Stearns Road

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Joyce. C Stearns Memorial Highway
Greenbrook Boulevard
Route information
Length11.1 mi[1] (17.9 km)
Component
highways
IL 25 / CR 29 / CR 37
Major junctions
West end CR 34 / Randall Road / McDonald Road in South Elgin
East end US 20 / Lake Street in Hanover Park
Location
CountryUnited States
StateIllinois
CountiesDuPage, Cook

Stearns Road is a major county road in the Chicago Metropolitan Area in parts of DuPage and Kane counties, Illinois, United States. Stearns Road begins at Kane County Highway 34 (Randall Road) in South Elgin and continues east into Greenbrook Boulevard and ends at U.S. Route 20 in Hanover Park. Parts of Stearns Road are signed as Illinois Route 25, DuPage County Route 29, and Kane County Route 37. This is a distance of about 11.1 miles (17.9 km).[1]

History

Stearns Road began at Dunham Road until the bridge corridor was opened to traffic on December 15, 2010. This award-winning project[2] includes 4.6 miles (7.4 km) of new road alignment that extends from approximately the Kane–DuPage county line to Randall Road, along with a new Fox River Bridge crossing.[2]

Major intersections

CountyLocationmi[1]kmDestinationsNotes
KaneSouth Elgin0.00.0Randall RoadWestern terminus
Wayne3.35.3
IL 25 south
Western end of IL 25 overlap
Bartlett4.06.4
IL 25 north (Dunham Road)
Eastern end of IL 25 overlap
DuPage7.211.6 IL 59 (Sutton Road)
Hanover Park11.117.9


US 20 (Lake Street) to IL 390 Toll east (Elgin-O'Hare Tollway)
Eastern terminus
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References

  1. ^ a b c Google (13 December 2018). "Lake Street & Greenbrook Boulevard to Randall Road & Stearns Road" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 13 December 2018.
  2. ^ a b "Stearns Road Bridge Corridor". Kane County Division of Transportation. Retrieved 13 December 2018.