U.S. Route 14 in Illinois

U.S. Route 14
Northwest Highway Ronald Reagan Highway[1]
Route information
Maintained by IDOT
Length:	69.55 mi[2] (111.93 km)
Existed:	1933[3] – present
Major junctions
West end:	US 14 in Harvard
	US 12 / US 45 in Des Plaines I-294 in Des Plaines I-94 in Chicago US 41 in Chicago
East end:	US 41 in Chicago
Location
Counties:	McHenry, Lake, Cook
Highway system
United States Numbered Highways List Bannered Divided Replaced Illinois State Highway System Interstate U.S. State Tollways ← IL 13 IL 14 →

In the U.S. state of Illinois, U.S. Route 14 is a major arterial that runs southeast from the Wisconsin state line north of Harvard, Illinois to the north side of Chicago at U.S. Route 41.

Route description

First signage on US 14 westbound after its terminus at US 41 in Chicago

U.S. 14 begins in Chicago as Broadway Street on the city's north side. It runs north as Broadway Street and turns northwest onto Ridge Avenue. One half block after crossing Clark Street, U.S. Route 14 turns west onto Peterson Avenue. At Cicero Avenue, Peterson Avenue becomes Caldwell Avenue and travels in a northwest/northern direction entering Niles. U.S. Route 14 joins Illinois Route 43 (Waukegan Road) for a short time before turning west onto Dempster Street. U.S. 14 travels west briefly touching Park Ridge and enters Des Plaines.

Where U.S. Highway 14 crosses Interstate 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. U.S. Highway 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 U.S. Routes 45 and 12. The name Miner Street changes to Northwest Highway after going under a wooden railroad underpass on a large S-curve. U.S. Route 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 U.S. 14 in Illinois is given the honorary name Ronald Reagan Highway, which is not to be confused with the Ronald Reagan Memorial Tollway.^[1] U.S. 14 in Illinois is 69.55 miles (111.93 km) in length.^[2]

History

At one point, U.S. Route 14 continued down Foster Avenue to Lake Shore Drive, where it then turned south. It left Lake Shore Drive for Michigan Avenue and intersected U.S. Route 66. It then terminated at what was U.S. Route 20 before it was diverted.

Major intersections

County	Location	mi	km	Destinations	Notes
McHenry	Chemung Township	0.00	0.00	US 14 west – Walworth	Wisconsin state line
	Harvard			IL 173 east	Northern end of IL 173 concurrency
				IL 173 west	Southern end of IL 173 concurrency
				IL 23 south	Northern terminus of IL 23
	Woodstock			IL 120 east	Western terminus of IL 120
				IL 47
	Crystal Lake			IL 176
				IL 31 – Algonquin, Elgin, McHenry	Interchange
	Fox River Grove			IL 22 east	Western terminus of IL 22
Lake	Barrington			IL 59 (Hough Street)
Cook	Palatine Township			IL 68 (Dundee Road) – Dundee, Wheeling	Interchange
	Palatine			IL 53
	Mt. Prospect			IL 83 (South Main Street)
	Des Plaines			IL 58 (Wolf Road)
				US 12 / US 45 (Graceland Avenue, Lee Street)
				I-294 south (Tri-State Tollway)
	Niles			IL 21 (Milwaukee Avenue)
	Morton Grove			IL 43 north (Waukegan Road) / IL 58 (Dempster Street)	Northern end of IL 43 concurrency
				IL 43 south (Waukegan Road)	Southern end of IL 43 concurrency
	Chicago			I-94 (Edens Expressway)	No access from US 14 east to I-94 west
				IL 50 (Cicero Avenue)
				US 41 (Lincoln Avenue)
				Hollywood Avenue to Lake Shore Drive
				US 41 (Foster Avenue)	Eastern terminus of US 14
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Concurrency terminus       Incomplete access

References

Route map: Bing / Google

1. Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation & Library. "Things Named in Honor of Ronald Reagan". Retrieved 2007-10-23.
2. Illinois Technology Transfer Center (2007). "T2 GIS Data". Retrieved 2007-11-08.
3. Carlson, Rick (2005-03-15). "Illinois Highways Page: Routes 1-20". Retrieved 2006-05-27.