Initially scheduled to take five years and cost $535 million, we are eight years and $793 million deep into construction on the Jane Byrd Interchange, but things are finally coming to an end. According to officials, all four lanes on the interchange are now open. New changes include two northbound Kennedy entrance ramps from Adams to Jackson Streets, as well as wider ramps from eastbound I-290 onto the Kennedy and Dan Ryan Expressway. Only two construction projects are still outstanding.

Optimists claim that this construction will bring a 50% reduction in motorist delays.