Jane Addams Memorial Tollway – I-90

Map of I90Jane Addams at a Glance:

      • 77 mile segment of road
      • 335,000 vehicles/day
      • 54 listed species,
      • 2 federally protected:
        › Rusty Patched Bumble Bee
        › Prairie Bush Clover

 

The Jane Addams Memorial Tollway (I-90) is a 77-mile segment of the United States’ longest interstate. Constructed in the 1950s, this stretch of aging roadway stretches from Rockford to O’Hare Airport.

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Our surveys found that the Kishwaukee River contains one of the highest quality mussel communities remaining in the state; we continue to monitor this population.

We are also monitoring biological communities along the I-90 bridge over the Fox River.

 

Publications:

Tiemann, J.S., M.J. Dreslik, S.J. Baker, and C.A. Phillips. 2016. Assessment of a short-distance freshwater mussel relocation as a viable tool during bridge construction projects. Freshwater Mollusk Biology and Conservation. 19:80–87.

Sherwood, J.L., A.J. Stites, M.J. Dreslik, and J.S. Tiemann. 2018. Predicting the range of a regionally threatened, benthic fish using species distribution models and field surveys. Journal of Fish Biology. 93:972–977. https://doi.org/10.1111/jfb.13819

Stites, A.J.. 2018. Finding darters where no one thought to look. Illinois News Bureau Behind the Scenes. 29 November 2018. https://news.illinois.edu/view/6367/722926

Baker-Wylie, S.J., M.J. Dreslik, J.S. Tiemann, S.A. Douglass, and C.A. Phillips. 2015. Organismal studies and surveys along the Illinois Tollways. Illinois Natural History Survey Reports July No 413(7). https://www.inhs.illinois.edu/files/7014/3584/8608/INHSReports_July2015_OrganismalStudies.pdf

Mui, Jennifer M., Michael J. Dreslik, and Charles A. Warwick. 2021. Illinois Natural History Survey Urban Biotic Assessment Program 2015-2020. INHS Technical Report 2021 (02).

Johnson, S.A., E. Janssen, P.A. Dickerson, and B. Molano-Flores. 2020. Results of 2018-2019 assessment of Thuja occidentalis populations at the Fox River Fen. INHS Technical Reports 2020(4):1–15.

Sivicek, V.A., S.A. Johnson, J.L. Jarvis, and M.J. Dreslik. 2019. Noxious and selected invasive plant populations along Illinois toll highway rights-of-way. INHS Technical Reports 2019 (28):1–87.

Hohoff, T.C., M.L. Niemiller, and M.J. Dreslik. 2018. 2017 Bat monitoring along the I-90 corridor. INHS Technical Report. 2018 (04):1–8.

Carroll-Cunningham, C.J., E.F. Ulaszek, and J.L. Jarvis. 2018. Results of 2017 botanical surveys along the I-90 Corridor, Fox River crossing, and I-355 corridor. INHS Technical Report. 2018 (11):1–77.

Bilger, E.E., A.A. Rahlin, S.A. Douglass, A.J. Stites, A.R. Világ, J.L. Sherwood, and M.J. Dreslik. 2018. Post-construction biological monitoring of the I-90 corridor from the Kishwaukee River crossing to the Illinois State Route 31 interchange. INHS Technical Report. 2018 (05):1–30.

Sherwood, J.L., A.J. Stites, J.S. Tiemann, and M.J. Dreslik. 2017. Assessing the distribution of Iowa Darters (Etheostoma exile) in streams of northern Illinois. INHS Technical Report. 2017(7):1–9.

Niemiller, M.L. and M.J. Dreslik. 2017. Post-construction acoustic monitoring of bat communities along the I-90 project corridor. INHS Technical Report. 2017(8):1–15.

