Illinois Route 7

Illinois Route 7
Illinois Route 7
	IL 7 highlighted in red
Route information
	Maintained by IDOT
Length	28.06 mi (45.16 km)
Existed	November 5, 1918–present
Major junctions
South end	US 6 in Rockdale
	I-80 in Joliet; US 52 in Joliet; US 30 in Joliet; ; I-355 Toll in Lockport; US 6 in Orland Park; US 45 in Orland Park
North end	IL 43 in Worth
Location
Counties	Will, Cook
Highway system
	Illinois State Highway System; Interstate; US; State; Tollways;

Illinois Route 7 (IL 7) is a northeast–southwest state road in northeastern Illinois. Currently, Illinois 7 runs from U.S. Route 6 at Rockdale north through Joliet, and Crest Hill into Lockport, and then east to Orland Park before terminating at Illinois Route 43 in Worth. Illinois 7 runs for about 28.06 miles (45.16 km).^[2]

Route description[]

Southbound view along Illinois 7 at Interstate 80

IL 7 follows large portions of the Southwest Highway, one of the original routes from Chicago to Joliet.

Illinois 7 runs along many major streets and overlaps several other routes. It joins with Illinois Route 53 in Crest Hill, US 30 (Plainfield Road in Crest Hill and with US 6 at 159th Street between Lockport and Orland Park. Between Rockdale and Worth, IL 7 runs via old U.S. Route 66, 159th Street, 143rd Street, Wolf Road, Southwest Highway, and Larkin Avenue, among many others.

History[]

SBI Route 7 originally ran from East Moline to Chicago, mostly on current U.S. 6 and Illinois 7. When U.S. 6 was designated, Illinois 7 was dropped west of what is now Orland Park. In 1967, it was dropped in the city limits of Chicago (terminating in Oak Lawn, and also extended to Illinois Route 53 in Lockport. Two years later, it was extended to Rockdale. In 1970, the eastern end was cut back to its current terminus.^[1]

Major intersections[]

County	Location	mi^[2]^[4]	km	Destinations	Notes
Will	Rockdale	0.0	0.0	US 6	Southern terminus
	Joliet	1.0	1.6	I-80 – Moline, Rock Island, Gary	I-80 Exit 130
		1.8	2.9	US 52 (Jefferson Street)
		4.0	6.4	US 30 / Lincoln Highway (Plainfield Road)
	Crest Hill	5.7	9.2	IL 53 south (Broadway Street) / Historic US 66 west – Joliet	Southwest end of IL 53/Historic US 66 overlap
	Romeoville	8.7	14.0	IL 53 north (Independence Boulevard) / Historic US 66 east	Northeast end of IL 53/Historic US 66 overlap
	Lockport	9.7	15.6	IL 171 (State Street)
	Lockport	12.4	20.0	I-355 Toll (Veterans Memorial Tollway) – Southwest Suburbs, West Suburbs	I-355 Exit 4
Cook	Orland Park	18.6	29.9	US 6 (Wolf Road, 159th Street)
	Orland Park	22.7	36.5	US 45 (La Grange Road, 96th Avenue)	Access via 135th and 143th Streets
	Palos Park	25.3	40.7	123rd Street, McCarthy Road	Interchange
	Palos Park	26.2	42.2	IL 83 (College Drive) / south (80th Avenue)
	Worth	28.2	45.4	IL 43 (Harlem Avenue)	Northern terminus
	Worth			Southwest Highway	Continuation beyond IL 43
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi Concurrency terminus

External links[]

Route map:

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Illinois Highway Ends: Illinois Route 7

References[]

^ ^a ^b Carlson, Rick. Illinois State Highways Page: Routes 1 thru 20. Last updated March 15, 2006. Retrieved March 24, 2006.
^ ^a ^b ^c Illinois Technology Transfer Center (2007). "T2 GIS Data". Retrieved November 8, 2007.
^ Burmaster, Bill. Roads of the Mid-South and West - Illinois State Route 7. Retrieved March 24, 2006.
^ Google Maps estimate

[n9jig-1] Carlson, Rick. Illinois State Highways Page: Routes 1 thru 20. Last updated March 15, 2006. Retrieved March 24, 2006.

[t2-2] Illinois Technology Transfer Center (2007). "T2 GIS Data". Retrieved November 8, 2007.

[burmaster-3] Burmaster, Bill. Roads of the Mid-South and West - Illinois State Route 7. Retrieved March 24, 2006.

[google_maps-4] Google Maps estimate

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