ROCKFORD, Ill. (WTVO) – Most Rockford residents have heard the story of how the I-90 Tollway, now called the Jane Addams Memorial Tollway, was to be routed through downtown Rockford. But is it true?

State and local officials gathered in Rockford Friday morning to celebrate the near completion of a nearly $100 million road project involve two of the city's main thoroughfares — Interstate 39 and ...