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Old Apr 5, 2006 | 10:20 AM
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Default How bad is the Dan Ryan really??

I drive the ryan every weekend... and now with all the construction taking 294 instead is going to make my trip that much longer.

I have heard that the dan-ryan construction has not hurt traffic flow nearly as much as everyone though it would. Obviously I'm sure its a nightmare during rush hour, but I am not insane enough to attempt to drive the ryan during rush hour with all the lanes open anyway!

So who has driven the ryan since they closed all these lanes and is it really as bad as the media and everyone else is hyping it up to be ??
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Old Apr 5, 2006 | 10:25 AM
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From what i hear.. its not bad i have not driven on it yet since the construction.. i usually take 294... But i heard that all the "alternate" routes are for **** and the ryan an't bad.
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Old Apr 5, 2006 | 11:13 AM
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For me going from 31st to Division (downtown) its great better then ever. Construction ends at 18th street... I hear its horrible anywhere south tho.
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Old Apr 5, 2006 | 02:21 PM
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Tried it yesterday @294....On Lane!
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Old Apr 5, 2006 | 03:21 PM
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Looked like they were closing a lot of lanes South of 18th Street.

I just drove from Midway to Wrigley, @10PM, and they had two lanes closed until the Ohio Exit.
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Old Apr 5, 2006 | 05:01 PM
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I've noticed that inbound traffic (south towards chicago) on the Edens has gotten slightly lighter on my commute home since the Dan-Ryan construction began. Not sure how or why, just a positive observation. Then again, I only take the Edens if I can get out of work by 3:30-3:45pm. Any later and I use some other non-expressway routes.... It'll probably get really heavy now that I mentioned it though.
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Old Apr 5, 2006 | 05:46 PM
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I've been taking State street home from classes and I'm making better time than when I took any highways
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Old Apr 6, 2006 | 12:18 AM
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i use to take it to school and forgot that the construction was happening , it almost trippled my time to school and i missed a class becuse of it. ur best bet is to take 294, it might take a little longer but it will still be faster then the dan ryan
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when to MI on sunday, outbound on 294 was great (also 4am), inbound was nuts, took me 45 minutes to get from the 2.7 mile marker in IN to the 1st toll in IL
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1 hour and 20 min this morning 95th to 290 inbound. Oh yeah i forgot to mention this was at 4:30 am. I swear the city of Chicago must hate its tax payers.
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