will ezpass work on i39 near rockford illinois

#WILL EZPASS WORK ON I39 NEAR ROCKFORD ILLINOIS DRIVERS#
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Work to reconstruct the Fox River Bridge in Elgin is also underway. Work to rebuild and widen I-90 between Elgin and the Tri-State Tollway (I-294) will begin next spring is scheduled to be completed by the end of 2016. In addition, the speed limit between I-39 and Tyrrell Road in Elgin was set to also return 65 mph.

#WILL EZPASS WORK ON I39 NEAR ROCKFORD ILLINOIS DRIVERS#

“Now that the first phase of the $2.5 billion I-90 project is complete, drivers have three new lanes of roadway in each direction for 37 miles between the Elgin Toll Plaza and I-39 and we invite them to have a cup of coffee on us.”Īll traffic will be traveling on three new lanes of pavement in both directions of I-90 between I-39 in Rockford and the Elgin Toll Plaza. “We thank our customers for their patience and support during the two years of construction to rebuild and widen the 37-miles from Rockford to Elgin,” said Illinois Tollway Executive Director Kristi Lafleur. Lots of options, especially now that time isn't an issue.The Illinois Tollway has completed reconstruction of the western segment of the Jane Addams Memorial Tollway between Rockford and Elgin and returned the speed limit to 65 mph. We're also looking at taking the northern route through Canada and upper peninsula of Michigan. The camp hosts did tell us that they are booked solid on the weekends, so good to know for in the future. We also took longer, but we really enjoyed the stress-free drive on State highways rather than interstates.ĭuring the week, we had no problem getting our pick of camp sites in SPs in Indiana and Illinois. On the way home, we actually went further south and avoided Chicago altogether.

We remember when there was NOTHING out there! What happened?!?! Wisconsin, especially between Rockford and Madison is also VERY congested and slow b/c of the construction. More miles, but for the most constant speeds, no switching from one lane to another and getting onto different hwys/exits/entrances and no tolls once you get past Chicago. So the last few years we've minimized our travel through/around Chicago by staying on I-80 (which is VERY congested) and then heading north on I-39. On the way out and more so on the way back home, we were very motivated to avoid as much of Chicago as possible (we are SO over Chicago ). Yeah, we have no problem paying a little more b/c of the additional axles, but 5x more is just ridiculous and a ripoff.

When we travel out that way again we are looking at NOT taking the Indiana Tollroads. This year, with towing the pup, that exact same trip cost us $42 and some change.

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Last year, on one of our two trips from NY to MN, we paid a little over $8.00 to travel on the Indiana Tollway that's going the full length of it without getting off at all. I guess we figured it'd be a little more than the usual, just like NY. What we didn't really look into was what the increase in toll would be in Ohio, Indiana or Illinois. When we were looking into this, we saw that we would be paying a little more toll for towing the pup, but didn't have a problem with that. We checked, and here in NY, they require a different transponder (blue), so we now have that one for when we are towing our pup. We just got back from our maiden voyage with our N2U pup, a 2007 Fleetwood Avalon, which has two axles giving us a total of four axles now. Not sure if there were any discounts in Ohio or Indiana or even in NY. Have absolutely loved it for not only the time savings, especially around Chicago (which, btw, there is NO good way around), but also for the 50% off tolls in Illinois. We don't have to pay a monthly fee (years ago that used to be the case) whether we use the pass in a month or not.Īnyway, we've used this EZPass for several years now and numerous trips to and from Minnesota. It's the regular white transponder for normal automobiles (2 axles). We live in NY and have an EZPass for our normal travels around here (Buffalo area).

Found this thread and thought I'd ask my question here.

Will ezpass work on i39 near rockford illinois