Bishop Ford Freeway Inbound (I-94 WB & IL 394 NB), Beecher, IL to I-57 | VirtualRoad

**Best viewed in 1080p60 or 720p60 Road trip inbound on the Calumet Expressway and Bishop Ford Freeway from the far south suburbs of Chicago to where we meet I-57 to become the Dan Ryan Expressway. We start down in the little town of Beecher in the prairies of far southeastern Will County on IL Route 1 where we early on meet the Calumet Expressway (IL Route 394). We then enter a long patch of woods in Crete and becomes prairie again by the time we enter Cook County in Sauk Village. We pass through some lighted intersections before it truly becomes an expressway in Ford Heights. At that point, it becomes mixed with prairie and forest passing through the south suburbs along the Indiana State Line and then we suddenly cross the Tri-State Tollway (I-294/I-80) and Kingery Expressway (I-80/I-94) to meet the Bishop Ford Freeway (I-94). The forests continue but become more urban as we fly through the remaining south suburbs before crossing the Steel Bridge over the Little Calumet River to enter Chicago. For the remaining miles we pass through Chicago's far south side by Lake Calumet, the Illinois International Port, and the historic Pullman Neighborhood on the far south side before ending at I-57 at the start of the Dan Ryan Expressway. This expressway was an adventure to say the least. This was the first time I had ever been to Beecher and Crete and the first time I had driven on the Calumet Expressway south of I-294/I-80/I-94. This is a side of the Chicago area I rarely see so this was uncharted territory for me. I got a bit of a late start so this was filmed approaching sunset. I'm not gonna lie, the Calumet Expressway is a beautiful road. It was so peaceful south of Sauk Village and felt like I was in another world coupling with the approaching sunset. As for the Bishop Ford (originally built in the early 1960's, one of the last of the original expressways in Chicago to be built), I had driven on it a number of times but that too I never saw for the first time until 2013. This is a side of Chicago that I rarely ever see and you pass one of the only ports in the midwest and a once-industrialized area of Chicago that is in the process of being restored into new parks! Like I-57, the landscapes change so dramatically feeling so rural in Beecher to suddenly being near Chicago! Another reason to appreciate the Chicago area. I apologize as near the end traffic slows a little but it's brief! Happy riding! - Adam