Well, I-80's free
and lets you off at the southernmost end of the Chicagoland Area. I-57 is a free shot into Chicago from the south; I-294 is that evil toll-road, and I-94 north is a) one of the ugliest roads know to man, and b) still requires some time on I-294.
Depending on his target, I don't see how that costs him another 1-1.5 hrs...
jb4
shrub\ufffdbish (Am., from shrub + rubbish, after the derisive name for America's 43 president; 2003) n. 1. a form of nonsensical political doubletalk wherein the speaker attempts to defend the indefensible by lying, obfuscation, or otherwise misstating that facts; GIBBERISH. 2. any of a collection of utterances from America's putative 43rd president. cf. BULLSHIT