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| Length | 91.73 mi[1] (147.63 km) | |||
| Existed | 1941[2]–present | |||
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| Country | United States | |||
| State | Illinois | |||
| Counties | Cook,DuPage,Lake | |||
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Illinois Route 83 (IL 83) is a 91.73-mile-long (147.63 km) major north–south state highway in northeastIllinois. It stretches fromU.S. Route 30 (US 30,Lincoln Highway) byLynwood andDyer, Indiana, north to theWisconsin border byAntioch atWisconsin Highway 83 (WIS 83).
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IL 83 passes throughCook County,DuPage County, andLake County. It begins as part of Glenwood–Dyer Road in Lynwood, and then follows Torrence Avenue though Lansing, 147th Street/Sibley Boulevard thoughCalumet City, Dolton,Harvey,Dixmoor,Posen, andMidlothian, then north on Cicero, and then northwest on Cal Sag Road throughCrestwood,Palos Heights,Palos Park, andLemont in Cook County. Entering DuPage County, it becomes known as the Kingery Highway. It then follows Busse Road, Oakton Street and Elmhurst Road in northern Cook County. In Lake County it is named McHenry Road inBuffalo Grove, Ivanhoe Road north ofMundelein, Barron Boulevard inGrayslake and Milwaukee Avenue inLake Villa.IL 83 ranges from a width of two thru lanes at either terminus to six lanes through DuPage County. It is the main north–south arterial route falling betweenInterstate 355 (I-355) andI-294 for the central portion of its routing.

SBI Route 83 was modernIllinois Route 17 fromNew Boston toGalva.[3] In 1941 it was changed to the Lynwood-to-Antioch routing, replacingIllinois Route 52 andIL 54.[4] In 1998, IL 83 was routed slightly north onto 127th Street, from Cal Sag Road.[2] The renumbering was part of a major reconstruction project of theIL 50 intersection with I-294 (Tri-State Tollway).
As part of sign replacement accompanying the renumbering, IL 83 was added to the northbound IL 50 exit from southbound I-294, as the new northbound IL 50 ramp leads directly to IL 83 first. However, IL 83overlaps IL 50 southbound at the center of the interchange, so southbound IL 50 traffic also joins IL 83 at the end of the ramp. This is not reflected in the current signage on the tollway.
A $13.4 million construction project was completed in northern Lake County on a four-mile (6.4 km) section of IL 83 from Petite Lake Road to the Wisconsin state line. Changes included adding a center turn lane and intersection reconfigurations at Grass Lake Road,IL 173, and North Avenue. The project was completed in fall 2010.[5]
| County | Location | mi[6] | km | Destinations | Notes |
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| Cook | Lynwood | 0.0 | 0.0 | Southern terminus of IL 83 | |
| Lansing | 5.5 | 8.9 | Southern end of US 6 concurrency; I-80 exit 161 | ||
| Calumet City | 7.1 | 11.4 | Northern end of US 6 concurrency | ||
| Dolton | 9.7 | 15.6 | I-94 exit 71 | ||
| Harvey | 12.9 | 20.8 | |||
| Posen | 14.9 | 24.0 | I-57 exit 350 | ||
| 15.5 | 24.9 | I-Pass only; no access to I-294 south or from I-294 north; I-294 exit 8 | |||
| Midlothian | 17.9 | 28.8 | Southern end of IL 50 concurrency | ||
| Alsip | 20.5 | 33.0 | Northern end of IL 50 concurrency | ||
| Palos Heights | 23.7 | 38.1 | |||
| 24.7 | 39.8 | ||||
| Palos Township | 26.9 | 43.3 | Interchange | ||
| Sag Bridge | 30.9 | 49.7 | Southern end of IL 171 concurrency | ||
| 31.7 | 51.0 | Northern end of IL 171 concurrency | |||
| DuPage | Willowbrook–Burr Ridge line | 34.8 | 56.0 | I-55 exit 274 | |
| Clarendon Hills–Hinsdale line | 38.1 | 61.3 | Interchange | ||
| Hinsdale–Westmont– Clarendon Hills tripoint | 39.6 | 63.7 | Interchange | ||
| Oak Brook | 41.2 | 66.3 | Interchange | ||
| 42.1 | 67.8 | Access to I-88/IL 110 west via 22nd Street; I-88 exit 137 | |||
| Oakbrook Terrace | 42.9 | 69.0 | Interchange | ||
| Oakbrook Terrace–Elmhurst city line | 43.2 | 69.5 | Interchange | ||
| Elmhurst | 46.3 | 74.5 | |||
| Addison–Elmhurst village line | 47.6 | 76.6 | Interchange | ||
| 47.8 | 76.9 | I-290 exit 10 | |||
| Bensenville | 50.2 | 80.8 | |||
| 51.7 | 83.2 | I-Pass only; current eastern terminus of IL 390 | |||
| Cook | Elk Grove Village | 54.5 | 87.7 | Western end of IL 72 concurrency | |
| 54.5 | 87.7 | Eastern end of IL 72 concurrency | |||
| Mount Prospect | 56.0 | 90.1 | Eastern terminus of IL 62 | ||
| 57.2 | 92.1 | ||||
| 58.4 | 94.0 | ||||
| 59.7 | 96.1 | ||||
| Wheeling | 63.7 | 102.5 | |||
| Lake | Long Grove | 67.7 | 109.0 | Northern terminus of IL 53 | |
| 69.2 | 111.4 | ||||
| Mundelein | 71.9 | 115.7 | |||
| 72.3 | 116.4 | Southern end of IL 60 concurrency | |||
| 75.7 | 121.8 | ||||
| 75.8 | 122.0 | Northern end of IL 60 concurrency | |||
| Grayslake | 79.7 | 128.3 | Western terminus of IL 137 | ||
| 80.0 | 128.7 | ||||
| Lake Villa | 86.3 | 138.9 | |||
| Antioch | 90.4 | 145.5 | |||
| 92.22 | 148.41 | Wisconsin state line | |||
| 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi | |||||