Illinois Route 173

Infobox road
state = IL
route = 173
length_mi = 66.20
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=2006]
direction_a = West
direction_b = East
terminus_b =
terminus_a =
counties = Lake, McHenry, Boone, Winnebago
cities = Zion, Antioch, Richmond, Harvard, Poplar Grove
established = 1924cite web |url=http://www.n9jig.com/161-180.html |author=Carlson, Rich |date=2005-04-15 |accessdate=2006-08-15 |title=Illinois Highways Page: Routes 161 thru 180]
previous_type = IL
previous_route = 172
next_type = IL
next_route = 176

Illinois Route 173 is an east-west state road that runs from Illinois Route 251 in Machesney Park east to Illinois Route 137 (Sheridan Road) in Zion near the Illinois-Wisconsin border. This is a distance of convert|66.20|mi|km|2. On Interstate 94 (Tri-State Tollway) traveling south from Wisconsin, it is the second road seen which has an interchange at that location.

Route description

Illinois 173 travels across relatively hilly northern Illinois from the Rockford area to Zion. This area is more densely populated than other portions of rural Illinois. Illinois 173 is known as Rosecrans Road for a portion of the road.

In July 2007, a new interchange was constructed at Illinois 173 and Interstates 39/90 (Jane Addams Memorial Tollway).

History

SBI Route 173 originally ran from Machesney Park to Zion, and remains so to this day. From 1972 to 1994 it also assumed a portion of what is now Illinois Route 137 north to the Wisconsin border.

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