Illinois Route 68

Illinois Route 68 (IL 68) is a 25.74-mile-long (41.42 km) east–west state highway in the northeastern part of the U.S. state of Illinois. It travels east from IL 72 (Higgins Road) in the Dundee area to the concurrency of Interstate 94 (I-94)/U.S. Route 41 (US 41) (Edens Expressway) in Glencoe.

Illinois Route 68
Dundee Road
IL 68 highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by IDOT
Length	25.74 mi[1] (41.42 km)
Existed	1942[2]–present
Major junctions
West end	IL 72 in East Dundee
Major intersections	US 14 in Inverness US 12 in Palatine IL 53 in Arlington Heights US 45 / IL 21 in Wheeling
East end	I-94 / US 41 in Northbrook
Location
Country	United States
State	Illinois
Counties	Kane, Cook
Highway system
Illinois State Highway System Interstate US State Tollways Scenic
← IL 67 → I-70

Route description

IL 68 approaching the interchange with US 14

IL 68 is called Dundee Road east of IL 25. It is known as Penny Avenue in East Dundee. East, in Glencoe, it continues as a local road to Green Bay Road.

The Dundee area refers to the cities of East Dundee and West Dundee. The towns are named after Dundee, Scotland, the hometown of a young settler who won the naming rights in a competition.

History

State Bond Issue (SBI) Route 68 originally traveled from Lake Bluff to the Wisconsin state line on what is now IL 131 and US 41. IL 68 was changed to these routes from 1935 through 1937.^[3] In 1942, it was moved to the current IL 68 between IL 59 and then IL 42, which is still Sheridan Road to this day. In 1972, IL 68 was dropped east of US 41, which today is also I-94. The next year, it was extended west to East Dundee, replacing IL 63 and IL 22A.^[2]

Major intersections

County	Location	mi	km	Destinations	Notes
Kane	East Dundee	0.00	0.00	IL 72 (Main Street)	Western terminus
		0.80	1.29	IL 25 (Dundee Avenue)
Cook	Barrington Hills	4.74	7.63	IL 62 west (Algonquin Road)	Western end of IL 62 concurrency
		5.03	8.10	IL 59 south (Sutton Road) / IL 62 east (Algonquin Road)	Eastern end of IL 62 concurrency; southern end of IL 59 concurrency
		6.42	10.33	IL 59 north (Hawthorne Road)	Northern end of IL 59 concurrency
	Palatine	9.79	15.76	US 14 (Northwest Highway, Ronald Reagan Highway)	Diamond interchange
		13.51	21.74	US 12 / IL 53 north (Rand Road)	Western end of IL 53 concurrency
		14.24	22.92	IL 53 south To Lake Cook Road	Eastern end of IL 53 concurrency; partial cloverleaf interchange
	Wheeling	17.88	28.78	IL 83 (Elmhurst Road)
		19.35	31.14	US 45 / IL 21 (Milwaukee Avenue)
	Northbrook	23.60	37.98	IL 43 (Waukegan Road) to I-94 Toll west
		25.74	41.42	I-94 east / US 41 south (Edens Expressway)	Eastern terminus; roadway continues as Dundee Road; no access from or to I-94 west/US 41 north; I-94 exit 30
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Concurrency terminus       Incomplete access

See also

• U.S. Roads portal
• Illinois portal