Illinois Route 59
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| Illinois Route 59 | |||||
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| Image:Illinois 59.svg | |||||
| Length | 75 miles (120.7 km) | ||||
| Orientation | North-south | ||||
| From | Image:I-55.svg Interstate 55 in Shorewood, Illinois | ||||
| To | Image:Illinois 83.svg Illinois Route 83 in Antioch, Illinois | ||||
| Counties | Will, DuPage, Kane, Cook, Lake | ||||
| Major cities | Plainfield, Naperville, West Chicago, Barrington, Wauconda, Fox Lake | ||||
| Established | 1924<ref name=n9jig>Carlson, Rick. Illinois State Highways Page: Routes 41 through 60. Last updated March 15, 2006. Retrieved March 23, 2006.</ref> | ||||
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| See also | Image:US 60.svg U.S. 60 | ||||
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. This is a distance of about 75 miles (120 km).
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[edit] 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 and West Chicago. Most of Illinois 59 in that area is zoned commercially for about 5 miles (8 kilometres). 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.<ref>Metra. Metra Home Page. Retrieved May 2, 2006.</ref>
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 Highway 90 (the Northwest Tollway) and West Chicago Illinois 59 runs through Hoffman Estates, Streamwood and Bartlett.
Illinois 59 is duplexed with U.S. Route 12 (Rand Road) between Wauconda and Fox Lake.
[edit] 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.<ref name=n9jig/>
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