Golden Corridor

The Golden Corridor is the area around the Jane Addams Memorial Tollway (Interstate 90), formerly known as the Northwest Tollway, in the Chicago metropolitan area.

[1] Its name refers to the "gold" mine of economic profit for communities in the area.

Several Fortune 500 company headquarters, office parks, industrial parks, exhibition and entertainment centers, medical facilities, hotels, shopping centers, and restaurants are in the Golden Corridor.

They include: A variety of higher educational institutions are in the Golden Corridor, ranging from branch locations to community colleges to four-year colleges.

Major facilities include: Within five miles (8 km) of the Northwest Tollway are a variety of major hospitals, including: Nearly every national hotel and restaurant chain can be found along the corridor, as well as numerous independently owned and local chains.