For travelers coming through O'Hare Airport:
From O'Hare Airport to Hampton Inn:
Exit airport on 190-East to Chicago--travel about 1 mile. Get off on Exit 1D, onto I-294 Tollway South (Indiana). [There will be 2 forty cent tolls.] Travel about 16 miles on I-294. Exit onto I-55/Stevenson Expressway South (St. Louis). [Fifteen cent toll.] Travel 19 miles on I-55 to Exit 257 (US Route 30). Turn Left at first light (US Route 30). Turn right at second stop light (Mall Loop Drive), just past Home Depot on your right. Continue past the Super 8. Turn Right at Hampton Inn Drive.
From Hampton Inn to O'Hare Airport (45-60 minute trip--allow extra time due to construction):
Exit Hotel. Turn Left at stop sign. Turn Left at first stoplight (Route 30). Enter I-55 Northbound (Chicago). Travel about 16 miles to get on Tollway I-294 North. You will go through one 15 cent toll and two 40 cent tolls. Follow signs to O'Hare.
For travelers coming through Midway Airport:
From Midway Airport to Hampton Inn
Travel north on Cicero Avenue. Turn left at 55th Street. Turn Right at Central Avenue. Travel north to
I-55/Stevenson Expressway. Take I-55 Southbound (St. Louis) to Exit 257 (US Route 30 towards Joliet). Turn Left at first stop light. Turn right at second stop light (Mall Loop Drive), just past Home Depot on your right. Continue past the Super 8. Turn Right at Hampton Inn Drive.
From Hampton Inn to Midway Airport (30-45 minute trip--allow extra time due to construction):
Exit hotel. Turn Left at stop sign. Turn Left at first stoplight (Route 30). Enter I-55 Northbound (Chicago). Exit at Central Ave. Follow signs to Midway Airport.
From Hampton Inn to Church (allow at least 40 minutes):
Exit hotel. Turn Left at stop sign. Turn Left at next stoplight (Route 30). Make a Left onto I-55 South (Bloomington) after passing under expressway. Travel I-55, then exit onto I-80 East (Toledo). Travel to Exit 137 (Maple Street/Route 30). Turn right at end of exit onto Route 30. Travel east to the fifth stoplight (Schoolhouse Road), where you will turn left just past a high school. Travel north until the street ends at Francis Road. Turn Right. Travel 1.7 miles. Turn left BEFORE the stop sign and tracks onto 115th Street. The church is a few blocks down on your right.
After the wedding ceremony, feel free to join us at our home for hors d'oeuvres and drinks prior to the dinner reception. Jim and Karen Kabat, 1271 Edmonds Avenue, New Lenox, IL.
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From St. Mary's Church to the Kabats' House (about 5-7 minutes):
Out of church parking lot, turn left onto 115th Street. At the second stop sign turn right (Francis Road). Travel 3.2 miles. Once you go over railroad tracks and pass Parker Road, Edmonds is the third street--turn Left (right where the speed limit changes to 30 mph). Ours is the fourth house on the right.
From Kabats' House to Rialto Square Theatre (about 15-20 minutes):
At stop sign, turn left on Francis Road. Take this road to the end (2.5 miles), then turn left. Turn right at next stop light (Route 30). Travel 4.1 miles. Turn left on Ottawa Street. Immediately after first stop light, bear left to enter parking garage (no charge for evening hours). The entrance to the Rialto is on Chicago Street.
From Rialto Square Theatre To Hampton Inn:
Bear right when leaving the parking garage. Go straight after leaving the garage (there is no right turn). Turn right at first stoplight (Joliet Street). Turn left at second stop light (Cass Street/Route 30 West). Go over bridge and turn right at second stoplight (Center Street). Follow Route 30 signs to Mall Loop Drive.