U.S. Route 14 (US 14) in the state of Illinois is a major arterial that runs southeast from the Wisconsin state line north of Harvard to the north side of Chicago at US 41.
 U.S. Route 14 | ||||
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| Ronald Reagan Highway[1] | ||||
 US 14 highlighted in red | ||||
| Route information | ||||
| Maintained by IDOT and CDOT | ||||
| Length | 69.55 mi[2] (111.93 km) | |||
| Existed | 1933[3]–present | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| West end |  US 14 in Harvard | |||
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| East end |  US 41 in Chicago | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | United States | |||
| State | Illinois | |||
| Counties | McHenry, Lake, Cook | |||
| Highway system | ||||
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Route description
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US 14 begins in Chicago as Broadway on the city's north side. It runs north as Broadway and turns northwest onto Ridge Boulevard. One half block after crossing Clark Street, US 14 turns west onto Peterson Avenue. At Cicero Avenue, Peterson Avenue becomes Caldwell Avenue and travels in a northwest/northern direction entering Niles. US 14 joins Illinois Route 43 (IL 43; Waukegan Road) for a short time before turning west onto Dempster Street. US 14 travels west briefly touching Park Ridge and enters Des Plaines.
Where US 14 crosses Interstate 294 (I-294) is an unusual intersection where all four street names change. From the south is Northwest Highway coming out of Park Ridge and Chicago; from the north is Rand Road. US 14 continues straight west but no longer as Dempster Street, but now as Miner Street. Miner Street begins a northwesterly direction into downtown Des Plaines crossing two intersections of US 45 and US 12. The name Miner Street changes to Northwest Highway after going under a wooden railroad underpass on a large S-curve. US 14 continues for most of the rest of its length northwest to Wisconsin designated as Northwest Highway.
Though the name is not used among locals, the entire portion of US 14 in Illinois is given the honorary name Ronald Reagan Highway, which was named for President Ronald Reagan and is not to be confused with the Ronald Reagan Memorial Tollway.[1] US 14 in Illinois is 69.55 miles (111.93 km) in length.[2]
History
editBefore the late 1930s, US 14 followed present-day IL 31 south of Crystal Lake, IL 72 east of West Dundee, Nagle Avenue, and Addison Street before terminating at Lake Shore Drive (US 41).[4] In the late 1930s, the designation was rerouted to follow most of its current designation which directly connected to Park Ridge and Niles via Busse Highway and Center Street (now Touhy Avenue) before reaching Caldwell Avenue.[5]
Between 1952 and 1978, US 14 continued toward Foster Avenue to Lake Shore Drive, where it then turned south. It left Lake Shore Drive for Michigan Avenue and then intersected at Jackson Boulevard (part of US 66 before 1974[6]) where it terminated.[7][8] Since 1978, US 14 now ends at Foster Avenue (US 41) in Uptown.[9]
Major intersections
edit| County | Location | mi | km | Destinations | Notes |
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| McHenry | Chemung Township | 0.00 | 0.00 |  US 14 west – Walworth | Wisconsin state line |
| Harvard | 2.6 | 4.2 |   CR A15 east (Oak Grove Road) | Western terminus of CR A15 | |
| 5.2 | 8.4 |   IL 173 east (Diggins Street) | Northern end of IL 173 concurrency | ||
| 5.7 | 9.2 | IL 173 west (Brink Street) | Southern end of IL 173 concurrency | ||
| 6.2 | 10.0 |  CR A22 (McGuire Road, Airport Road) | |||
| 6.9 | 11.1 |   IL 23 south – Marengo | Northern terminus of IL 23 | ||
| Woodstock | 11.5 | 18.5 |  CR A28 east (Deep Cut Road) | Western terminus of CR A28 | |
| 12.4 | 20.0 |   CR A29 west (Dunham Road) | Eastern terminus of CR A29 | ||
| 14.9 | 24.0 |  IL 120 east (Washington Street) | Western terminus of IL 120 | ||
| 19.6 | 31.5 |  IL 47 (Eastwood Drive) | |||
| Crystal Lake | 25.4 | 40.9 |  IL 176 (Terra Cotta Avenue) | ||
| 29.3 | 47.2 |  IL 31 – Algonquin, Elgin, McHenry | Interchange | ||
| Fox River Grove | 34.1 | 54.9 |  IL 22 east | Western terminus of IL 22 | |
| Lake | Barrington | 38.5 | 62.0 |  IL 59 (Hough Street, Barrington Road) | |
| Cook | Palatine Township | 41.7 | 67.1 |  IL 68 (Dundee Road) – Dundee, Wheeling | Interchange |
| Palatine | 46.6 | 75.0 |  IL 53 | Interchange | |
| Mt. Prospect | 51.6 | 83.0 |  IL 83 (South Main Street) | ||
| Des Plaines | 52.9 | 85.1 |  IL 58 (Golf Road, Wolf Road) | Access via State Street | |
| 54.5 | 87.7 |   US 12 / US 45 (Mannheim Road, Lee Street, Graceland Avenue) | |||
| 55.6 | 89.5 |    I-294 Toll south (Tri-State Tollway) – Indiana | No access to I-294 north or from I-294 south; I-294 exit 44 | ||
| Niles | 57.7 | 92.9 |  IL 21 (Milwaukee Avenue) | Interchange | |
| Morton Grove | 59.1 | 95.1 |   IL 43 north (Waukegan Road) / IL 58 (Dempster Street) | Northern end of IL 43 concurrency | |
| 59.5 | 95.8 | IL 43 south (Waukegan Road) | Southern end of IL 43 concurrency | ||
| Chicago | 63.8 | 102.7 |  I-94 (Edens Expressway) – Downtown Chicago, Milwaukee | No eastbound exit to I-94 west; no westbound entrance from I-94 east; I-94 exits 41A-B | |
| 63.9 | 102.8 |  IL 50 (Cicero Avenue) | |||
| 66.0 | 106.2 | US 41 (Lincoln Avenue) | |||
| 68.5 | 110.2 | Hollywood Avenue to Lake Shore Drive | |||
| 69.2 | 111.4 | US 41 (Foster Avenue) | Eastern terminus of US 14 | ||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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References
edit- ^ a b Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation & Library. "Things Named in Honor of Ronald Reagan". Retrieved October 23, 2007.
- ^ a b Illinois Technology Transfer Center (2007). "T2 GIS Data". Retrieved November 8, 2007.
- ^ Carlson, Rick (March 15, 2005). "Illinois Highways Page: Routes 1-20". Retrieved May 27, 2006.
- ^ Illinois Secretary of State; Rand McNally (1936). Road Map Illinois (Map). [c. 1:950,000 and c. 1:1,110,000]. Springfield: Illinois Secretary of State – via Illinois Digital Archives.
- ^ 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.
- ^ U.S. Route Numbering Subcommittee (June 25, 1974). "U.S. Route Numbering Subcommittee Agenda" (Report). Washington, DC: American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials. p. 7. Retrieved October 28, 2020 – via Wikisource.
- ^ Illinois Division of Highways (1953). Illinois Official Highway Map (Map). [1:805,000]. Springfield: Illinois Division of Highways – via Illinois Digital Archives.
- ^ Illinois Department of Transportation (1977). Illinois Highway Map (Map). [1:772,500]. Springfield: Illinois Department of Transportation – via Illinois Digital Archives.
- ^ Special Committee on U.S. Route Numbering (June 29, 1978). "Route Numbering Committee Agenda Showing Action Taken by the Executive Committee" (PDF) (Report). Washington, DC: American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials. p. 1. Retrieved October 28, 2020 – via Wikimedia Commons.
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