U.S. Route 41 in Illinois

U.S. Route 41
	US 41 highlighted in red
Route information
	Maintained by IDOT and CDOT
Length	64.81 mi[1] (104.30 km)
Existed	November 11, 1926–present
Major junctions
South end	US 12 / US 20 / US 41 at Chicago
	I-90 / Chicago Skyway in Chicago; US 12 / US 20 in Chicago; I-55 in Chicago; US 14 in Chicago; I-94 in Northfield; ; I-94 in Northbrook; ; I-41 / I-94 near Zion;
North end	I-41 / I-94 / US 41 near Zion
Location
Counties	Cook, Lake
Highway system

U.S. Route 41 (US 41) in the U.S. state of Illinois runs north from the Indiana border beneath the Chicago Skyway on Indianapolis Boulevard to the Wisconsin border north of the northern terminus of the Tri-State Tollway with Interstate 94. It is the only north–south U.S. Route to travel through a significant portion of the city of Chicago, carrying Lake Shore Drive through the central portion of the city along the lakefront. US 41 in Illinois is 64.81 miles (104.30 km) in length.^[1]

Route description

US 41 southbound from the junction with the southern terminus of US 14 in Chicago

US 41 enters Illinois running concurrently with US 12 and US 20 on the far southeast side of Chicago. They run together until the junction of 95th Street and Ewing Avenue. US 41, then continues down Ewing Avenue for one-half mile (800 m) before heading northwest–southeast along the extension of Lake Shore Drive. Lake Shore Drive continues until US 41 meets South Shore Drive and 79th Street. This is the western terminus of the Lake Shore Drive extension and US 41 continues through the South Shore neighborhood's section of South Shore Drive before reaching the southern terminus of Lake Shore Drive.

The Lake Shore Drive section of US 41 is a six- to eight-lane highway along the shores of Lake Michigan through Chicago's lakefront park system. It is a limited-access highway except for five signalized intersections near downtown Chicago.

Just short of the northern terminus of Lake Shore Drive, US 41 exits at Foster Avenue. It follows Foster Avenue west for over two miles (3.2 km) and then heads northwest on Lincoln Avenue into neighboring Lincolnwood. Between Lake Shore Drive and Lincolnwood, US 41 intersects US 14 twice; once at its terminus at Foster Avenue and Broadway, and once again at the intersection of Peterson Avenue and Lincoln Avenue.

US 41 is named Skokie Boulevard through Skokie, then its name changes to Skokie Road north of Skokie. Traveling north, it joins I-94 (Edens Expressway) westbound just north of the Old Orchard Shopping Center; they split a few miles north when US 41 becomes the Skokie Highway. The highway serves as a major north–south arterial expressway for much of its routing through Chicago's northern suburbs, as well as an oft-used alternate for truckers avoiding the cost of tolls on the Tri-State Tollway. Before reaching the Wisconsin border, US 41 rejoins I-94 at the northern terminus of the Tri-State Tollway; these two roads continue, toll-free, north one mile (1.6 km) to the Wisconsin border.

History

A $64 million dollar 2-mile Lake Shore Drive extension project extended from 79th Street to 92nd Street/Ewing Avenue/Harbor Avenue as the project began in April 2012. It was made to reroute U.S. Route 41 east through the old U.S. Steel Corp site near Lake Michigan. Old U.S. Route 41 runs South Shore Drive, Baker Avenue, 85th Street, Burley Avenue, 87th Street, and Mackinaw Avenue to hit Harbor Avenue. Once a 2-mile LSD extension was complete, U.S. Route 41 would reroute eastward close to Lake Michigan as the extension was opened in October 27th, 2013^[2]

