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Sheridan Road
Philip H. Sheridan Memorial Road
Historic Illinois Route 42
Sheridan Road at Greenleaf Avenue, located at Loyola Park
Map
Sheridan Road in red
Signed alternative streets in blue
Closed portion in black
Part of
Length62.1 mi (99.9 km)
South endDiversey Parkway in Chicago, IL (2800 North)
North end25th and Racine Streets in Racine, WI

Sheridan Road is a major north-south street that leads from Diversey Parkway[1] in Chicago, Illinois, north to the Illinois-Wisconsin border and beyond to Racine. Throughout most of its run, it is the easternmost north-south through street, closest to Lake Michigan. From Chicago, it passes through Chicago's wealthy lakeside North Shore suburbs, and then Waukegan and Zion, until it reaches the Illinois-Wisconsin state line in Winthrop Harbor. In Wisconsin, the road leads north through Pleasant Prairie and Kenosha, until it ends on the south side of Racine, in Mount Pleasant.

From North Chicago to the state line, Sheridan Road is signed as part of Illinois Route 137 in Illinois, and Wisconsin Highway 32 through Kenosha and Racine in Wisconsin. Sheridan Road is known for its historic sites, lakefront parks, and gracious mansion homes in Evanston through Lake Bluff.

Chicago path

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  • It runs at 400 west from 2800 north (Diversey Parkway) to 3181 north (Belmont Avenue).
  • It runs at 3900 north from 600 (Lake Shore Drive) west to 956 west (Sheffield Avenue).
  • It runs at 1000 west from 3900 north (Byron Street) to 6356 north.
  • It runs at 6400 north from 970 west to 1158 west (Broadway).
  • It runs at 1200 west from 6400 north (Broadway/Devon Avenue) to 6756 north (Pratt Boulevard).
  • It runs from 1200 west at 6800 north to 1400 west at 7800 north (northern city limit).[2][3]

History

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A suburban extension of Chicago's Lake Shore Drive to Waukegan was first promoted by the North Shore Improvement Association in the late 1880s.[4] In 1889 this road was named Sheridan Road for Philip Henry Sheridan,[5] a general in the Civil War who coordinated military relief efforts in Chicago following the Great Chicago Fire. Much of the route had been laid out by 1893,[6] and in 1894 it was proposed that the new road should be extended to Milwaukee, Wisconsin.[4] Progress on the construction of the road was slowed by local opposition in some of the communities that it was to pass through, and construction was not completed until 1918.[7]

A statue of Sheridan by artist Gutzon Borglum was placed alongside Sheridan Road and Belmont Avenue in Chicago's Lincoln Park in 1924.[8]

Illinois Route 42 marker
Illinois Route 42
LocationWinthrop Harbor–Chicago, Illinois
Existed1918–1972[9]

Sheridan Road in Illinois was signed as Illinois Route 42 in 1924; the original route ran along Sheridan Road from the Wisconsin border to Waukegan, then turned west along Washington Street, south along Green Bay Road (now part of IL 131), east along Rockland Road (now part of IL 176) before running south along Waukegan Road (now mostly part of IL 43).[10]

In 1925, Route 42 was realigned to include all of Sheridan Road in Illinois; the route continued south to the Indiana border at Hammond, and the old route became Illinois Route 42A.[11]

In 1929, the southern terminus of Route 42 was changed to the south end of Sheridan Road as US 41 supplanted the southern part of the route. This made the route coextensive with the Illinois portion of Sheridan Road.[12]

In 1930, Wisconsin Highway 42 was designated along the road in Wisconsin.

In 1951, the WIS 42 designation was replaced by a WIS 32 one.

Throughout the 1960s, much of the road was rebuilt with the construction of Interstate 43.

Route 42 was removed from the state highway system in 1972.[13][9]

In 1974, as part of the Amstutz Expressway's construction,[14] the road was narrowed to two lanes and an overpass built in Waukegan.

The road was designated as part of the Lake Michigan Circle Tour in 1988.[15]

Browse numbered routes
← IL 41IL 42→ IL 43

Places of interest

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There are several landmarks and places of interest along Sheridan Road. In order from southernmost to northernmost:

