Illinois Route 56

Illinois Route 56
	Butterfield Road; Lincolnway Street; Bill Hewitt Memorial Highway
Route information
	Maintained by IDOT and ISTHA
Length	32.52 mi[1] (52.34 km)
Existed	1924[2] – present
Major junctions
West end	US 30 / IL 47 in Sugar Grove
	; I-88 / IL 110 (CKC) in Aurora; ; I-88 / IL 31 / IL 110 (CKC) in Aurora; ; I-355 in Downers Grove
East end	US 12 / US 20 / US 45 in Bellwood
Location
Counties	Kane, DuPage, Cook
Highway system

Illinois Route 56 (IL 56) is an east–west state road in northern and northeastern Illinois. It runs from the interchange of Illinois Route 47 at U.S. Route 30 (US 30) in Sugar Grove east to US 12/US 20/US 45 (Mannheim Road) by Bellwood. This is a distance of 32.52 miles (52.34 km).^[1]

Route description

A section of Route 56 in Warrenville facing west toward the intersection with Route 59

Illinois 56 parallels Interstate 88 (Ronald Reagan Memorial Tollway) for its entire length and merges with it at Illinois Route 31, making it the only state road to be marked as a toll road—only Illinois Route 190 and Illinois Route 5 have ever had this distinction. Travelling eastbound, it begins at US 30 in Sugar Grove just west of Orchard Road and then runs with the I-88 tollway until intersecting Illinois Route 31. The route travels north with IL 31 briefly, then crosses over the Fox River. From there, the route heads in a northeasterly direction, paralleling I-88 to the north. The route ends at US 12/US 20/US 45.

Route 56 is called Butterfield Road for its entire length east of Illinois Route 25 until it meets its end as Washington Boulevard in Bellwood. It serves the Chicago suburbs of Aurora, Downers Grove, Elmhurst, Oak Brook, Wheaton, and other communities, as well as the College of DuPage, Oakbrook Center shopping mall, and farther out, the Fermilab in Batavia. Butterfield Road is a major arterial road within the Illinois Technology and Research Corridor.

History

SBI Route 56 was the current Illinois 56 from Oak Brook to Bellwood on Butterfield Road.^[2] On April 2, 1965, the Illinois State Division of Highways announced that the IL 56 designation over IL 55, which was duplicated by the designation of Interstate 55.^[3] In 1972, the eastern end was truncated to its current location. The western end of Illinois 56 is part of the old alignment of the old east–west Tollway.^[2]

Major intersections

County	Location	mi^[4]	km	Destinations	Notes
Kane	Sugar Grove	0.0	0.0	US 30 west – Hinckley US 30 east / IL 47 – Elburn, Sugar Grove	Western terminus
		1.5	2.4	Galena Boulevard
		3.9	6.3	I-88 / IL 110 (CKC) west – DeKalb, Iowa	West end of I-88 overlap; No access from IL 56 eastbound to I-88 westbound; Exit 113 westbound
	Aurora–North Aurora city line	4.7	7.6	CR 83 (Orchard Road) – Aurora, Batavia, North Aurora	Toll on eastbound exit westbound entrance; Exit 114 in both directions; was Exit 115
	North Aurora	7.4	11.9	I-88 east / IL 31 south / IL 110 (CKC) east – Aurora, Chicago	East end of I-88 & IL 110 overlap; West end of IL 31 overlap; Exit 117 in both directions
		8.3	13.4	IL 31 north (Lincolnway Street) / Lincoln Highway	East end of IL 31 & Lincoln Highway overlap
		8.6	13.8	IL 25 (River Street)
	Aurora	10.9	17.5	CR 77 north (Kirk Road) / Farnsworth Avenue
DuPage	Aurora	13.4	21.6	CR 14 south (Eola Road)	Northern terminus of CR 14
	Warrenville	14.8	23.8	IL 59
	Warrenville	16.8	27.0	CR 13 (Winfield Road)
	Wheaton	17.9	28.8	CR 51 south (Herrick Road) / Wiesbrook Road	Northern terminus of CR 51
	Wheaton	20.1	32.3	CR 23 (Naperville Road)
	Glen Ellyn	22.0	35.4	CR 5 (Park Boulevard)
	Glen Ellyn	22.7	36.5	IL 53 (Bryant Avenue)
	Downers Grove	24.0	38.6	I-355 (Veteran's Memorial Tollway) – Joliet, Northwest Suburbs
		24.2	38.9	CR 2 south (Finley Road)	Northern terminus of CR 2
		25.0	40.2	CR 9 south (Highland Avenue)	Northern terminus of CR 9
	Oak Brook	26.1	42.0	CR 25 (Meyers Road)
	Oak Brook–Oakbrook Terrace city line	27.3	43.9	CR 15 (Midwest Road/Summit Avenue)
	Oak Brook–Oakbrook Terrace city line	28.1	45.2	IL 83 (Kingery Highway)	Westbound access is via IL 38, No access to IL 83 from eastbound IL 56
	Oakbrook Terrace	28.4	45.7	IL 38 (Roosevelt Road) to I-294 north (Tri-State Tollway)	No access to IL 38 eastbound from eastbound IL 56, no access to westbound IL 38 from westbound IL 56
	Elmhurst	29.7	47.8	York Street
Cook	Hillside	31.4	50.5	CR W22 (Wolf Road)
Cook	Bellwood	32.52	52.34	US 12 / US 20 / US 45 (Mannheim Road, Grant Highway)	Eastern terminus
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi Concurrency terminus Incomplete access

References

1 2 Illinois Technology Transfer Center (2006). "T2 GIS Data". Retrieved 2007-11-08.
1 2 3 Carlson, Rick. Illinois State Highways Page: Routes 41 through 60. Last updated April 15, 2005. Retrieved March 31, 2006.
↑ "Change State Route 55 Designation to Route 56". The Chicago Tribune. April 3, 1965. p. S2.
↑ Google (February 19, 2017). "Overview Map of IL 56" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved February 19, 2017.

External links

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Illinois Highway Ends: Illinois Route 56

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[t2-1] 1 2 Illinois Technology Transfer Center (2006). "T2 GIS Data". Retrieved 2007-11-08.

[n9jig-2] 1 2 3 Carlson, Rick. Illinois State Highways Page: Routes 41 through 60. Last updated April 15, 2005. Retrieved March 31, 2006.

[IL56extended-3] "Change State Route 55 Designation to Route 56". The Chicago Tribune. April 3, 1965. p. S2.

[Google_Maps-4] Google (February 19, 2017). "Overview Map of IL 56" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved February 19, 2017.