Major intersections

County	Location	mi^[1]^[3]	km	Exit	Destinations	Notes
Cook	Chicago	0.00	0.00		US 12 / US 20 east / US 41 south (Indianapolis Boulevard)	Continuation into Indiana
		0.01	0.016		I-90 west (Chicago Skyway) / Toll Bridge	Tolled; signed as "To I-90 west"; access to I-90 east is in Indiana; I-90 exit 107
		1.71	2.75		US 12 / US 20 west (95th Street)	Northern end of US 12/US 20 overlap
		6.41	10.32		Jeffery Drive, Marquette Drive
		6.8	10.9		Hayes Drive (6300 South)
		7.7	12.4		57th Drive	Southern end of freeway
		8.2	13.2	—	53rd Street	Southbound exit only
		8.6	13.8	—	Hyde Park Boulevard (5100 South)	Southbound exit only
		9.1	14.6	—	47th Street
		10.3	16.6	—	Oakwood Boulevard (3940 South)
		11.3	18.2	—	31st Street
		12.0	19.3	—	I-55 south (Stevenson Expressway) – St. Louis	Northern terminus of I-55
		12.7	20.4	—	18th Drive – Museum Campus	Northern end of freeway
		12.9	20.8		Waldron Drive (1600 South)	At-grade intersection; northbound exit and entrance only
		13.2	21.2		To I-290 / Columbus Drive (300 East)	Northbound exit and southbound entrance only
		13.2	21.2		McFetridge Drive (1326 South)	Northbound exit and entrance only
		13.4	21.6		To I-90 / I-94 / Roosevelt Road (1200 South)
		13.8	22.2		Balbo Drive (700 South)
		14.2	22.9		Historic US 66 / Jackson Drive (300 South)	Eastern terminus of Historic US 66
		14.4	23.2		Monroe Drive (100 South)
		14.6	23.5	—	Randolph Street (150 North)
		14.7	23.7	—	To I-290 / Wacker Drive (300 North)	Northbound exit is via Randolph Street; southbound exit is via Grand Avenue
		15.2	24.5	—	Illinois Street (500 North), Grand Avenue (530 North)
		15.3	24.6	—	Ontario Street (620 North)	Southbound exit only
		15.6	25.1		Chicago Avenue (800 North)	At-grade intersection; no southbound exit^{[lower-alpha 1]}
		15.7	25.3	—	Chestnut Street (860 North)	Southbound exit only
		16.2	26.1	—	Michigan Avenue/Oak Street (1000 North)	Southbound exit and northbound entrance
		16.9	27.2	—	IL 64 (LaSalle Drive, North Avenue (1600 North))	Eastern terminus of IL 64
		17.8	28.6	—	Fullerton Parkway (2400 North)
		19.0	30.6	—	Belmont Avenue (3200 North)
		19.5	31.4	—	Recreation Drive (3400 North)	Northbound exit only
		20.0	32.2	—	IL 19 (Irving Park Road (4000 North))	Eastern terminus of IL 19
		20.5	33.0	—	Montrose Avenue (4400 North)
		20.8	33.5	—	Wilson Avenue (4600 North)
		21.0	33.8	—	Lawrence Avenue (4800 North)
		21.51	34.62	—	Lake Shore Drive north	Interchange; northern end of Lake Shore Drive overlap; northbound exit and southbound entrance
		22.01	35.42		US 14 west (Broadway Street)
		25.01	40.25		US 14 (Peterson Avenue)
	Skokie	27.9	44.9		IL 50 south (Skokie Boulevard)
	Skokie	29.5	47.5		IL 58 west (Dempster Street)
	Wilmette	32.9	52.9		I-94 east (Edens Expressway)	Southern end of I-94 overlap; interchange; southbound exit and northbound entrance
	Northfield	34.0	54.7	33	Willow Road – Winnetka	Exit numbers follow I-94; westbound exit and eastbound entrance; signed as exits 33A (west) and 33B (east)
	Northfield	35.1	56.5	31	Tower Road –Winnetka, Northfield	Westbound entrance and eastbound exit
	Northbrook	36.7	59.1	30	IL 68 west (Dundee Road) – Northbrook	Westbound exit and eastbound entrance; signed as exits 30A (west) and 30B (east)
	Northbrook	37.3	60.0		I-94 west (Edens Spur) – Wisconsin	Northern end of I-94 overlap; interchange; northbound exit and southbound entrance
Cook–Lake county line	Northbrook–Highland Park city line	37.8	60.8	—	Lake Cook Road
Lake	Highland Park	38.4	61.8	—	Clavey Road, Skokie Valley Road
		38.8	62.4		Chantilly Road	Northbound exit and entrance
		40.0	64.4	—	Central Avenue, Deerfield Road – Highland Park
				Northern end of freeway
		41.5	66.8		IL 22 (Half Day Road)	Separate jughandle ramps for traffic exiting onto IL 22
	Lake Forest	44.7	71.9		IL 60 (Kennedy Road)
	Lake Forest	45.2	72.7	—	Deerpath Road
	Lake Bluff	47.5	76.4		IL 176 (Rockland Road)	Southbound traffic exits via Washington Avenue/Shagbark Road; northbound traffic exits via Skokie Valley Road
	North Chicago	49.6	79.8		IL 137 (Buckley Road)
	Waukegan	51.6	83.0	—	Northpoint Boulevard	Southbound exit and entrance only
		52.0	83.7	—	Old Skokie Highway	Northbound exit and entrance only
		52.4	84.3	—	IL 120 (Belvidere Road)	Interchange
		52.7	84.8	—	IL 43 south (Waukegan Road)	Northbound traffic from IL-43 merges onto northbound U.S. Route 41; southbound traffic from U.S. 41 to IL-43 South and IL-120 West use the same ramp
	Gurnee	53.2	85.6	—	Washington Street	Interchange; northbound ramp also goes to Old Skokie Highway
		54.0	86.9	—	IL 132 (Grand Avenue)	Northbound ramp also goes to Grandville Avenue
		56.1	90.3		IL 21 (Riverside Drive)	Northern terminus of IL 21
	Wadsworth	59.0– 61.6	95.0– 99.1		IL 173 (Rosecrans Road)
		62.8	101.1		I-41 begin / I-94 east (Tri-State Tollway south) – Chicago, Indiana	Tolled; southern end of I-41/I-94 concurrency; southern terminus of I-41; south end of freeway; southbound exit and northbound entrance; exit 1B on I-94; toll-free northbound^[4]
		63.3	101.9	1	CR A1 (Russell Road)	Signed as exit 1A southbound
		64.81	104.30		I-41 / US 41 north / I-94 west – Milwaukee	Continuation into Wisconsin
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi Concurrency terminus Incomplete access Tolled

