Illinois Route 83 (IL 83) is a 91.73-mile-long (147.63 km) major north–south state highway in northeast Illinois. It stretches from U.S. Route 30 (US 30, Lincoln Highway) by Lynwood and Dyer, Indiana, north to the Wisconsin border by Antioch at Wisconsin Highway 83 (WIS 83).
 Illinois Route 83 | ||||
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 IL 83 highlighted in red | ||||
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| Maintained by IDOT | ||||
| Length | 91.73 mi[1] (147.63 km) | |||
| Existed | 1941[2]–present | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| South end |  US 30 in Lynwood | |||
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| North end |  WIS 83 in Antioch | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | United States | |||
| State | Illinois | |||
| Counties | Cook, DuPage, Lake | |||
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Route description
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IL 83 passes through Cook County, DuPage County, and Lake County. It begins as part of Glenwood–Dyer Road in Lynwood, and then follows Torrence Avenue though Lansing, 147th Street/Sibley Boulevard though Calumet City, Dolton, Harvey, Dixmoor, then north on Cicero, and then northwest on Cal Sag Road through Cook County. It then becomes known as the Kingery Highway through DuPage County, and then follows Busse Road, Oakton Street and Elmhurst Road in northern Cook County. In Lake County it is named McHenry Road in Buffalo Grove, Ivanhoe Road north of Mundelein, Barron Boulevard in Grayslake and Milwaukee Avenue in Lake Villa. IL 83 ranges from a width of two thru lanes at either terminus to six lanes through DuPage County. It is the main north–south arterial route falling between Interstate 355 (I-355) and I-294 for the central portion of its routing.
History
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SBI Route 83 was modern Illinois Route 17 from New Boston to Galva.[3] In 1941 it was changed to the Lynwood-to-Antioch routing, replacing Illinois Route 52 and IL 54.[4] In 1998, IL 83 was routed slightly north onto 127th Street, from Cal Sag Road.[2] The renumbering was part of a major reconstruction project of the IL 50 intersection with I-294 (Tri-State Tollway).
As part of sign replacement accompanying the renumbering, IL 83 was added to the northbound IL 50 exit from southbound I-294, as the new northbound IL 50 ramp leads directly to IL 83 first. However, IL 83 overlaps IL 50 southbound at the center of the interchange, so southbound IL 50 traffic also joins IL 83 at the end of the ramp. This is not reflected in the current signage on the tollway.
A $13.4 million construction project was completed in northern Lake County on a four-mile (6.4 km) section of IL 83 from Petite Lake Road to the Wisconsin state line. Changes included adding a center turn lane and intersection reconfigurations at Grass Lake Road, IL 173, and North Avenue. The project was completed in fall 2010.[5]
Major intersections
edit| County | Location | mi[6] | km | Destinations | Notes |
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| Cook | Lynwood | 0.0 | 0.0 |   US 30 / Lincoln Highway | Southern terminus of IL 83 |
| Lansing | 5.5 | 8.9 |         I-80 / I-94 / US 6 east (Kingery Expressway) to I-294 / IL 394 – Iowa, Indiana | Southern end of US 6 concurrency; I-80 exit 161 | |
| Calumet City | 7.1 | 11.4 |  US 6 west (162nd Street, River Oaks Drive) | Northern end of US 6 concurrency | |
| Dolton | 9.7 | 15.6 | I-94 (Bishop Ford Freeway) – Chicago, Indiana | I-94 exit 71 | |
| Harvey | 12.9 | 20.8 |  IL 1 (Halsted Street) | ||
| Posen | 14.9 | 24.0 |  I-57 – Chicago, Memphis | I-57 exit 350 | |
| 15.5 | 24.9 |   I-294 Toll north (Tri-State Tollway) – West Suburbs, Indiana | I-Pass only; no access to I-294 south or from I-294 north; I-294 exit 8 | ||
