Interstate 88

Interstate 88 may refer to two United States interstate highways:

  • Interstate 88 (Illinois), a highway running west from Hillside, Illinois to Moline, Illinois
  • Interstate 88 (New York), a highway running west from Schenectady, New York to Binghamton, New York
  • Interstate 88 (Illinois)

    Interstate 88 (I-88) is an Interstate Highway in the US state of Illinois that runs from an interchange with I-80 near Silvis and Moline to an interchange with I-290 and I-294 in Hillside, near Chicago. I-88 is 140.60 miles (226.27 km) long. This route is not contiguous to I-88 in New York. Since 2010, all of I-88 has been part of the Chicago–Kansas City Expressway. The highway also runs through the cities of Aurora, Naperville, DeKalb, and Dixon.

    History

    Prior to its designation as an Interstate Highway, the route was known as IL 5, and before that, IL 190.

    The reason for I-88's original designation and continued existence as an Interstate has to do with a technicality in the old National Maximum Speed Law (NMSL). Originally passed in 1973, NMSL was amended in 1987 to permit 65 mph (105 km/h) speed limits on rural stretches of Interstate Highways only. Even though IL 5 was fully up to Interstate standards, it still had to carry a 55 mph (90 km/h) limit because of this wording in NMSL. The Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) and Illinois State Toll Highway Authority (ISTHA) petitioned the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) to re-designate IL 5 as an Interstate, and in 1987, AASHTO approved the request and assigned the Interstate 88 numbering to the highway. NMSL would be completely repealed only eight years later in 1995, but the I-88 shields remain up to this day, even though Illinois 110 shields are being posted throughout the entire Illinois I-88, since it is now part of the Chicago to Kansas City Expressway project, bannered with special "CKC" logos.

    Interstate 88 (New York)

    Interstate 88 (I-88) is an intrastate Interstate Highway located entirely within the U.S. state of New York. It extends for 117.75 miles (189.50 km) in a northeast–southwest direction from an interchange with I-81 north of Binghamton to an interchange with the New York State Thruway (I-90) west of Schenectady. The freeway serves as an important connector route from the Capital District to Binghamton, Elmira (via New York State Route 17 or NY 17, future I-86), and Scranton, Pennsylvania (via I-81). I-88 closely parallels NY 7, which was once the main route through the area.

    I-88 was assigned in 1968, and construction of the highway began soon afterward. The first section of I-88 opened in the early 1970s, connecting two communities northeast of Binghamton. The last piece of the freeway was finished in 1989, linking the original segment to I-81 north of Binghamton. Early plans for I-88 called for the road to continue northeast to Troy; however, the east end of the route was moved to Schenectady in the early 1980s. A combined freeway/tollway in Illinois, though not contiguous, was also assigned the I-88 designation in 1987.

    Podcasts:

    PLAYLIST TIME:
    • by Plain White T's

    I-88

    by: Plain White T's

    I can't imagine what it would have been like,
    If I'd have died in that car,
    later on that night.
    But thank God 'cause I'm still right here,
    I'm still living the dream
    and facing up to my fear.
    Well I knew it before,
    I even walked through the door,
    That things would be just fine.
    And I don't wanna think about,
    The ways it could be turning out...
    I'll never leave this sign.
    Come on,
    Don't let go,
    I can't get through this I know.
    We'll stay strong,
    And push on,
    'Til I can't take it anymore.
    My friends 'til the end,
    Don't even wanna say goodbye...
    I'm feeling lucky just being alive,
    I-88 was against me,
    But an angel was by my side.
    And now I see it all in a different way,
    I see the road ahead,
    The start of a brand new day.
    And I knew it before,
    I even walked through the door,
    That things would be just fine.
    And I don't wanna think about,
    The ways it could be turning out.
    I'll never leave this sign.
    Come on,
    Don't let go,
    I can't get through this I know.
    I'll stay strong,
    And push on,
    'Til I can't take it anymore.
    My friends 'til the end,
    Don't ever wanna say goodbye...
    And I don't ever wanna die.
    Or even come this close....anymore.
    Come on,
    Don't let go,
    I can't get through this I know.
    We'll stay strong,
    And push on,
    'Til I can't take it anymore.
    My friends 'til the end,
    Don't ever wanna say goodbye...




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