Notes

↑ This intersection is closed to traffic entering & exiting the drive from either direction from 6:45am–9:30am Monday through Friday (traffic light on the drive remains solid green and cones block the turning lanes and exit point; the Chestnut Street southbound exit is unaffected)

References

1 2 3 Illinois Technology Transfer Center (2006). "T2 GIS Data". Retrieved 2007-11-08.
↑ https://www.nbcchicago.com/traffic/transit/South-Lake-Shore-Drive-Extension-Approaches-Opening-Day-227669071.html
↑ Google (March 16, 2017). "Overview Map of US 41" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved March 16, 2017.
↑ GIS/Mapping Division, Lake County Department of Information Technology. "Lake County: Village of Wadsworth" (PDF). Retrieved 26 March 2012.

Google. "from Park Avenue West to the I-94 intersection near the Wisconsin border" (Map). Google Maps. Google.

External links

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U.S. Route 41
Previous state: Indiana	Illinois	Next state: Wisconsin

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[4] This intersection is closed to traffic entering & exiting the drive from either direction from 6:45am–9:30am Monday through Friday (traffic light on the drive remains solid green and cones block the turning lanes and exit point; the Chestnut Street southbound exit is unaffected)

[t2-1] 1 2 3 Illinois Technology Transfer Center (2006). "T2 GIS Data". Retrieved 2007-11-08.

[2] ttps://www.nbcchicago.com/traffic/transit/South-Lake-Shore-Drive-Extension-Approaches-Opening-Day-227669071.html

[Google_Maps-3] Google (March 16, 2017). "Overview Map of US 41" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved March 16, 2017.

[5] GIS/Mapping Division, Lake County Department of Information Technology. "Lake County: Village of Wadsworth" (PDF). Retrieved 26 March 2012.