Driving to Milwaukee from Cleveland (best route to take) (Superior: home, construction)

[Conroy25]

I am driving to Milwaukee from Cleveland tomorrow morning and would like to avoid Chicago traffic. Would driving to Lemont, IL and then going up 355N be the best way to do this? It looks like it still brings me close to the Chicago suburbs, will I end up in the traffic anyway?

[Milwaukee City]

I would take the 294 bypass, I have never had problems after 9am in Chicago. I would also go right through the tolls and just pay them online in the "missed tolls" section of Unpaid Toll (http://www.illinoistollway.com/portal/page?_pageid=133,2008701&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTA L - broken link)

I advise this to all people who don't own an Ipass, there is no penalty for paying a missed tolls so take advantage of it. Plus you can blow through the open road tolling at 80mph if you want.

If it is past 9am I would drive through downtown Chicago, it's a pretty cool sight to see! then again traffic doesn't bother me, even Chicago traffic.

[Empidonax]

I drive the Milwaukee-Cleveland route quite regularly, and pretty much always go through downtown Chicago and take the Skyway. I've found that if the traffic is bad along the downtown Chicago route, it's usually also pretty bad on the Bypass, so I just try to time things so that my drive through downtown misses rush hour.

I'm not a fan of paying tolls, and I prefer a pleasant drive, so always take Hwy 41 (Old Skokie Hwy) between the Ill/Wis border and Skokie. Much calmer than the Tri-State or whatever it's called now.

[reppin_the_847]

As cool as the Chicago skyline is, I respectfully disagree with the previous two responses. Unless you have a reason to stop in the city of Chicago, I'd avoid driving through it at all costs. The traffic in the city limits is UNPREDICTABLE, and you can easily get caught up in a horrible Chicago traffic jam. On top of that, 294, and the 94 toll road flow like a dream now that the construction is over. They have like 4-5 smooth flowing, construction free lanes on the 294 / 94 toll road now, so I'd totally take advantage of that. It moves so much more quickly than it did during the recent construction years.

[city414]

436 mi – about 7 hours 47 mins



Take exit 1B to merge onto I-43 S/I-94 E/US-41 S toward Chicago Continue to follow I-94 E
Partial toll road
Entering Illinois
64.2 mi
8.Slight right at I-294 S (signs for Indiana - O'Hare) Toll road
11.7 mi
9.Take the exit onto I-90 E toward Kennedy Expy/Chicago Partial toll road
Passing through Indiana
Entering Ohio
359 mi
10.Take exit 171B for OH-14 W/US-422 W toward Ontario St0.2 mi
11.Merge onto S Broadway Ave/OH-14 N/US-422 W0.2 mi
12.Continue straight onto Ontario St0.5 mi
13.Turn left at W Superior Ave0.1 mi
14.Turn right at W 3rd St213 ft
15.Take the 1st right onto Blackstone Ct157 ft
Cleveland, OH


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[city414]

avoiding tolls:

I-94 E and US-20 E
447 mi8 hours 30 mins

US-41 S toward Chicago Continue to follow I-94 E/US-41 S
Entering Illinois
39.8 mi
8.Take exit 1B on the left to merge onto Skokie Hwy/US-41 S toward Waukegan25.8 mi
9.Merge onto I-94 E44.1 mi
10.Take the exit onto I-80 E/I-94 E toward Indiana Continue to follow I-94 E
Entering Indiana
43.0 mi
11.Take exit 40A to merge onto US-20 E/US-35 S toward La Porte/S Bend Continue to follow US-20 E
11.8 mi
12.Continue onto IN-2 E12.6 mi
13.Merge onto US-20 E/US-31 S via the ramp to Mishawaka/Plymouth Continue to follow US-20 E
72.8 mi
14.At the traffic circle, take the 2nd exit onto E Maumee St/US-20 E Continue to follow US-20 E
Entering Ohio
69.8 mi
15.Slight right onto the I-475 E/US-23 ramp to Ann Arbor Toledo0.4 mi
16.Merge onto I-475 N/US-23 N Continue to follow I-475 N
6.9 mi
17.Take exit 20A to merge onto I-75 N toward Detroit3.5 mi
18.Take exit 208 to merge onto I-280 S toward Cleveland5.7 mi
19.Take exit 6 for Curtice Rd toward OH-51/Woodville Rd0.3 mi
20.Continue toward OH-51 S/Woodville Rd0.4 mi
21.Turn left at OH-51 S/Woodville Rd1.2 mi
22.Turn left at OH-579 E/Williston Rd Continue to follow OH-579 E
10.7 mi
23.Turn right at OH-2 E42.8 mi
24.Continue onto US-6 E0.4 mi
25.Continue onto OH-2 E25.7 mi
26.Merge onto I-90 E27.5 mi
27.Take exit 171B for OH-14 W/US-422 W toward Ontario St0.2 mi
28.Merge onto S Broadway Ave/OH-14 N/US-422 W0.2 mi
29.Continue straight onto Ontario St0.5 mi
30.Turn left at W Superior Ave0.1 mi
31.Turn right at W 3rd St213 ft
32.Take the 1st right onto Blackstone Ct157 ft
Cleveland, OH

