U.S. Route 14 in Illinois

Infobox road
state=IL
type=US
route=14
alternate_name=Northwest Highway
Ronald Reagan Highwaycite web |url=http://www.reaganfoundation.org/programs/lc/named_in_honor.asp |title=Things Named in Honor of Ronald Reagan |accessdate=2007-10-23 |author=Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation & Library]
maint=Illinois Department of Transportation


length_mi=69.55
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]
established=
direction_a=West
terminus_a=Wisconsin state line north of Harvard, IL
junction= (twice)
direction_b=East
terminus_b=
counties=McHenry, Lake, Cook
cities=Woodstock, Crystal Lake, Palatine, Arlington Heights, Mount Prospect, Des Plaines, Niles, Chicago
previous_type=IL
previous_route=13
next_type=IL
next_route=14

In the U.S. state of Illinois, U.S. Route 14 is a major arterial that runs southeast from the Wisconsin state line north of Harvard, Illinois to the north side of Chicago at U.S. Route 41. U.S. 14 begins in Chicago as Broadway Street on the city's north side. It runs north as Broadway Street and turns northwest onto Ridge Avenue. One half block after crossing Clark Street, U.S. Route 14 turns west onto Peterson Avenue. At Cicero Avenue, Peterson Avenue becomes Caldwell Avenue and travels in a northwest/northern direction entering Niles. U.S. Route 14 joins Illinois Route 43 (Waukegan Road) for a short time before turning west onto Dempster Street. U.S. 14 travels west briefly touching Park Ridge and enters Des Plaines. Where U.S. Highway 14 crosses Interstate 294 is an unusual intersection where all four street names change. From the south is Northwest Highway coming out of Park Ridge and Chicago. From the north is Rand Road. U.S. Highway 14 continues straight west but no longer as Dempster Street, but now as Miner Street. Miner Street begins a northwesterly direction into downtown Des Plaines crossing two intersections of U.S. Routes 45 and 12. The name Miner Street changes to Northwest Highway after going under a wooden railroad underpass on a large S-curve. It is interesting to note the well-known Northwest Highway in Chicago is not the same road as the equally well-known Northwest Highway in Des Plaines, Mount Prospect, Arlington Heights and the cities northwest. Northwest Highway as U.S. 14 enters Mount Prospect crossing Illinois 83 (Main Street) in the downtown area. U.S. Route 14 continues for most of the rest of its length northwest to Wisconsin designated as Northwest Highway. Though the name is not used among locals, the entire portion of U.S. 14 in Illinois is given the honorary name Ronald Reagan Highway, which is not to be confused with the Ronald Reagan Memorial Tollway. U.S. 14 in Illinois is convert|69.55|mi|km|2 in length.

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