Douglass, S.A., A.A. Rahlin, S.J. Beilke, E.E. Bilger, S.J. Baker, J.K. Warner, and M.J. Dreslik. 2017. Biological monitoring at Trout Park, Fox River Forested Fen Forest Preserve, and Voyageur Landing Forest Preserve in Elgin, Illinois. INHS Technical Report. 2017(6):1–18.

Douglass, S.A., J.S. Teimann, and M.J. Dreslik. 2017. Year 2 of the Kishwaukee mussel population study and post-construction monitoring of the freshwater mussel assemblage in Coon Creek, McHenry County. INHS Technical Report. 2017(11):1–14.

Rahlin, A.A., S.J. Beilke, and M.J. Dreslik. 2017. Fall 2016 avifaunal monitoring at Lib and Ipsen Conservation Areas along the I-90 corridor. INHS Technical Report. 2017(10):1–11.

Hammond, R.L., M.J. Dreslik, and C.A. Phillips. 2016. Post-construction avifaunal monitoring of the I-90 corridor. INHS Technical Report. 2016(11):1–15.

Stites, A.J., J.L. Sherwood, J.S. Tiemann, C.A. Phillips, and M.J. Dreslik. 2016. Post-construction monitoring of stream fish assemblages along the I-90 corridor. INHS Technical Report. 2016(8):1–35.

Bilger, E.E., M.J. Dreslik, and C.A. Phillips. 2016. Biotic integrity of macroinvertebrate communities along the I-90 corridor. INHS Technical Report. 2016(7):1–18.

Hammond, R.L. and M.J. Dreslik. 2016. Avifaunal monitoring at Trout Park and Fox River Forested Fen during maintenance activity at the I-90 corridor. INHS Technical Report. 2016(35):1–10.

Douglass, S.A., J.S. Tiemann, S.J. Baker, C.A. Phillips, and M.J. Dreslik. 2016. Post-construction monitoring of freshwater mussel assemblages along the I-90 corridor. INHS Technical Report. 2016(13)1–27.

Beilke, S.J., R.L. Hammond, and M.J. Dreslik. 2016. Post-construction spring and summer avifaunal monitoring of the I-90 corridor. INHS Technical Report. 2016(29):1–19.

Hammond, R.L. and M.J. Dreslik. 2016. Habitat assessment for Swainson’ Hawk (Buteo swainsoni) at the I-90 corridor. ME–16–02:1-7.

Dreslik, M.J., C.A. Phillips, and J.S. Tiemann. 2014. Annual report of organismal surveys and monitoring for Illinois State Toll Highway Authority Activities – 2013. INHS Technical Report. 2014(8):1–35.

Dreslik, M.J., C.A. Phillips, J.S. Tiemann, S.J. Wylie, and S.M. Jaworski. 2013. Aquatic surveys of the I-90 corridor from Illinois Route 47 to the Kishwaukee River crossing. INHS Technical Report. 2013(3):1–38.

Tiemann, J.S., A.R. Kuhns, and C.A. Phillips. 2007. Survey and Assessment of Threatened and Endangered Freshwater Mussel, Fishes, Amphibians and Reptiles of the I-90 Tollway Improvement Corridor from O’Hare International Airport to IL Rt 47. INHS Technical Report. 2007(3):1-8 +ii

Murphy, M.J.C. 2007. Botanical survey and assessment of the Illinois Interstate-90 tollway improvement corridor in Boone, Kane, McHenry, and Winnebago counties. INHS Technical Report. 2007(64):1-47.

Tiemann, J.S., A.R. Kuhns, and C.A. Phillips. 2007. Survey and assessment of threatened and endangered freshwater mussels, fishes, amphibians, and reptiles of the I-90 tollway improvement corridor from IL Rte 47 to I-39. INHS Technical Report. 2007(53):1–14.

Mengelkoch, J.M. 2006. Franklin’s Ground Squirrel survey on Interstate 90 from Interstate 294 to Sandwald Road summer 2006. INHS Technical Report 2006 (08):1–16.

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