U.S. Route 45 in Illinois

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This article is about the section of U.S. Route 45 in Illinois. For the entire route, see U.S. Route 45.

U.S. Route 45 marker

U.S. Route 45
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US 45 highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by IDOT
Length: 428.99 mi[1] (690.39 km)
Major junctions
South end: US 45 near Brookport
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North end: US 45 near Antioch
Location
Counties: Massac, Johnson, Williamson, Saline, Gallatin, White, Wayne, Clay, Effingham, Shelby, Cumberland, Coles, Douglas, Champaign, Ford, Iroquois, Kankakee, Will, Cook, Lake
Highway system
Illinois State Highway System
← IL 43 IL 47 →
← IL 45 IL 46 IL 47 →
← US 51 IL 51 US 52 →

U.S. Route 45 (US 45) in the state of Illinois is a major north–south U.S. Highway that runs from the Brookport Bridge over the Ohio River at Brookport north through rural sections of eastern Illinois and then through the suburbs of Chicago to the Wisconsin state line east of Antioch. This is a distance of 428.99 miles (690.39 km).[1] US 45 is the longest numbered route in Illinois.

Route description

File:US 45 in Gallatin County.jpg
US 45 north of IL 141

Champaign/Urbana

US 45 serves as the western boundary of the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign campus. Entering downtown Champaign as Neil Street, US 45 then goes east on Springfield Avenue, running concurrently with US 150. Farther east of downtown Champaign, it again serves as a boundary for the campus. Following Wright Street, US 45 then moves east on University Avenue, forming the northern border of the University. This path continues to Cunningham Avenue in Urbana. US 45 then turns onto Cunningham Avenue northward towards Chicago.

Kankakee to Hickory Hills

US 45 overlaps US 52 at an intersection with Illinois 49 east of Ashkum. US 45/52 intersects with Illinois Route 17 in Kankakee and Illinois Route 102 in Bourbonnais. Just west of Peotone, US 52 takes a westward course, and US 45 heads north. From this point on until its intersection with Cermak Road/22nd Street in Westchester, US 45 is also known as La Grange Road.

In Frankfort, US 45 intersects with US 30. From that point on until its interchange with Archer Avenue/Illinois Route 171, US 45/La Grange Road is also known as 96th Avenue (9600 W in Chicago's street grid, 96 blocks and 12 miles (19 km) west of State Street). During this stretch it intersects with Interstate 80 and US 6/159th Street in Orland Park. It also intersects Illinois Route 83 (Calumet Sag Road) for the first time in Palos Hills, just south of the Cal-Sag Channel.

Starting at 95th Street near Hickory Hills, US 45 becomes concurrent US 12 and US 20. Two miles further north, at Archer, the road loses its 96th Avenue designation; this is due to the road entering suburbs that do not use Chicago's address system, and that most of its alignment north of Archer would be at 10000 W anyway, if the address system extended to these suburbs.

Hickory Hills to O'Hare International Airport

The concurrent US 12/20/45, past 87th Street, briefly becomes a 4-lane freeway as it intersects with Illinois Route 171 (Archer Avenue) in Justice and Interstate 55 (the Stevenson Expressway) in Hodgkins (along with Interstate 294, which only has a southbound interchange ramp). North of Interstate 55, US 12/20/45 becomes a regular 4-lane highway before it intersects with the former US 66 at Joliet Road in Countryside.

In Downtown La Grange, US 12/20/45 intersects the Burlington Northern/Santa Fe railroad tracks and intersects with US 34 (Ogden Avenue), possibly the only intersection of 4 separate US routes in Illinois.

Following the intersection with US 34, US 12/20/45 passes through La Grange Park (as La Grange Road), moving in a slight northwesterly direction. After passing over Salt Creek, US 12/20/45 intersects with Cermak Road/22nd Street in Westchester and is known as Mannheim Road north of this intersection. Mannheim Road, as US 12/20/45 serves as the Eastern starting point for Illinois Route 38 (Roosevelt Road) in Hillside, has a full interchange with Interstate 290, also in Hillside, and serves as the Eastern starting point for Illinois Route 56 (briefly Washington Boulevard in Bellwood, before becoming Butterfield Road).