| Midlothian | 17.9 | 28.8 |   IL 50 south (Cicero Avenue) | Southern end of IL 50 concurrency | |
| Alsip | 20.5 | 33.0 |  IL 50 north (Cicero Avenue) to I-294 Toll | Northern end of IL 50 concurrency | |
| Palos Heights | 23.7 | 38.1 |  IL 43 (Harlem Avenue) | ||
| 24.7 | 39.8 |    IL 7 (Southwest Highway) / CR W32 south (80th Avenue) | |||
| Palos Township | 26.9 | 43.3 |  US 45 (La Grange Road, 96th Avenue) | Interchange | |
| Sag Bridge | 30.9 | 49.7 |  IL 171 south (Archer Avenue) | Southern end of IL 171 concurrency | |
| 31.7 | 51.0 | IL 171 north (Archer Avenue) | Northern end of IL 171 concurrency | ||
| DuPage | Willowbrook–Burr Ridge line | 34.8 | 56.0 |   I-55 / Historic US 66 – Chicago, Joliet | I-55 exit 274 |
| Clarendon Hills–Hinsdale line | 38.1 | 61.3 |  CR 35 (55th Street) | Interchange | |
| Hinsdale–Westmont– Clarendon Hills tripoint | 39.6 | 63.7 |  US 34 (Ogden Avenue / Walter Payton Memorial Highway) | Interchange | |
| Oak Brook | 41.2 | 66.3 |  CR 34 (31st Street / Oak Brook Road) | Interchange | |
| 42.1 | 67.8 |     I-88 Toll east / IL 110 (CKC) east (Ronald Reagan Memorial Tollway) – Chicago | Access to I-88/IL 110 west via 22nd Street; I-88 exit 137 | ||
| Oakbrook Terrace | 42.9 | 69.0 |  IL 56 (Butterfield Road) | Interchange | |
| Oakbrook Terrace–Elmhurst city line | 43.2 | 69.5 |  IL 38 (Roosevelt Road) | Interchange | |
| Elmhurst | 46.3 | 74.5 |  IL 64 (North Avenue) | ||
| Addison–Elmhurst village line | 47.6 | 76.6 |    US 20 (Lake Street) / CR 20 east (Grand Avenue) | Interchange | |
| 47.8 | 76.9 |  I-290 – Chicago, Rockford | I-290 exit 10 | ||
| Bensenville | 50.2 | 80.8 |  IL 19 (Irving Park Road) | ||
| 51.7 | 83.2 |  IL 390 Toll west (Elgin O'Hare Tollway) | I-Pass only; current eastern terminus of IL 390 | ||
| Cook | Elk Grove Village | 54.5 | 87.7 |  IL 72 west (Oakton Street, Higgins Road) | Western end of IL 72 concurrency |
| 54.5 | 87.7 | IL 72 east (Higgins Road) | Eastern end of IL 72 concurrency | ||
| Mount Prospect | 56.0 | 90.1 |  IL 62 west (Algonquin Road) | Eastern terminus of IL 62 | |
| 57.2 | 92.1 |  IL 58 (Golf Road) | |||
| 58.4 | 94.0 |  US 14 (Northwest Highway, Ronald Reagan Highway) | |||
| 59.7 | 96.1 |  US 12 (Rand Road) | |||
| Wheeling | 63.7 | 102.5 |  IL 68 (Dundee Road) | ||
| Lake | Long Grove | 67.7 | 109.0 |  IL 53 south | Northern terminus of IL 53 |
| 69.2 | 111.4 |  IL 22 (Half Day Road) | |||
| Mundelein | 71.9 | 115.7 | US 45 | ||
| 72.3 | 116.4 |  IL 60 east (Town Line Road) | Southern end of IL 60 concurrency | ||
| 75.7 | 121.8 |  IL 176 | |||
| 75.8 | 122.0 | IL 60 west | Northern end of IL 60 concurrency | ||
| Grayslake | 79.7 | 128.3 |  IL 137 east (Buckley Road) | Western terminus of IL 137 | |
| 80.0 | 128.7 |  IL 120 (Belvidere Road) | |||
| Lake Villa | 86.3 | 138.9 |  IL 132 (Grand Avenue) | ||
| Antioch | 90.4 | 145.5 |  IL 173 | ||
| 92.22 | 148.41 |  WIS 83 north | Wisconsin state line | ||
| 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi | |||||
References
edit- ^ Illinois Technology Transfer Center (2006). "T2 GIS Data". Retrieved November 8, 2007.
- ^ a b Carlson, Rick (March 15, 2005). "Routes 81 through 100". Illinois Highways Page. Retrieved March 29, 2006.
- ^ Illinois Secretary of State; Rand McNally (1939). Illinois Road Map (Map) (1939–1940 ed.). c. 1:918,720. Springfield: Illinois Secretary of State – via Illinois Digital Archives.
- ^ Illinois Secretary of State; Rand McNally (1942). Illinois Road Map (Map). c. 1:918,720. Springfield: Illinois Secretary of State – via Illinois Digital Archives.
- ^ "Illinois Route 83 Project FAQ". Illinois Department of Transportation. Retrieved October 23, 2009.
- ^ "Overview Map of IL 83" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved February 23, 2017.
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