Honor Jane Byrne on her 90th birthday by taking the train Naming a congested highway interchange after Chicago’s first female mayor is a dubious tribute.

"What the Jane Byrne interchange does - is it brings all of Chicago together - from the south, from the west, from the north and it makes us one Chicago," Byrne told an assembled crowd.

Jane M. Byrne, beloved wife of the late Jay McMullen and the late Lt. William P. Byrne. Loving mother of Kathy Byrne. Special grandmother of Willy. Dear sister of Edward J. (Julie) Burke, Carol Sex… ...

Jane Byrne receiving a $50,000 check for charity from Dan Aykroyd (left) and John Belushi, whose “Blues Brothers” filming marked a return to moviemaking to Chicago during Byrne’s first and ...

The Jane Byrne Interchange that connects three Chicago expressways and then some is almost finished. CBS 2 has been tracking the slow progress for years.

Jane Byrne greets crowds outside Marshall Field's at the corner of State Street and Washington Boulevard on April 2, 1979. It was the last day of campaigning. (Carl Hugare/Chicago Tribune) ...

According to officials, more than 400,000 motorists travel through the Jane Byrne Interchange, which connects three expressways: the Dan Ryan Expressway (I-90/94) to the south, the Kennedy ...

Kathy Byrne, attorney and only child of former Mayor Jane Byrne, dies at 66 Ms. Byrne, who died Thursday, was with the law firm Cooney & Conway for more than 35 years, specializing in asbestos cases.