After passing over a Union Pacific rail yard, US 45 becomes concurrent with only US 12 in Melrose Park as US 20 breaks off at Lake Street there. US 12 and US 45 remain concurrent on Mannheim Road, passing Interstate 294 again without an interchange, but, after passing Illinois Route 19 (Irving Park Road), has a full interchange with Interstate 190, which leads directly to O'Hare International Airport or Interstate 90 East (into Chicago). This area between IL19 and IL72 once ran straight though but was realigned to the east in 1960 for the construction of O'Hare's 4R/22L runway.

O'Hare International Airport to Antioch

Near the Northeast portion of O'Hare airport, US 12/45 intersects with Illinois Route 72 in Rosemont, IL, and continues along Mannheim Road into Des Plaines. Mannheim Road ends and feeds into Lee Street at the end of an S-curve. The northbound and southbound routes are split in downtown Des Plaines between Lee Street (West 12/North 45) and Graceland Avenue (East 12/South 45). During this time, US 12/45 intersects with US 14 (Miner Street) at two separate points, due to the separation of their directions.

Just north of US 14, US 12/45 are reunited in both directions on Lee Street, only to be separated as US 12 diverges onto Rand Road and US 45 becomes Des Plaines River Road in a complicated intersection on the north side of Des Plaines, just south of Illinois Route 58.

US 45 continues along Des Plaines River Road, intersecting with Illinois 58 in Des Plaines, and eventually becomes concurrent with Illinois Route 21, Milwaukee Avenue, in Prospect Heights, until Lincolnshire (just north of Illinois Route 22) where US 45 takes a northwest route.

US 45 also intersects with Illinois Route 83 just south of Mundelein (where they exchange routes, as IL 83 goes northwest, and US 45 continues north), Illinois Route 60 in Mundelein, Illinois Route 137 in Libertyville, Illinois Route 120 in Grayslake, and Illinois Route 173 just south of the Wisconsin border.

History

Initially, US 45 ran from Metropolis to Des Plaines, Illinois with some portions under construction.[2] In 1929, a ferry that once crossed the Ohio River closed in favor of opening Brookport Bridge.[3] By 1930, most of the sections were finished and then opened to traffic.[4] The original alignment followed (from south–north) what used to be part of IL 1, IL 140, IL 25, IL 44, IL 51, and IL 46 before terminating at US 12.[5] These state routes were eventually either truncated or removed as of 1935.[6] That same year, US 45 was extended north from Des Plaines, Illinois to Michigan.[7][8] In 1936, a new bridge crossing the Des Plaines River, Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal, and the Illinois and Michigan Canal opened. As a result, US 45 moved off from another bridge carrying Willow Springs Road.[8] In 1940, US 45 was rerouted to branch off west from Half Day instead of branching off north of Libertyville.[9]

In 1954, a portion of US 45 south of Kankakee moved eastward, resulting in the extension of IL 115.[10] In 1962, another portion of US 45 east of O'Hare Field moved slightly eastward.[11] In 1969, a portion of Interstate 57 east of Kankakee was extended south to US 54 west of Onarga. As a result, US 45 moved away from Clifton and Chebanse.[12]

In October 2019, the 4-lane Millburn Bypass opened in order to reduce congestion in and near Millburn.[13]

Major intersections

All exits are unnumbered.

