Illinois Route 22

infobox Illinois state route
article_route = 22
length_mi = 19.70
length_round = 2
length_ref = cite web |author=Illinois Technology Transfer Center |url=http://www.dot.state.il.us/gist2/select.html |title=T2 GIS Data |accessdate=2007-11-08 |date=2007]
direction = East-west
starting_terminus =
ending_terminus =
established = 1935Carlson, Rick. [http://www.n9jig.com/21-40.html Illinois State Highways: Routes 21 thru 40] . Last updated March 15, 2006. Retrieved March 22, 2006.]
counties = McHenry, Lake
cities = Lake Zurich
prev_route = 21
next_route = 23

Illinois Route 22 is an east-west state road that connects U.S. Route 14 (Northwest Highway) near Fox River Grove with U.S. Route 41 (Skokie Highway) in Highland Park. This is a distance of convert|19.70|mi|km|2.

Route description

Illinois 22 is actually named Half Day Road east of Illinois Route 83, while not officially named west of that point. on Half Day road, Michael Jordan's home is located, with a big "23" at the front gate. The name is derived from the unincorporated settlement of Half Day (which was annexed by the village of Vernon Hills after a lengthy legal battle with neighboring Lincolnshire). According to local stories, the settlement was named so because a horse and carriage traveling south on Milwaukee Avenue (Illinois Route 21) would require a half day to reach downtown Chicago. In reality, the town’s name was Halfda in honor of a friendly chief, whose name in Aptakisic meant “sun at its meridian” or half of the day. An early cartographer spelled it Half Day, and so it remained. [cite web |url=http://www.village.lincolnshire.il.us/community/history.php |date=2006 |accessdate=2006-10-20 |title=Village History |author=Village of Lincolnshire] It is about 30 miles (48 km) to downtown Chicago via Milwaukee Avenue.

On October 20, 2006, Illinois 22 in Lake Zurich was rerouted from Main Street onto a newly constructed bypass south of downtown Lake Zurich. [cite news |publisher=Daily Herald |date=2006-10-20 |accessdate=2006-10-20 |author=Krishnamurthy, Madhu |title=Route 22 bypass in Lake Zurich opens at last — or at least in part]

History

SBI Route 22 was a loop around the Chicago area, using parts of U.S. 41, modern Illinois 22, U.S. Route 14, Illinois Route 31, and U.S. Route 30. By 1935 this had largely been changed to its current route, extending east of current U.S. 41. In 1937, U.S. 41 was moved to its current route, truncating Illinois 22 to its current length in the process.

External links

* [http://illi-indi.com/il_EndsPage.php?id=1022&section=1 Illinois Highway Ends: Illinois Route 22]
* [http://www.downtownlakezurich.org/route-22.html Downtown Lake Zurich - Route 22 Bypass Construction] — includes map

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