The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1925-07-16
SUPER HIGHWAY
BEING PLANNED
Kenosha Interested in Ele-
waited Roadway Project
Now Being Planned.
FOR MOTOR HIGHWAY


Kenosha is one of the cities which
would be on super elevated highway, q
project which is being discussed by
motorists organizations along the
lake shore. The plans for the high
ways are to be presented next week to
the mayors and presidents of all north
shore suburbs by 81 Mayer, president
of the Illinois Safety Council and 9TH
er organizations. The highway it is
declared would enable motorists to go
from Chicago to Milwaukee in an hour
and quarter and from Chicago to
Evanston in eight minutes.
North and south lanes for unlimit-
ed speed are to occupy the center OF
the proposed roadway with a low bar
rier between. Good cars might make
up to 80 miles an hour on this drive,
said Mr.. Mayer today. Next to the
unlimited speed lanes are lanes for
cars running 80 to go miles an hour
then lanes for cars going Is to 80, and
finally on the outer and inner edges
Of the roadway are narrow strips re-
served for single file parking or for
emergency repair jobs.
It is estimated htat motors could
make the following schedule:
Chicago to Milwaukee, 70 minutes.
Chicago to Racine 81 minutes.
Chicago to Kenosha, "a minutes.
Chicago to Zion, So minutes.
Chicago to Waukegan, % minutes.
Chicago to Lake Forest, % minutes.
Chicago to Highland Park, IT min
utes. ~
Chicago to Winnetka, II minutes.
Chicago to Evanston s minutes.
Mayer Explains Plan.
Mr.. Mayer, who is president of the
Illinois Safety. Council, member of
the mayor safety commission and Sec
rotary of the Chicago police depart
ment, as we'll as president of the
North Shore Motor club, announced
his plan this morning, laying stress
on the fact that "a 90-mile-an-hour
speedway leading from all north shore
towns into Chicago will prevent acct
dents.
There will be no grade crossings
practically no curves, no mixing OF
speeds and no pedestrians" said Mr.
Mayer. Therefore the north shore
motor highway will eliminate acct
dents.
1T have no doubt it will be built
even if it costs as much as did the
Panama canal, because the assess
ments will spread over the five coun-
ties, and the roadway out in the lake
will create new made land 1900 feet
wide and 70 miles long. This will
give to every town north to Milwaukee
a city park equal in value to the cost
Of the roadway. Figure out the value
Of this 20 miles of new lake shore
property quarter mile deep. also
know the towns will be for it because
individual members of the various vii
lage councils from Wilmette to Mil
waukee and the Milwaukee Motor club
to whom I have. briefed the plan, are
unanimously for it.
81 am having letters prepared tc
every village president or mayor as
far north as Milwaukee and will mail
these out Monday. In the letters
will ask for the cooperation in ideas
as to how to have this roadway built
in the quickest time. If all cooper
ate we can form an organization with
members in each city, township and
county to work with the local authori-
ties in levying assessments and can
begin work in ten or twelve places al
once. In Chicago the work is already
under way by the Lincoln park board
which is continuing its outer drive
farther north.
Plans 14O Foot Roadway.
The total width of the driveway, ac-
cording to the plan for which Mr.
Mayer has taken preliminary figures
will be 14O feet. 1t will be twelve
feet above lake level. This height
was fixed to permit the building OF
ramps down to street level at every
village and main travelled road and tc
permit building of tunnels through to
the lake front.
At each tunnel will be facilities fol
pedestrians to reach the lake, and or
the outer side of the roadway at the
tunnel mouths will be bathing beach
es and bath houses.
lie space UcLnOSu CH6 AOdOWdy
the present shore line will be donated
to the villages or townships. They may
fill it in for use as parks or may leave
parts as lagoons for bathing and boat
ing. 1t will be necessary, however, to fill
in for some distance along the road
way to insure its not being damaged
by storms
Bridge at Kenosha.
The estimated cost Of the roadway
itself is given as $4,000 mile. In
addition there must be me fill and
some thirty tunnels, double ramps and
four bascule bridges. The bridges
would be at Waukegan, Kenosha, Ra-
cine and Milwaukee. The federal en-
gineers have specified that these ports
must be kept free for shipping.
It is Mr.. Mayors present idea tc
| seek cooperation of the towns anC
counties in special assessments to pay
for the road, these assessments TO be
spread back from fifteen TO twenty
five miles. All will benefit nearly as
much as will the shore towns. Where
| the driving time from Lake Bluff to
| Chicago, for instance, is cut to TWEEN
| ty-fve minutes, that will shorten the
time from Libertyville. Towns inland
which will not be interested are in ad-
dition to Libertyville, McHenry, Anti
och, Lake Geneva, Fox Lake, Wauke.
sha and Burlington. Already paved
roads due east to the lake lead from
| these towns.
The filing in of the land behind the
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