County Location mi[14] km Destinations Notes
Ohio River 0.0 0.0 US 45 south – Paducah Continuation into Kentucky
Brookport Bridge
Massac Metropolis 5.1 8.2 IL 145 north – Harrisburg
5.5 8.9 I-24 – Paducah, Interstate 57 I-24 exit 37
​ 21.4 34.4 IL 169 west (Karnak Road) – Karnak
Johnson Vienna 30.5 49.1 IL 146 (Vine Street) – Anna
​ 32.8 52.8 I-24 – Interstate 57, Paducah I-24 exit 14
​ 45.2 72.7 IL 166 north – Creal Springs
Williamson
 No major junctions
Saline Harrisburg 62.0 99.8 IL 145 south / IL 34 south – Rosiclare, Metropolis Southern end of IL 34 concurrency
63.2 101.7 IL 13 / IL 34 west – Marion, Shawneetown Northern end of IL 34 concurrency
Eldorado 70.2 113.0 IL 142 (State Street) – McLeansboro, Equality
Gallatin–White
county line		 ​ 79.1 127.3 IL 141 east – Omaha
White Norris City 83.3 134.1 IL 1 – Carmi, Omaha
​ 91.6 147.4 IL 14 – McLeansboro, Carmi
Wayne Mill Shoals 104.7 168.5 I-64 – Evansville, Mount Vernon I-64 exit 110
Fairfield 112.7 181.4 IL 15 east (Main Street) – Albion Southern end of IL 15 concurrency
115.2 185.4 IL 15 west – Mount Vernon Northern end of IL 15 concurrency
Clay ​ 137.5 221.3 US 50 east – Olney Southern end of US 50 concurrency
​ 141.3 227.4 US 50 west – Salem Northern end of US 50 concurrency
Effingham ​ 165.9 267.0 IL 37 south – Watson
Effingham 172.5 277.6 US 40 west / IL 33 (Fayette Avenue west) Southern end of US 40 concurrency
172.8 278.1 US 40 east / IL 33 (Fayette Avenue east) Northern end of US 40 concurrency
174.6 281.0 I-57 / I-70 – Champaign, Terre Haute, Mount Vernon, East St. Louis I-57 exit 162
Shelby
 No major junctions
Cumberland ​ 188.9 304.0 I-57 – Effingham, Champaign I-57 exit 177
​ 192.5 309.8 IL 121 south – Toledo Southern end of IL 121 concurrency
Coles Mattoon 197.1 317.2 I-57 – Champaign, Effingham I-57 exit 184
201.0 323.5 IL 16 east – Charleston Southern end of IL 16 concurrency; serves Sarah Bush Lincoln Health Center
201.0 323.5 IL 16 west – Shelbyville, Driver Services Facility Northern end of IL 16 concurrency
201.6 324.4 IL 121 north (DeWitt Avenue west) Northern end of IL 121 concurrency
​ CR 18 (Mattoon-Charleston Enterprise Parkway) to I-57 Interchange via connector road
Douglas Arcola 215.5 346.8 IL 133 (Springfield Road) – Lovington, Paris
Tuscola 223.2 359.2 US 36 (Southline Road) – Decatur, Indianapolis
Champaign Pesotum 231.4 372.4 I-57 – Effingham, Champaign I-57 exit 220
Champaign 245.9 395.7 US 150 west (Springfield Avenue) Southern end of US 150 concurrency
Urbana 248.2 399.4 US 150 east (University Avenue) Northern end of US 150 concurrency
249.6 401.7 I-74 – Danville, Bloomington I-74 exit 184
Rantoul 262.2 422.0 US 136 (Champaign Avenue)
Ford Paxton 273.1 439.5 IL 9 west (Patton Street) Southern end of IL 9 concurrency
273.4 440.0 IL 9 east (Pells Street) Northern end of IL 9 concurrency
Iroquois Onarga 291.6 469.3 IL 54 west – Roberts
Gilman 294.6 474.1 US 24 west – Chatsworth Southern end of US 24 concurrency
296.4 477.0 US 24 east – Watseka Northern end of US 24 concurrency
Ashkum 304.8 490.5 IL 116 west to I-57 – Pontiac
​ 309.4 497.9 US 52 east / IL 49 south – Sheldon, Rankin Southern end of US 52 concurrency; northern terminus of IL 49
