Interstate 290 (Illinois)

Interstate 290
I-290 highlighted in red
Route information
Auxiliary route of I-90
Maintained by IDOT
Length	29.84 mi[1] (48.02 km)
Existed	1978[2]–present
History	Built from 1955 to 1972[3][4] Signed as I-90 before 1978[5]
NHS	Entire route
Major junctions
West end	I-90 Toll / IL 53 in Rolling Meadows
Major intersections	IL 53 in Elk Grove Village IL 390 Toll in Elk Grove Village I-355 in Itasca US 20 / IL 64 in Elmhurst I-294 Toll in Hillside I-88 Toll / IL 110 (CKC) in Hillside US 12 / US 20 / US 45 in Hillside
East end	I-90 / I-94 / IL 110 (CKC) / Ida B. Wells Drive in Chicago
Location
Country	United States
State	Illinois
Counties	Cook, DuPage
Highway system
Interstate Highway System Main Auxiliary Suffixed Business Future Illinois State Highway System Interstate US State Tollways Scenic
← I-280 → I-294 Toll

Interstate 290 (I-290) is an auxiliary Interstate Highway that runs westward from the Jane Byrne Interchange near the Chicago Loop. The portion of I-290 from I-294 to its east end is officially called the Dwight D. Eisenhower Expressway. In short form, it is known as "the Ike" or the Eisenhower. Before being designated the Eisenhower Expressway, the highway was called the Congress Expressway because of the surface street that was located approximately in its path and onto which I-290 runs at its eastern terminus in the Loop.^[6]

I-290 connects I-90 (Jane Addams Memorial Tollway) in Rolling Meadows with I-90/I-94 (John F. Kennedy Expressway/Dan Ryan Expressway) near the Loop. North of I-355, the highway is sometimes known locally as Illinois Route 53 (IL 53), or simply Route 53, since IL 53 existed before I-290. However, it now merges with I-290 at Biesterfield Road. In total, I-290 is 29.84 miles (48.02 km) long.