Illinois Route 43

Illinois Route 43
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
Illinois Tollway system

IL 41 US 45

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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Route description

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.

History

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]

Major intersections

County Location Mile Destinations Notes
WillCook
Frankfort US 30 / Lincoln Highway Harlem Avenue continues south
Tinley Park I-80 – Joliet, Gary
Cook
Orland ParkTinley 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

External links

References

  1. ^ a b Carlson, Rick. Illinois Highways Page: Routes 41 thru 60. Last updated March 15, 2006. Retrieved March 28, 2006.
  2. ^ Illinois Technology Transfer Center (2006). "T2 GIS Data". http://www.dot.state.il.us/gist2/select.html. Retrieved 2007-11-08. 
  3. ^ Blue Star Memorial Highway plaque located at intersection of Waukegan Road and Hazel Avenue