[city414]

avoiding highways:
US-6 E
461 mi 10 hours 6 mins
Milwaukee, WI



1.Head south on N Milwaukee St toward E Wisconsin Ave0.1 mi
2.Take the 2nd right onto E Michigan St0.6 mi
3.Turn left at N 6th St0.7 mi
4.At the traffic circle, take the 1st exit onto S 6th St0.3 mi
5.Turn right at W National Ave0.7 mi
6.Turn left at S Cesar E Chavez Dr0.4 mi
7.Slight right at S Muskego Ave1.1 mi
8.Turn right at W Forest Home Ave7.0 mi
9.Turn left at S 108th St/US-45 S/WI-100 S Continue to follow US-45 S/WI-100 S
3.3 mi
10.Slight left at W St Martins Rd0.1 mi
11.Take the 1st right onto W Loomis Rd/US-45 S/WI-36 S2.3 mi
12.Turn left at S North Cape Rd/US-45 S Continue to follow US-45 S
8.7 mi
13.Turn left at US-45 S/Washington Ave/WI-20 E1.0 mi
14.Take the 1st right onto N Colony Ave/US-45 S Continue to follow US-45 S
Entering Illinois
36.0 mi
15.Turn left to stay on US-45 S3.9 mi
16.Turn right at IL-21 S/Milwaukee Ave/US-45 S7.2 mi
17.Slight right at N Des Plaines River Rd/N River Rd/US-45 S Continue to follow N River Rd/US-45 S
4.1 mi
18.Slight right at Lee St0.4 mi
19.Turn left at Graceland Ave0.7 mi
20.Continue onto Lee St/Mannheim Rd0.8 mi
21.Slight right at Lee St1.0 mi
22.Turn left at IL-72 E/Lee St Continue to follow IL-72 E
1.0 mi
23.Turn right at Mannheim Rd/US-45 S Continue to follow US-45 S
34.8 mi
24.Turn left at E Lincoln Hwy/US-30 E16.3 mi
25.Slight right toward US-30 E207 ft
26.Turn right at US-30 E Entering Indiana
26.7 mi
27.Turn left at Co Rd 150 E/East Dr/IN-130 W/Sturdy Rd Continue to follow Co Rd 150 E/East Dr/IN-130 W
0.4 mi
28.At the traffic circle, take the 1st exit onto Laporte Ave1.8 mi
29.Continue onto IN-2 E4.6 mi
30.Turn right at E 600 N/Co Rd 600 Continue to follow E 600 N
3.0 mi
31.Continue straight onto Co Hwy 600 S/US-6 E Continue to follow US-6 E
Entering Ohio
116 mi
32.Turn left at S Michigan Ave285 ft
33.Take the 1st right onto E Indiana St0.3 mi
34.Take the 1st right to stay on E Indiana St256 ft
35.Take the 1st left onto Grand Army of the Republic Hwy/E Morrison St/US-6 E Continue to follow Grand Army of the Republic Hwy/US-6 E
31.9 mi
36.Merge onto Township Rd 3/US-24 E/US-6 E via the ramp to Toledo/Bowling Green4.8 mi
37.Slight right at Grand Army of the Republic Hwy/US-6 E50.5 mi
38.Turn left at Grand Army of the Republic Hwy/OH-53 N/US-6 E Continue to follow Grand Army of the Republic Hwy/US-6 E
5.4 mi
39.Continue onto Bypass Hwy/OH-19 S/US-20 E Continue to follow US-20 E
15.8 mi
40.US-20 E turns slightly left and becomes E Main St/OH-113 E Continue to follow OH-113 E
11.9 mi
41.Turn left at OH-13 N/US-250 W0.5 mi
42.Take the 1st right onto Mudbrook Rd/OH-13 N/Old Mudbrook Rd5.6 mi
43.Slight right at Main St0.7 mi
44.Turn right at Cleveland Rd E/US-6 E Continue to follow US-6 E
44.0 mi
45.Turn right at W 117th St0.3 mi
46.Take the 1st left onto Detroit Ave/US-6 Alt E Continue to follow Detroit Ave
3.5 mi
47.Continue onto W Superior Ave0.7 mi
48.Turn left at W 3rd St213 ft
49.Take the 1st right onto Blackstone Ct157 ft

Cleveland, OH