Illinois Route 7

Infobox Illinois state route
article_route = 7
prev_route = 6
next_route = 8
length_mi = 28.06
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_b = North|direction_a=SouthBurmaster, Bill. [http://www.angelfire.com/rnb/bill3/il7.html Roads of the Mid-South and West - Illinois State Route 7] . Retrieved March 24, 2006.]
established = 1918Carlson, Rick. [http://www.n9jig.com/1-20.html Illinois State Highways Page: Routes 1 thru 20] . Last updated March 15, 2006. Retrieved March 24, 2006.]
starting_terminus =
ending_terminus =
cities = Joliet, Lockport, Orland Park
counties = Will, Cook

Illinois Route 7 is a north-south state road in northeastern Illinois.Presently, Illinois 7 runs from U.S. Route 6 at Rockdale north through Joliet, into Lockport, and then east to Orland Park before terminating at Illinois Route 43 in Worth. Illinois 7 runs for about convert|28.06|mi|km|2.

Route description

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Will
17.55
28.24
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Cook
10.51
16.91
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Total
28.06
45.16

Illinois 7 follows large portions of the Southwest Highway, one of the original routes from Chicago to Joliet.

Illinois 7 runs along many major streets and overlaps several other routes. It joins with Illinois Route 53 north of Joliet, and with U.S. 6 at 159th Street between Lockport and Orland Park. Between Rockdale and Worth, Illinois 7 runs along old "U.S. Route 66", 159th Street, 143rd Street, Wolf Road, Southwest Highway, and Larkin Avenue, among many others.

History

SBI Route 7 originally ran from East Moline to Chicago, mostly on current U.S. 6 and Illinois 7. When U.S. 6 was designated, Illinois 7 was dropped west of what is now Orland Park. In 1967, it was dropped in the city limits of Chicago (terminating in Oak Lawn, and also extended to U.S. Route 52 in Romeoville. Two years later, it was extended to Rockdale. In 1970, the eastern end was cut back to its current terminus.

External links

* [http://illi-indi.com/il_EndsPage.php?id=1007&section=1 Illinois Highway Ends: Illinois Route 7]

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