Illinois Route 59

Infobox Illinois state route
article_route = 59
prev_route = 58
next_route = 60
next_type = US
length_mi = 71.13
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_b = North
direction_a=South
established = 1924Carlson, Rick. [http://www.n9jig.com/41-60.html Illinois State Highways Page: Routes 41 through 60] . Last updated March 15, 2006. Retrieved March 23, 2006.]
starting_terminus =
ending_terminus =
cities = Plainfield, Aurora/Naperville, West Chicago, Barrington, Wauconda, Fox Lake
counties = Will, DuPage, Kane, Cook, Lake

Illinois Route 59 is a north-south state highway in northeastern Illinois. It runs south from Illinois Route 83 in Antioch to Interstate Highway 55 in Shorewood, spanning the north-south width of Chicago's western suburbs. This is a distance of convert|71.13|mi|km|2.

Route description

Illinois 59 is a major four-lane arterial for most of its length, running parallel to and about five miles east of the Fox River in Illinois. It is especially crowded in the suburbs of Naperville, West Chicago, Plainfield and Joliet. Most of Illinois 59 in that area is zoned commercially for about 5 miles (8 kilometers). Illinois 59 is the only numbered highway with a Metra station named after it on the BNSF line; this name differentiates the station from the main Naperville station further east on the line. [Metra. [http://www.metrarail.com Metra Home Page] . Retrieved May 2, 2006.]

Illinois 59 is called Sutton Road in the vicinity of U.S. Route 20 (Lake Street) and Illinois Route 19 (Irving Park Road). Route 59 is called Neltnor Road in the vicinity of Illinois Route 64 (North Avenue).

Between Interstate 90 (the Northwest Tollway) and West Chicago, Illinois 59 runs through Hoffman Estates, Streamwood and Bartlett.

Illinois 59 overlaps U.S. Route 12 (Rand Road) between Wauconda and Fox Lake.

History

SBI Route 59 ran from Joliet to Antioch on the current Illinois 59. Illinois 59 was replaced by "U.S. Route 66" as U.S. 66 made its way onto a new highway in 1940; by 1957, Illinois 59 had been returned to its original state.

Major junctions

External links

* [http://illi-indi.com/il_EndsPage.php?id=1059&section=1 Illinois Highway Ends: Illinois Route 59]

References