U.S. Route 14 in Illinois

U.S. Route 14
U.S. Route 14
Ronald Reagan Highway
	US 14 highlighted in red
Route information
	Maintained by IDOT and CDOT
Length	69.55 mi (111.93 km)
Existed	1933–present
Major junctions
West end	US 14 in Harvard
	IL 53 in Palatine; US 12 / US 45 in Des Plaines; ; I-294 Toll 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 Highway System; List; Special; Divided; Illinois State Highway System; Interstate; US; State; Tollways;

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, Illinois, to the north side of Chicago at US 41.

Route description[]

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

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 Route 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. 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 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.^[3]

History[]

Before 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 towards 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[]

County	Location	mi	km	Destinations	Notes
McHenry	Chemung Township	0.00	0.00	US 14 west – Walworth	Wisconsin state line
	Harvard	2.6	4.2	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	(McGuire Road, Airport Road)
		6.9	11.1	IL 23 south – Marengo	Northern terminus of IL 23
	Woodstock	11.5	18.5	east (Deep Cut Road)	Western terminus of CR A28
		12.4	20.0	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)
	Crystal Lake	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
	Morton Grove	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 Concurrency terminus Incomplete access

References[]

^ ^a ^b Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation & Library. "Things Named in Honor of Ronald Reagan". Retrieved October 23, 2007.
^ Carlson, Rick (March 15, 2005). "Illinois Highways Page: Routes 1-20". Retrieved May 27, 2006.
^ ^a ^b Illinois Technology Transfer Center (2007). "T2 GIS Data". Retrieved November 8, 2007.
^ 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.

External links[]

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[reagan_foundation-1] Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation & Library. "Things Named in Honor of Ronald Reagan". Retrieved October 23, 2007.

[n9jig-2] Carlson, Rick (March 15, 2005). "Illinois Highways Page: Routes 1-20". Retrieved May 27, 2006.

[t2-3] Illinois Technology Transfer Center (2007). "T2 GIS Data". Retrieved November 8, 2007.

[4] 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.

[5] 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.

[6] 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.

[7] Illinois Division of Highways (1953). Illinois Official Highway Map (Map). [1:805,000]. Springfield: Illinois Division of Highways – via Illinois Digital Archives.

[8] Illinois Department of Transportation (1977). Illinois Highway Map (Map). [1:772,500]. Springfield: Illinois Department of Transportation – via Illinois Digital Archives.

[9] 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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