Driving the Chicago Skyway from Indiana to Chicago

The Chicago Skyway Bridge is a 7.8-mile toll road built in 1958 to connect the Dan Ryan Expressway to the Indiana Tollway. For almost 50 years, it has been operated and maintained by the City of Chicago Department of Streets and Sanitation and the Skyway is the only toll highway in Illinois that is not operated by the Illinois Toll Highway Authority.

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[StayingBack71]

Well..I live here on the southeast side.Ive been over the skyway over 100 times. Its not that bad or high at all. Skyway is approx 121 feet over the river.

there are bridges out east that make the skyway look like a baby river bridge.

[UND68]

@StayingBack71 And there are bridges out here in the West that make those in the East look like toddlers.

[shmuli9]

Is this expressway mostly on a bridge or mostly on embankment?

[UND68]

@shmuli9  A spectacular bridge.

[tvtimetravel]

Do you have to pay the separate tolls for both the Skyway and the Indiana Toll Road in both directions?

[UND68]

@tvtimetravel Yes, tolls are separate for each jurisdiction. Skyway is owned by a private group and the Indiana Tollway is owned by the State of Indiana, the home of the Fighting Irish.

[timpuddester]

Thinking of visting Chicago..really nice vid giving me an idea. =) 

[murfreebear]

Gotta love the McDonalds in the median when you get over the bridge

[domirules28]

this bridge looks eerily simliar to the skyway in burlington ontario.....power lines and a similar looking smaller lift bridge to the right and below. transformer towers tot he right....and the metal arch grid over the middle of the deck....

[savtasaba]

Great video!