Illinois Route 83

Illinois Route 83
Route information
Maintained by IDOT
Length:	92.22 mi[1] (148.41 km)
Existed:	1941[2] – present
Major junctions
South end:	US 30 in Lynwood
	in Lansing I-94 in Dolton I-57 in Posen I-294 in Posen in Alsip I-55 in Darien I-88 / IL 110 (CKC) in Oakbrook Terrace I-290 in Addison
North end:	WIS 83 in Antioch
Location
Counties:	Cook, DuPage, Lake
Highway system
Illinois State Highway System Interstate U.S. State Tollways ← IL 82 IL 84 →

Illinois Route 83 (IL 83) is a major north–south state road 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 Highway 83. This is a distance of about 92 miles (148 km).

Route description

Illinois Route 83 bridge over the Ship and Sanitary Canal

Illinois 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 Blvd 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 Blvd. in Grayslake and Milwaukee Avenue in Lake Villa. Illinois 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 Interstates 355 and 294 for the central portion of its routing.

History

SBI Route 83 was modern Illinois Route 17 from New Boston to Galva. In 1941 it was changed to the Lynwood-to-Antioch routing, replacing Illinois Route 52 and Illinois Route 54. In 1998, Illinois 83 was routed slightly north onto 127th Street, from Cal Sag Road.^[2] The renumbering was part of a major reconstruction project of the Illinois Route 50 intersection with Interstate 294 (Tri-State Tollway).

As part of sign replacement accompanying the renumbering, Illinois 83 was added to the northbound Illinois 50 exit from southbound I-294, as the new northbound Illinois 50 ramp leads directly to Illinois 83 first. However, Illinois 83 overlaps Illinois 50 southbound at the center of the interchange, so southbound Illinois 50 traffic also joins Illinois 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 by improving a 4-mile section of Illinois 83 from Petite Lake Road to the Wisconsin state line. Improvements included adding a center turn lane and intersection modernizations at Grass Lake Road, Illinois Route 173, and North Avenue. The project was completed in fall 2010.^[3]

Major intersections

County	Location	mi	km	Destinations	Notes
Cook	Lynwood			US 30 / Lincoln Highway	Southern terminus of IL 83
	Lansing			I-80 / I-94 / US 6 east – Chicago, Indiana	Southern end of US 6 concurrency
	Calumet City			US 6 west	Northern end of US 6 concurrency
	Dolton			I-94 (Bishop Ford Freeway) – Chicago, Indiana
	Harvey			IL 1
	Posen			I-57 (Dan Ryan Expressway) – Chicago, Memphis
				I-294 north (Tri-State Tollway) – Wisconsin	Interchange opened October 25, 2014
	Midlothian			IL 50 south	Southern end of IL 50 concurrency
	Alsip			IL 50 north to I-294	Northern end of IL 50 concurrency
	Palos Heights			IL 43
				IL 7
	Palos Hills			US 45
	Lemont			IL 171 south	Southern end of IL 171 concurrency
				IL 171 north	Northern end of IL 171 concurrency
Dupage	Darien			I-55 – Chicago, St. Louis
	Hinsdale			US 34
	Oakbrook Terrace			I-88 / IL 110 (CKC) – Chicago, Aurora
				IL 56
	Elmhurst			IL 38
				IL 64
	Addison			US 20
				I-290 – Chicago, Rockford
	Bensenville			IL 19
Cook	Elk Grove Village			IL 72 west	Western end of IL 72 concurrency
				IL 72 east	Eastern end of IL 72 concurrency
				IL 62 west	Eastern terminus of IL 62
	Mount Prospect			IL 58
				US 14
				US 12
	Wheeling			IL 68
Lake	Long Grove			IL 53 south	Northern terminus of IL 53
				IL 22
	Mundelein			US 45
				IL 60 east	Southern end of IL 60
				IL 176
				IL 60 west	Northern end of IL 60 concurrency
	Grayslake			IL 137 east	Western terminus of IL 137
				IL 120
	Lake Villa			IL 132
	Antioch			IL 173
				WIS 83 north	Wisconsin state line
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Concurrency terminus

External links

Route map: Bing / Google

• Illinois Highway Ends: Illinois Route 83

References

1. Illinois Technology Transfer Center (2006). "T2 GIS Data". Retrieved 2007-11-08.
2. Carlson, Rick. Illinois Highways Page: Routes 81 through 100. Last updated March 15, 2005. Retrieved March 29, 2006.
3. "Illinois Route 83 Project FAQ". Illinois Department of Transportation. Retrieved 2009-10-23.