Major intersections

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StateCountyLocationmi[1]kmDestinationsNotes
IllinoisCookChicago0.00.0Diversey ParkwaySouthern terminus, roadway continues as Lakeview Avenue
0.50.80Belmont AvenueNorthern terminus of southern section, roadway continues as Lake Shore Drive
Gap in route
0.50.80 IL 19 (Irving Park Road)Southern terminus of south-central section
2.03.2
 US 41 (Foster Avenue) / LMCT south		South end of LMCT concurrency
2.64.2
 To US 14 (Hollywood Avenue)
Evanston7.011.3Burnham PlaceNorthern terminus of south-central section
Gap in route
7.011.3Church StreetSouthern terminus of central section
LakeHighland Park22.536.2St. Johns AvenueNorthern terminus of central section
Gap in route
22.536.2Bloom Street/Waukegan AvenueSouthern terminus of north-central section
Lake Bluff29.146.8
 To IL 176 (Rockland Road/Scranton Avenue)
North Chicago31.250.2
 To IL 137 (Buckley Road)		Interchange
32.051.5
 IL 137 south (Bobby E. Thompson Expressway)		South end of IL 137 concurrency
Waukegan33.854.4
 IL 137 north (Amstutz Expressway)		Northern terminus of north-central section, north end of IL 137 concurrency
Gap in route
33.854.4Belvidere RoadSouthern terminus of northern section
35.857.6
 IL 137 south (Greenwood Avenue)		South end of IL 137 concurrency
Beach Park38.461.8 Beach Road - Waukegan National Airport
39.162.9
 CR A9 west (Wadsworth Road)		Eastern terminus of CR A9
Zion40.965.8
 IL 173 west (21st Street)		Eastern terminus of IL 173
Winthrop Harbor43.469.8
 CR A1 west (Russell Road)


 IL 137 ends / WIS 32 begins		North end of IL 137 concurrency, south end of WIS 32 concurrency, eastern terminus of CR A1
 43.469.8Illinois–Wisconsin state line
WisconsinKenoshaPleasant Prairie45.573.2
 WIS 165 west (104th Street)		Eastern terminus of WIS 165
Kenosha49.479.5
 WIS 50 west (63rd Street)		Eastern terminus of WIS 50
50.180.6
 WIS 158 west (52nd Street)		Eastern terminus of WIS 158
51.582.9

 WIS 32 north / LMCT north		North end of WIS 32 concurrency
52.885.0

 WIS 32 south / LMCT south		South end of WIS 32 concurrency
Kenosha–Racine
county line		55.889.8
 WIS 195 west (1st Street)		Eastern terminus of WIS 195
RacineRacine58.093.3
 WIS 11 west (Durand Avenue)		Eastern terminus of WIS 11
59.695.9


 WIS 20 west / WIS 32 north / LMCT north (Washington Avenue)		Northern terminus, eastern terminus of WIS 20
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

See also

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Footnotes

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  1. ^ a b "Sheridan Road" (Map). Google Maps.
  2. ^ "Sheridan Road" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved May 26, 2020.
  3. ^ Hayner, Don & McNamee, Tom (1988). "Sheridan Road". Streetwise Chicago. Loyola University Press. p. 117. ISBN 0-8294-0597-6.
  4. ^ a b Ebner, Michael H (1988). Creating Chicago's North Shore: A Suburban History. University of Chicago Press. pp. 105–114. ISBN 0-226-18205-3.
  5. ^ "It Is 'Sheridan Road': Chicago's New Drive Has Now A 'Local Habituation and a Name'". Chicago Daily Tribune. February 24, 1889.
  6. ^ "Winds Down Ravines. Completion of the Sheridan Road in the Woods". Chicago Daily Tribune. July 16, 1893.
  7. ^ Smith, Ray (February 1918). "Sheridan Road, Connecting Chicago and Milwaukee, to be Completed in 1918". Municipal Engineering. 54 (2): 87. Retrieved August 21, 2010.
  8. ^ "Sheridan Now Rides Forever on North Side". Chicago Daily Tribune. July 17, 1924.
  9. ^ a b Illinois Department of Transportation (1972). Illinois Official Highway Map (Map). [1:772,500]. Springfield: Illinois Department of Transportation. Retrieved February 27, 2013 – via Illinois Digital Archives.
  10. ^ Illinois Secretary of State (1924). Illinois Official Auto Trails Map (Map). [c. 1:950,000 and c. 1:1,110,000]. Springfield: Illinois Secretary of State. Retrieved February 27, 2013 – via Illinois Digital Archives.
  11. ^ Illinois Secretary of State (1925). Illinois Official Auto Trails Map (Map). [c. 1:950,000 and c. 1:1,110,000]. Springfield: Illinois Secretary of State. Retrieved February 27, 2013 – via Illinois Digital Archives.
  12. ^ Illinois Secretary of State; H.M. Gousha (1929). Illinois Official Auto Road Map (Map). [c. 1:950,000 and c. 1:1,110,000]. Springfield: Illinois Secretary of State. Retrieved February 27, 2013 – via Illinois Digital Archives.
  13. ^ Illinois Division of Highways; Rand McNally (1971). Illinois Official Highway Map (Map). [1:772,500]. Springfield: Illinois Division of Highways. Retrieved February 27, 2013 – via Illinois Digital Archives.
  14. ^ Flink, John (May 17, 1998). "The Road to Nowhere: If Traffic Were Meant to Fly, All Roads Would Be Like the Amstutz Expressway". Chicago Tribune. Archived from the original on February 4, 2017.
  15. ^ "About Schooner Coast, Manitowoc, Two Rivers". Manitowoc–Two Rivers Travel Information. Retrieved November 10, 2020.

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