![]() They featured Standard Oil (Amoco) gas stations and Fred Harvey restaurants, and were something of a novelty in the region-becoming destinations in and of themselves for driving customers. The five original oases were built in conjunction with the original tollway construction in 1959. The Tollway announced plans to widen the Tri-State Tollway, which resulted in the full closure of the O'Hare Oasis in 2018 and the pavilion of the Hinsdale Oasis in 2021. As such, the Des Plaines Oasis was closed on Mathis allowed vendor contents to be removed and demolition to proceed. The oasis there will be demolished for the new road. The Illinois Department of Transportation has proposed a route for a new limited access highway on the west side of O'Hare Airport which would connect with the Jane Addams Tollway at the site of the Des Plaines Oasis. ISTHA has established a special task force to study the oases' future. As of 2009, the oases were 45 percent to 65 percent vacant. The oases have a total of 110,000 square feet (10,000 m 2) of retail space. All oases, except for the Hinsdale and DeKalb oases, have Tollway Customer Service Centers, where I-Pass toll transponders are sold and serviced. The oases have a drive-thru lane for the McDonald's. All the oases provide free WiFi access for visitors. The oasis in DeKalb is the only exception, with the facility located along the southern (eastbound) side of Interstate 88, and a vehicle overpass allows westbound traffic to access a segregated parking lot and gas station along one side of the facility. Four of the oases are built as a bridge-restaurant, directly over the Interstate Highway they service. Oases also have automatic teller machines. These facilities in Illinois have gas stations ( Mobil) with 24-hour automated car washes, fast food restaurants ( McDonald's, Panda Express, Subway, etc.) and other various shops (such as Krispy Kreme, Starbucks, Coleman Distributors, and TravelMart). In 2011, over 11.8 million people visited the seven oases. The four oases are administered by a court-appointed manager following default of Wilton Partners.Īs is typical for rest stops on toll highways, these areas are full service, or "commercialized", as a result of concessions awarded by the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority (ISTHA). The redevelopment of the oases has been the focal point of alleged political corruption. ![]() Although the oases date back to the original tollway construction in 1958, they were redeveloped in 2003–2005 by Wilton Partners, a private developer. The four (formerly seven) oases offer food and gasoline vendors and are found in the Chicago Metropolitan Area, DeKalb, and Belvidere. An Illinois Tollway oasis is a type of commercialized rest area sited over Interstate Highways that are part of the Illinois Tollway system in northern Illinois, United States.
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