Illinois Route 132

Illinois Route 132
Route information
Maintained by IDOT
Length: 13.57 mi (21.84 km)
Existed: 1950[1] – present
Major junctions
From: IL 59 near Lake Villa
To: IL 131 in Waukegan
Location
Counties: Lake
Highway system

Illinois state highway system
Illinois Tollway system

← IL 131 IL 133 →

Illinois Route 132 is an arterial state road that connects Illinois Route 59 near Lake Villa, with Illinois Route 131 in Waukegan. It is known as Grand Avenue for its entire length, and Grand Avenue extends west beyond Lindenhurst to near U.S. Route 12, 12 miles (19 km) west. Though Illinois 132 is one of the busiest state highways in Illinois, it is only 13.57 miles (21.84 km) long (21.83 km).[2]

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Route description

Illinois 132 serves the town of Gurnee. Grand Avenue is the main road to both the Gurnee Mills Shopping Center and Six Flags Great America. At this point Illinois 132 is a divided, six lane road—its length wavers between 2 and 6 lanes around Gurnee.

Because Route 132 is a well-traveled road in suburban Chicago, it is also a major suburban Chicago shopping and industry corridor, especially on the Grand Avenue section of the route. A variety of car dealers, retail stores, full-service restaurants, mid-range hotels, etc. are located on this roadway.

History

SBI Route 132 was initially what is now Illinois Route 121 from Decatur to Mattoon in central Illinois; in 1937, Illinois 121 replaced Illinois 131 and Illinois 132. In 1950 it was reassigned to the whole stretch of Grand Avenue; in 1967 it was dropped east of Illinois 131 and west of Illinois Route 59.[1]

Major intersections

The entire route is in Lake County.

Location Mile[3] Junction Notes
Lake Villa 0.0 IL 59
2.6 IL 83
Gurnee 7.0 US 45
9.9 I-94 (Tri-State Tollway) Cloverleaf interchange
11.2 IL 21 (Riverside Drive)
Waukegan 12.7 US 41 (Skokie Highway)
13.57 IL 131 (Green Bay Road)

References

  1. ^ a b Carlson, Rick. Illinois State Highways Page: Routes 121 thru 140. Last updated April 15, 2005. Retrieved March 30, 2006.
  2. ^ Illinois Technology Transfer Center. T2 GIS Data. Retrieved April 7, 2006. As documented in Wikipedia:WikiProject U.S. Roads/Lengths/Illinois.
  3. ^ Google, Inc. Google Maps – overview map of State Highway 132 Distances Between Interchanges (Map). Cartography by Google, Inc. http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&saddr=W+Grand+Ave%2FIllinois+Route+132%2FSR-132&daddr=E+Grand+Ave%2FIllinois+Route+132%2FSR-132+to:W+Grand+Ave%2FSR-132+to:W+Grand+Ave%2FSR-132+to:Grand+Ave%2FSR-132+to:Grand+Ave%2FIllinois+Route+132%2FSR-132+to:42.370427,-87.881538&hl=en&geocode=FYs1hwIdw1a_-g%3BFXg1hwIdiBzA-g%3BFZbChgId3inB-g%3BFYauhgIdRAfC-g%3BFTmQhgId8mHC-g%3BFZaGhgIdpM_C-g%3B&mra=mi&mrcr=5&mrsp=6&sz=19&sll=42.370468,-87.881361&sspn=0.000531,0.001116&ie=UTF8&ll=42.370566,-87.881532&spn=0.001062,0.002232&t=h&z=18. Retrieved 2009-01-11.