Eisenhower Expressway
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Eisenhower Expressway Soundex Code E216
Wikipedia page about the Eisenhower Expressway (I290)
The Dwight D. Eisenhower Expressway was named for General of the Army and President Dwight David Eisenhower.
Interstate 290 (I-290) is an auxiliary Interstate Highway that runs westwards from the Chicago Loop. The portion of I-290 from I-294 to its east end is officially called the Eisenhower Expressway. In short form, it is known as "the Ike" or the Eisenhower. Before being designated the Eisenhower Expressway, the highway was called the Congress Expressway because of the surface street that was located approximately in its path and onto which I-290 runs at its eastern terminus in the Chicago Loop.