AASHO Road Test - Illinois - (K-I) HETAG Heavy Duty Tank Transporter used in the special conducted after completion of regular test traffic.
AASHO Road Test - Illinois - L-3 Heavy Duty Tank Transporter used in the special test conducted after completion of regular test traffic.
AASHO Road Test - Illinois Off-Road Train Trailer used in the special test conducted after completion of regular test traffic.
AASHO Road Test - Illinois -LPLS Tire mounted on Special Test vehicle for Post Test Special Studies.
AASHO Road Test - Illinois Interior of vehicle maintenance shop.
AASHO Road Test track, near Ottawa, IL.
AASHO Road Test Illinois - Traffic over Test Bridge.
After ribbon cutting ceremony, first trucks roll over Loop 6(D) at the AASHO Road Test. (See October 15, 1958)
President Eisenhower signs the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1954 on May 6, 1954. Watching are (left to right) Senator William F. Knowland (R-CA), Representative George A. Dondero (R-MI), Rep. Clifford Davis (D-TN), Senator Francis Case (SD), Rep. Homer D. Angell (R-OR), Senator Edward Martin (R-PA), and Rep. J. Harry McGregor (R-OH). On the fringe at far right is Rep. George H. Fallon (D-MD), who would play a key role in making the President's vision a reality in 1956. (Courtesy Dwight Eisenhower Library).
AASHO Road Test - Illinois - Aerial view of AASHO Road Test.
Illinois - A tri-level interchange interconnects Interstate Routes 57 and 70 southwest of Effingham. Each of the three levels carries traffic in one direction only.
Illinois - Sign at a construction site on Interstate 55.
AASHO Road Test - Illinois - Test Traffic on Loops.
Wisconsin - Interstate Route 90 crosses the Rock River on twin bridges and intersects State Route 59 near Edgerton on its way from Chicago to Wisconsin Dells.
AASHO Road Test - Illinois- Taking deflection measurements with the Benkelman Beam device.
AASHO Road Test - Illinois - Aerial view of AASHO Road Test.
Congress St. Expressway (Interstate 90) from 17th st. overpass looking East, showing depressed section with good landscaping, steel cable guard rail, 10 foot paved shoulder, 24 foot median. Residential Area. Chicago, Illinois. Photo by T. W. Kines 10-12-60
Interstate 94 (Edens Expressway) showing 6 traffic lanes, off ramp right and one ramp left, steel cable guard in median, Chicago, Illinois.
Interstate 94 (Edens Expressway) showing 6 traffic lanes, off ramp right and one ramp left, steel cable guard in median, Chicago, Illinois.
Interstate 94 (Edens Expressway) thru commercial and residential area, also showing depressed section and frontage road left. Looking North into Foster Ave. From Railroad overpass, Chicago, Illinois.
Interstate 94 (Edens Expressway) View showing 6 traffic lanes, crushed stone shoulders, and steal cable guardrail in median. Looking north from Carpenter Road. Chicago, Illinois.
Interstate 94 (Edens Expressway) View showing 6 traffic lanes, 24 foot median with steel cable guard rail - looking N.W. from Oakton St. Chicago, Illinois.
Interstate 94 (Edens Expressway) View of Edens Expressway showing commercial development left and residential section right. Looking N.W. between Touchy Ave. and Oakton Street. Chicago Illinois.
AASHO Road Test - Illinois Test Traffic on Loops.
Interstate 94 Interchange of Dempster St. and Edens Expressway Skokie, Illinois.
Interstate 94 View of (Edens Expressway) looking into Church St. overpass about 1 mile north of Dempster Street. Skokie, Illinois.
Interstate 90 (Congress St. Expressway) View of expressway thru Post Office Building looking east showing west side of expressway and building, Chicago, Ill.
INTERSTATE 55 Grade Separation of State Route 126 over I-55 north of US 52 10 miles.
INTERSTATE 55 Looking north showing frontage roads, 48 foot depressed median, 10 foot gravel shoulders and 24 foot concrete pavement. Miles north of US 52
View of Northwest Expressway sowing a section of reversible roadway with 6 lanes of traffic. Looking West from Augusta Blvd. Chicago, Illinois. Photo by T.W. Kines 5-8-61
View of Northwest Expressway showing heavy traffic during peak period. Looking East between Augusta Blvd. And Division Street, C&NW RR on Left. Chicago, Ill. Photo by T. W. Kines 5-8-61
View of Northwest Expressway showing heavy traffic during peak period. Looking East between Augusta Blvd. And Division Street, C&NW RR on left. Chicago Illinois.
Interstate 94 Chicago, Illinois. View of Northwest Expressway showing heavy traffic on a section of reversible roadway with 6 lanes of traffic. Looking West from Irving Park overpass.
Interstate 94- Chicago Illinois. Junction of Northwest Expressway and Edens Expressway looking West from Montrose Avenue.
AASHO Road Test - Illinois Traffic over Test Bridge.
View of Interstate 90 - Congress Street Expressway showing depressed section of Congress Street. Expressway with C.A. & E. RR using median strip. Looking East from Larmaie Avenue.
View of Interstate 90 - Congress Street Expressway showing depressed section of Congress Street. Expressway with C.A. & E. RR using median strip. Looking East from Larmaie Avenue.
View of Congress Street Expressway ( Interstate 90) looking East from Lombard Street showing concrete retaining wall, exit and enter ramp from center of median and C.A.&E. RR.
Looking southwest on U.S. 66 and now frontage road construction, west of Romeoville.
View of Congress Street Expressway (I-90) showing exit ramp from Congress Street Expressway to Harlem Avenue From West bound lane. Looking east. Chicago Ill.
View of Congress Street, Expressway looking East from Howard Street.
View of Congress Street, Expressway looking East from 25th Avenue overpass showing exit ramp right and traffic on Congress Street Expressway.
View of Congress Street Expressway looking East from Mannheim Road overpass showing heavy traffic and exit ramp right and enter ramp left.
A forest of steel takes shape as twin bridges and approaches to carry Interstate Route 80 over the Des Plaines River at Joliet. A main center span is seen here mounted on barges, ready to be floated into place.
AASHO Road Test - Illinois - Traffic over Test Bridge
AASHO Road Test Illinois - Longitudinal Profilometer.
AASHO Road Test - Illinois - Two-axle tractor scraper used in special studies after regular test traffic.
