U.S. Route 41 in Illinois

U.S. Route 41
US 41 highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by IDOT
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
Highway system
United States Numbered Highway System List Bannered Divided Replaced Illinois State Highway System Interstate U.S. State Tollways ← I-41 IL 41 →

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.

Major intersections

County	Location	mi[1][2]	km	Exit	Destinations	Notes
Cook	Chicago	0.00	0.00		US 12 east / US 20 east / US 41 south	Continuation into Indiana
		0.01	0.016		I-90 west (Chicago Skyway)	Interchange
		1.71	2.75		US 12 west / US 20 west (95th Street)	Northern end of US 12/US 20 overlap
		6.41	10.32		Jeffery Drive, Marquette Drive
		6.7	10.8		Hayes Drive (6300 South)
		7.6	12.2		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
		10.2	16.4		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
					Waldron Drive (1600 South)	At-grade intersection; northbound exit and entrance only
					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
					To I-90 / I-94 / Roosevelt Road (1200 South)
					Balbo Drive (700 South)
					Historic US 66 / Jackson Drive (300 South)	Eastern terminus of Historic US 66
		14.3	23.0		Monroe Drive (100 South)
		14.6	23.5		Randolph Street (150 North)
		14.6	23.5		To I-290 / Wacker Drive (300 North)	Northbound exit is via Randolph Street; southbound exit is via Grand Avenue
		15.1	24.3		Illinois Street (500 North), Grand Avenue (530 North)
					Ontario Street (620 North)	Southbound exit only
		15.5	24.9		Chicago Avenue (800 North)	At-grade intersection; no southbound exit[lower-alpha 1]
		15.7	25.3		Chestnut Street (860 North)	Southbound exit only
		16.1	25.9		Michigan Avenue/Oak Street (1000 North)	Southbound exit and northbound entrance
		16.8	27.0		IL 64 (LaSalle Drive, North Avenue (1600 North))	Eastern terminus of IL 64
		17.8	28.6		Fullerton Parkway (2400 North)
		18.9	30.4		Belmont Avenue (3200 North)
		19.5	31.4		Recreation Drive (3400 North)	Northbound exit only
		19.9	32.0		IL 19 (Irving Park Road (4000 North))	Eastern terminus of IL 19
		20.5	33.0		Montrose Avenue (4400 North)
		20.7	33.3		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				IL 50 (Skokie Boulevard)
					IL 58 (Dempster Street)
	Wilmette				I-94 east (Edens Expressway)	Southern end of I-94 overlap; interchange; southbound exit and northbound entrance
	Northfield			33	Willow Road – Winnetka	Westbound exit, eastbound entrance; signed as exits 33A (west) and 33B (east)
				31	Tower Road –Winnetka, Northfield	Westbound entrance, eastbound exit
	Northbrook			30	IL 68 west (Dundee Road) – Northbrook	Westbound exit and eastbound entrance; signed as exits 30A (west) and 30B (east)
					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	Interchange
Lake	Highland Park	38.4	61.8		Clavey Road, Skokie Valley Road	Interchange
		38.8	62.4		Chantilly Road	Northbound exit and entrance
		40.0	64.4		Central Avenue, Deerfield Road – Highland Park	Interchange
				Northern end of freeway
		41.5	66.8		IL 22 (Half Day Road)	Stoplight; separate ramps for traffic exiting onto IL-22
	Lake Forest	44.7	71.9		IL 60 (Kennedy Road)	Stoplight
		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)	Stoplight
	Waukegan	51.6	83.0		Northpoint Boulevard	Ramp; only accessible for southbound traffic
		52.0	83.7		Old Skokie Highway	Ramp; only accessible for northbound traffic
		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)	Stoplight; northern terminus of IL 21
	Wadsworth	59.0– 61.6	95.0– 99.1		IL 173 (Rosecrans Road)	Stoplight
		62.8	101.1		I-41 north / I-94 west – Milwaukee	Southern end of I-41 and I-94 concurrency; northbound exit and southbound entrance; continues toll-free[3]
				1A	Russell Road	Signed as exit 1 northbound
					I-41 north / I-94 west / US 41 north – Milwaukee	Continuation into Wisconsin
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Concurrency terminus       Incomplete access

See also

• Chicago portal
• Illinois portal
• U.S. Roads portal

Notes

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

References

1. Illinois Technology Transfer Center (2006). "T2 GIS Data". Retrieved 2007-11-08.
2. Google Maps estimate
3. 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

Route map: Bing / Google