Kankakee Kankakee 322.5 519.0 I-57 – Chicago, Champaign I-57 exit 308
324.4 522.1 IL 50 north
325.1 523.2 IL 115 south (McMullin Drive south)
325.7 524.2 IL 17 east (Court Street east) – Momence Southern end of IL 17 concurrency
326.1 524.8 IL 17 west (Court Street west) Northern end of IL 17 concurrency
Bourbonnais 328.5 528.7 IL 102 west (Main Street NW)
Will ​ 342.3 550.9 US 52 west – Joliet Northern end of US 52 concurrency
Frankfort 353.4 568.7 US 30 / Lincoln Highway
Mokena–Orland Park–
Tinley Park tripoint		 356.7 574.1 I-80 – Indiana, Joliet I-80 exit 145
Cook Orland Park 360.1 579.5 US 6 (159th Street)
362.5 583.4 IL 7 (Southwest Highway) Access via 135th and 143rd Streets
​ 365.8 588.7 IL 83 (Calumet Sag Road) Interchange
Oak Lawn 368.2 592.6 US 12 east / US 20 east (95th Street) Southern end of US 12 & US 20 concurrency
Willow Springs 370.1 595.6
IL 171 (Archer Avenue) to Invalid type: road / I-294 south (Tri-State Tollway) – Indiana		 Cloverleaf interchange; left exit southbound
Hodgkins–Countryside line 371.6 598.0
I-55 (Stevenson Expressway) to I-294 north – Chicago, St. Louis		 Cloverleaf interchange; I-55 exit 279
372.7 599.8 Historic US 66 (Joliet Road)
La Grange 375.4 604.1 US 34 (Ogden Avenue)
Westchester 378.7 609.5 IL 38 west (Roosevelt Road)
379.2 610.3 I-290 / IL 110 (CKC) I-290 exit 17
Bellwood 379.9 611.4 IL 56 west (Washington Boulevard)
Stone Park 381.0 613.2 US 20 west (Lake Street) Northern end of US 20 concurrency
381.7 614.3 IL 64 (North Avenue) Partial interchange
Franklin Park Frontage Road Interchange via connector roads
Schiller Park 385.2 619.9
IL 19 (Irving Park Road) to I-294 north
Schiller Park–Chicago line Balmoral Avenue South end of expressway
Chicago 387.0 622.8 I-190 (Kennedy Expressway) – Chicago, O'Hare Parclo interchange; no direct access from I-190 EB; I-190 west exits 2A-B
Economy Parking F, Rental Car Return North end of expressway; no southbound exit
Chicago–Rosemont line 388.3 624.9 IL 72 (Higgins Road)
Des Plaines 391.6 630.2 US 14 (Miner Street)
392.1 631.0 US 12 west (Rand Road) Northern end of US 12 concurrency
392.6 631.8 IL 58 (Golf Road)
Prospect Heights 396.1 637.5 IL 21 south (Milwaukee Avenue south) Southern end of IL 21 concurrency
396.4 637.9 east to Illinois Tollway (I-294) Diamond interchange
Invalid type: road west – Chicago Executive Airport Viewing Area
Wheeling 398.8 641.8 IL 68 (Dundee Road)
Cook–Lake
county line		 Buffalo Grove–Wheeling line 399.8 643.4 Lake Cook Road Interchange
Lake Vernon Hills 403.1 648.7 IL 22 (Half Day Road)
403.4 649.2 IL 21 north (Milwaukee Avenue north) Northern end of IL 21 concurrency
Mundelein 407.3 655.5 IL 83
407.6 656.0 IL 60 (Townline Road)
410.1 660.0 IL 176 (Maple Avenue)
Libertyville 412.9 664.5 IL 137 (Buckley Road) – Volo, North Chicago Interchange
Grayslake 414.6 667.2 IL 120 (Belvidere Road)
Grandwood Park 418.1 672.9 IL 132 (Grand Avenue)
Antioch 423.7 681.9 IL 173
​ 428.99 690.39 US 45 north – Milwaukee Continuation into Wisconsin
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

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