-290 / I-88 ...................................................................................... 25 3.9.7 I-294 at Roosevelt Road ............................................................................ 27 3.9.8 Cermak Road / 22nd Street ........................................................................ 28 3.9.9 I-294 at Ogden Avenue ............................................................................. 29 3.9.10 I-294 at I-55 / Joliet Road .......................................................................... 30 3.9.11 I-294 at 75th Street / Willow Springs Road ................................................. 30 3.9.12 I-294 at Archer Avenue / Cork Avenue ...................................................... 31 3.9.13 I-294 at 95th Street ..................................................................................... 33 3.10 Structures .............................................................................................................. 33 3.10.1 Mile Long Bridge ....................................................................................... 33 3.10.1.1 Description .................................................................................. 33 Page | i | September, 2014 th Central Tri-State Tollway (I-294) │ 95 Street to Balmoral Ave. │ Corridor Concept Study 3.10.1.2 Rehabilitation History .................................................................. 35 3.10.1.3 Condition .................................................................................... 36 3.10.1.4 Site Constraints .......................................................................... 37 3.10.1.4.1 Geometrics............................................................... 37 3.10.1.4.2 Topography .............................................................. 38 3.10.1.4.3 Right of Way ............................................................ 38 3.10.1.4.4 Railroads .................................................................. 38 3.10.1.4.5 Utilities ..................................................................... 38 3.10.1.4.6 Geology ................................................................... 39 3.10.1.4.7 Floodplain ................................................................ 40 3.10.1.4.8 Environmental .......................................................... 40 3.10.1.4.9 Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal ............................ 40 3.10.2 Burlington Northern and Santa Fe (BNSF) Railroad Bridge ...................... 40 3.10.3 Bensenville Yard Bridges .......................................................................... 41 3.10.4 Pedestrian Bridge over ML (Bridge Number 263) ...................................... 42 3.10.5 Crossroad Bridge Number 247 .................................................................. 42 3.10.6 Retaining Walls ......................................................................................... 43 3.10.7 Noise Walls ............................................................................................... 43 3.11 Utilities / Railroads ................................................................................................. 44 3.12 Intergovernmental Agreements ............................................................................. 50 3.13 Known Adjacent Projects ....................................................................................... 51 3.14 Lessons Learned ................................................................................................... 51 4.0 DESIGN CRITERIA ....................................................................................................... 52 5.0 ALTERNATIVES ............................................................................................................ 52 5.1 Alternative 1 – Reconstruction ............................................................................... 52 5.2 Alternative 2 – Reconstruction with Lane 0 ........................................................... 52 5.3 Alternative 3 – Reconstruction with Widening ....................................................... 53 5.4 Alternative 4 – Reconstruction with Widening with Lane 0 .................................... 53 6.0 PROPOSED IMPROVEMENTS .................................................................................... 53 6.1 Typical Section ...................................................................................................... 53 6.2 Mainline Geometrics .............................................................................................. 53 6.2.1 Description of Proposed Conditions .......................................................... 54 6.2.1.1 I-294 under IL 171 (Archer Avenue) ........................................... 55 6.2.1.2 I-294 over US 12 / 20 / 45 (LaGrange Road) .............................. 56 6.2.1.3 I-294 north of US 34 (Ogden Avenue) ........................................ 56 Page | ii | September, 2014 th Central Tri-State Tollway (I-294) │ 95 Street to Balmoral Ave. │ Corridor Concept Study 6.2.1.4 I-294 south of IL 38 (Roosevelt Road) ........................................ 57 6.2.1.5 I-294 south of I-88 (Reagan Memorial Tollway) .......................... 57 6.2.1.6 I-294 over Grand Avenue ........................................................... 57 6.2.1.7 I-294 over Bensenville Yard (Bensenville Bridge) ....................... 58 6.2.1.8 I-294 under Balmoral Avenue ..................................................... 58 6.2.1.9 Recommendations ...................................................................... 58 6.3 Interchanges .......................................................................................................... 59 6.3.1 I-90 EB to I-294 NB ................................................................................... 59 6.3.2 NB I-294 / I-90 Major Divergence .............................................................. 59 6.3.3 I-294 at Irving Park Road........................................................................... 60 6.3.4 I-294 at Elgin O’Hare Western Access ...................................................... 62 6.3.5 I-294 / I-290 / I-88 ...................................................................................... 64 6.3.6 I-294 at Roosevelt Road ............................................................................ 68 6.3.7 I-294 at Ogden Avenue ............................................................................. 70 6.3.8 I-294 at I-55 ............................................................................................... 71 th 6.3.9 I-294 at Archer Avenue / 88 Avenue / Cork Avenue ...............................