July 2, 1952 – The final section of the
$22,000,000 Edens expressway is opened to traffic. The last section of the highway connects the
highway north of Lake-Cook Road to a connection with Skokie Road in Highland
Park. The completed expressway is named
after William G. Edens, a Chicago banker who was the sponsor of the state’s
first highway bond issue 34 years earlier. The above photo, taken in 1952, shows the beginning of the new highway passing over Cicero Avenue.
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