Planning a midwest college tour

midwesterner
Mon, 13 Feb 2006 00:20:20 +0000

Too bad you already bought your plane tickets. Midway is not the most convenient airport for the route you’ve mentioned. Figure on 90 minutes from Midway to Evanston (up to 2 hours during rush hour), forty minutes from NU to Lake Forest, 2 to 2.5 hours from Lake Forest to Madison (important- to avoid downtown Milwaukee construction, be sure to take the 894 bypass, which exits on the left!) A little more than an hour will take you from Madison to Beloit.

The trouble spot is getting from Beloit back to Midway. The traffic on this stretch is terrrible for at least half of the day. I would estimate 2.5 to 3 hours; the sad thing is you’ll go right past O’Hare airport but must continue another hour or so to Midway. Any chance you could fly out of Rockford?