Dan Ryan Expressway
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Utilizing an express-local system, the Dan Ryan has fourteen lanes of traffic, seven in each direction, with four of those express lanes and the other three providing access to exits. Despite the wideness, the Dan Ryan is prone to traffic jams. The Dan Ryan's express-local system is similar to that of Toronto's Highway 401, one of the largest highways in the world.
In the median of the Dan Ryan runs the Red Line of the Chicago Transit Authority. That section opened in 1969.
High-rise housing projects line the sides of a portion of the freeway, but many of the buildings are vacant and are being demolished.