According to Illinois State Police data, the most dangerous drive is I-94 also known as the Dan Ryan, where 206 shootings have been tracked since 2019.
Barb Markoff, Christine Tressel and Tom JonesSince 2019, there have been 868 expressway shootings across Illinois, most of them in metro Chicago.Since 2019, there have been 868 expressway shootings across Illinois, most of them in metro Chicago. The dangerous drives are from north to south and east to west.
Expressway shootings are such a problem in Illinois that the state police have created a dashboard of data just to track the numbers, timing, dates, details and mortality statistics. The map of Chicagoland expressways with shooting incidents are data-marked in red. They are pockmarks of pain and suffering.
The I-290 or Eisenhower Expressway, named for a past president who was the father of the nation's interstate system, is next at 136 shootings.Sunday is the most frequent expressway shooting day with Friday and Saturday close behind.
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