The Bishop Ford Freeway, formerly known as the Calumet Expressway, is a portion of Interstate 94 in northeastern Illinois, south of downtown Chicago. It runs from Interstate 57 south to the intersection with Interstate 80, Interstate 294 (Tri-State Tollway) and Illinois State Route 394. The Bishop Ford constitutes 10 of the 81 miles (16 of 131 km) that Interstate 94 runs in Illinois. Image File history File links Route marker sign: Interstate 94 File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... I-94 redirects here. ... State nickname: Land of Lincoln, The Prairie State Other U.S. States Capital Springfield Largest city Chicago Governor Rod Blagojevich (D) Official languages English Area 149,998 km² (25th)  - Land 143,968 km²  - Water 6,030 km² (4. ... Chicago (officially named the City of Chicago) is the third largest city in the United States (after New York City and Los Angeles), with an official population of 2,896,016, as of the 2000 census. ... Interstate 57 is an interstate highway in the midwestern United States. ... Location of Interstate 80 Interstate 80 is the second-longest interstate highway in the United States. ... Categories: Stub ... The Tri-State Tollway is a US toll road maintained by the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority in northeastern Illinois. ... Illinois State Route 394 is a short four-lane state freeway that travels south from Thornton at the Interstate 294/Interstate 94/Interstate 80 (Tri-State Tollway/Bishop Ford Expressway) interchange to Illinois State Route 1 south of Steger and Crete. ...

This South Side highway is named for Chicago African-American religious activist Bishop Louis Henry Ford, the former presiding bishop of the 8.5 million member Church of God in Christ. He spent 40 years preaching in the city of Chicago before dying at the age of 81 in 1995. African Americans, also known as Afro-Americans, Black Americans, or simply blacks are an ethnic group in the United States of America whose ancestors, usually in predominant part, were indigenous to West and Central Africa. ... THE CHURCH OF GOD IN CHRIST is a Church of the Lord Jesus Christ in which the word of God is preached, ordinances are administered and the doctrine of sanctification or holiness is emphasized, as being essential to the salvation of mankind. ...

The Bishop Ford turns into the Dan Ryan Expressway to the north, and the Kingery Expressway to the east of the Tri-State Tollway. The Dan Ryan Expressway in 1970. ... The Robert Kingery Expressway, formerly called the Tri-State Highway, is a three mile (5 km) long, six lane expressway in northeastern Illinois. ...

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The Steel Bridge is a common reference to the steel truss bridge over the Calumet River in Dolton. Early in the 1990's, the bridge was hit by a stray barge, causing no casualties but closing the highway for months. Motorists seeking alternate routes caused massive backups in the southern suburbs as IDOT worked to replace the bridge. The truss design now in place has one fewer pier than the original design. In medicine, a truss is a kind of surgical appliance, particularly one used for hernia patients. ... Dolton is a village located in Cook County, Illinois. ...