Kingery Highway

Infobox road
highway_name = Kingery Highway
alternate_name =
marker_

length = 26 miles (42 km)
direction = North-south
starting_terminus =
ending_terminus = Cook/DuPage county line in Elk Grove Village
cities = Willowbrook, Oak Brook, Villa Park, Wood Dale
established =
system = Illinois State Highway SystemThe Kingery Highway is the name for Illinois Route 83 in parts of Cook and DuPage Counties in the northeast portion of the U.S. state of Illinois. It runs from Illinois Route 171 (Archer Avenue) near Lemont to the Cook/DuPage county line in Elk Grove Village. The Kingery Highway is about 26 miles (42 km) long.

Route description

The Kingery Highway is a four lane surface road from Illinois 171 (Archer Avenue) at its southern terminus to 63rd Street. It traverses over the Chicago Ship and Sanitary Canal and the Des Plaines River immediately north of Illinois 171, and intersects Interstate 55 at a full cloverleaf interchange.

The Kingery Highway then becomes limited-access freeway running from 63rd Street around Willowbrook to 22nd Street in Oakbrook Terrace. This is a distance of about 5 miles (8 km).

North of that point the Kingery Highway designation stays on Illinois 83 as a 6-lane divided highway until reaching Devon Avenue in Elk Grove Village. At the Cook/DuPage county line, Kingery Highway becomes Busse Road. Devon Avenue also marks the northern boundary of DuPage County where it meets Cook County.

The Kingery Highway is different from the Kingery Expressway, the name for Interstate 80/94 and U.S. Route 6 in southern Cook County. Both highways are named after Robert Kingery, a former director of the Illinois Department of Public Works and Buildings. [cite web | url = http://www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org/pages/300009.html | title = The Plan of Chicago: Heritage - Encyclopedia of Chicago |accessdate = 2007-12-20]

Cities of service

Northbound Kingery Highway in Elmhurst.Kingery Highway serves several large cities in DuPage County. From south to north:

* Willowbrook
* Clarendon Hills
* Oak Brook
* Oakbrook Terrace
* Villa Park
* Elmhurst
* Bensenville
* Wood Dale
* Elk Grove Village

Exit list

See Illinois Route 83 for exits located on the Kingery Highway.

References