Illinois Route 43 | ||||
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Route information | ||||
Maintained by IDOT | ||||
Length: | 60.30 mi[2] (97.04 km) | |||
Existed: | 1967[1] – present | |||
Major junctions | ||||
South end: | US 30 in Frankfort | |||
North end: | US 41 / IL 120 in Waukegan | |||
Location | ||||
Counties: | Will, Cook, Lake | |||
Highway system | ||||
Illinois state highway system
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Illinois Route 43 is a major north–south state road in the U.S. state of Illinois. It runs from U.S. Route 30 in Frankfort north to the large intersection of Illinois Route 120 (Belvidere Road) and U.S. Route 41 (Skokie Highway) in Waukegan.
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Illinois 43 is called Waukegan Road for the first 20 miles (32 km) until its intersection with Oakton Street in Niles; it then follows that road west one block until it turns back south and remains Harlem Avenue for the duration. It enters, exits, and runs parallel to Chicago limits several times, passing through or parallel to Edison Park, Norwood Park, Dunning, Montclare, and Austin on the Northwest Side then Garfield Ridge and Clearing on the Southwest Side. Its listed as 7200 West in the Chicago address system. It is one of seven state roads that travel through the city of Chicago.
Illinois Route 42A originally ran on Waukegan Road and Harlem Avenue along modern-day Illinois 43. It was extended north to Highland Park in 1937 before being dropped for Illinois 43 in 1967.[1]
The original Illinois 43 is a current section of Illinois Route 4 from Marine to Murphysboro.
In Deerfield, Route 43 is designated a Blue Star Memorial Highway.[3]
County | Location | Mile | Destinations | Notes |
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Will–Cook |
Frankfort | US 30 / Lincoln Highway | Harlem Avenue continues south | |
Tinley Park | I-80 – Joliet, Gary | |||
Cook |
Orland Park – Tinley Park | US 6 (159th Street) | ||
Palos Heights | IL 83 (119th Street) | |||
Worth | IL 7 (Southwest Highway) | |||
Bridgeview | US 12 / US 20 (95th Street) | |||
Forest View | I-55 (Stevenson Expressway) | |||
Lyons | Historic US 66 west (Joliet Road) | Southern end of Historic US 66 concurrency | ||
Riverside | US 34 west / Historic US 66 east (Ogden Avenue) | Northern end of Historic US 66 concurrency | ||
Forest Park | I-290 (Eisenhower Expressway) | |||
River Forest | IL 64 (North Avenue) | |||
Chicago | IL 19 (Irving Park Road) | |||
IL 72 west (Higgins Avenue) | ||||
I-90 (Kennedy Expressway) | ||||
Niles | IL 21 north (Milwaukee Avenue) | |||
Morton Grove | US 14 east (Caldwell Avenue) | Southern end of US 14 concurrency | ||
US 14 west (Dempster Street) | Northern end of US 14 concurrency | |||
Golf | IL 59 west (Golf Road) | |||
Northbrook | IL 68 (Dundee Road) | |||
I-94 west (Edens Spur) | ||||
Lake |
Bannockburn | IL 22 (Half Day Road) | ||
Lake Forest | IL 60 (Kennedy Road) | |||
Knollwood | IL 176 (Rockland Road) | |||
North Chicago | IL 137 (Buckley Road) | |||
Park City | IL 120 west (Belvidere Road) – Grayslake | Southbound exit and northbound entrance | ||
US 41 north (Skokie Highway) | Northbound exit and southbound entrance | |||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi Concurrency terminus • Closed/Former • Incomplete access • Unopened |