The area east of the Dan Ryan Expressway (Interstate 57) and south of 142nd Street is in Illinois' 2nd congressional district, as are the area between 141st and 142nd Streets east of Wood Street and the area northeast of the Ashland Avenue-Thornton Road intersection; the rest of the village is in the 1st district.
It was rated as an EF2 tornado and was also responsible for knocking down two transmission towers on Interstate 57 near Monee.
The West Leg extension of the Dan Ryan Expressway, more commonly known as Interstate 57, cut through the southern half of the community, dividing the area and displacing several long-time residents.
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Running parallel to the Indiana border, it is also the longest state road, starting on the south side of Chicago as Halsted Street at an interchange with Interstate 57 (I–57), south to a free ferry crossing to Kentucky at Cave-in-Rock on the Ohio River.
Peotone High School or PHS, is a four-year high school located approximately 1 mile east of Interstate 57 near the intersection of Corning Ave and Rathje Rd in Peotone, Illinois, a village located 43 miles (69 km) south of Chicago, Illinois and 16 miles (25 km) north of Kankakee, Illinois, in the United States.
Preliminary work of buying homes and clearing the right of way began for the construction of Interstate 57 from Chicago to Cairo.