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Dan Ryan Expressway
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So, who was Dan Ryan anyway?
Nov. 27, 2012
Chicago's busiest expressway is named after him. The story of the man behind the 14-lane interstate.
Lost on the Dan Ryan
Feb. 21, 2012
Listen to John Schmidt talk about street signs on
Eight Forty-Eight
We've been having some fun recently with the technicalities of Chicago street names. Yet sometimes it's important to be precise.