Interstate 290 (
I-290) is an
auxiliary Interstate Highway that runs westwards from the
Chicago Loop. The portion of I-290 from
I-294 to its east end is officially called the
Dwight D. Eisenhower Expressway. In short form, it is known as "the Ike" or
the Eisenhower. Before being designated the Eisenhower Expressway, the highway was called the
Congress Expressway because of the surface street that was located approximately in its path and onto which I-290 runs at its eastern terminus in the
Chicago Loop.