Illinois Route 60 is an east–west state highway in Lake County, in northeastern Illinois

Illinois

Illinois is the fifth-most populous state of the United States of America, and is often noted for being a microcosm of the entire country. With Chicago in the northeast, small industrial cities and great agricultural productivity in central and northern Illinois, and natural resources like coal,...

. It connects the village of Volo

Volo, Illinois

Volo is a village in Lake County, Illinois, United States. It was incorporated as a village on 26 April 1993. The population was 2,929 at the 2010 census.-Geography:Volo is located at ....

 at Illinois Route 120

Illinois Route 120

Illinois Route 120 is a major east–west state highway in northeastern Illinois. It runs from U.S. Route 14 near Woodstock to Illinois Route 131 in Waukegan. It travels a distance of and is one of the few roads that provides direct access from McHenry County to Interstate 94 in Lake County...

 (Belvidere Road) just east of Illinois Route 59

Illinois Route 59

Illinois Route 59 is a north–south state highway in northeastern Illinois. It runs south from Illinois Route 83 in Antioch to Interstate Highway 55 in Shorewood, spanning the north–south width of Chicago's western suburbs...

 with the village of Lake Forest

Lake Forest, Illinois

Lake Forest is an affluent city located in Lake County, Illinois, United States. The city is south of Waukegan along the shore of Lake Michigan, and is a part of the Chicago metropolitan area and the North Shore. Lake Forest was founded around Lake Forest College and was laid out as a town in...

 at U.S. Highway 41 (Skokie Highway). Illinois 60 is 17.22 miles (27.71 km) long.

Route description

Illinois 60 overlaps

Concurrency (road)

A concurrency, overlap, or coincidence in a road network is an instance of one physical road bearing two or more different highway, motorway, or other route numbers...

 with Illinois Route 83

Illinois Route 83

Illinois Route 83 is a major north–south state road in northeast Illinois. It stretches from U.S. Highway 30 by Lynwood and Dyer, Indiana north to the Wisconsin border by Antioch at Highway 83. Incidentally, this alignment is concentric with Interstate 294...

 south of Ivanhoe

Ivanhoe, Illinois

Ivanhoe is a small community in Lake County, Illinois, United States near Mundelein, Illinois. There is a country club called Ivanhoe Country Club located in the community.-External links:*http://illinois.hometownlocator.com/il/lake/ivanhoe.cfm...

 where Illinois 83 curves around U.S. Route 45

U.S. Route 45

U.S. Route 45 is a north–south United States highway. US 45 is a border-to-border route, from Lake Superior to the Gulf of Mexico. A sign at the highway's northern terminus notes the total distance as ....

. It is called Town Line Road east of Illinois 83 and west of the Tri-State Tollway

Tri-State Tollway

The Tri-State Tollway is a U.S. toll road maintained by the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority in northeastern Illinois which is considered one of the most heavily traveled highways in the country...

 (Interstate 94

Interstate 94

Interstate 94 is the northernmost east–west Interstate Highway, connecting the Great Lakes and Intermountain regions of the United States. I-94's western terminus is in Billings, Montana at a junction with Interstate 90; its eastern terminus is the U.S...

), because Illinois 60 straddles the line separating Vernon and Libertyville Townships for most of its length. Through Lake Forest

Lake Forest, Illinois

Lake Forest is an affluent city located in Lake County, Illinois, United States. The city is south of Waukegan along the shore of Lake Michigan, and is a part of the Chicago metropolitan area and the North Shore. Lake Forest was founded around Lake Forest College and was laid out as a town in...

 to the east, Route 60 is called Kennedy Road.

Route 60, especially the portion between Milwaukee Avenue

Milwaukee Avenue (Chicago)

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 and Interstate 94

Interstate 94

Interstate 94 is the northernmost east–west Interstate Highway, connecting the Great Lakes and Intermountain regions of the United States. I-94's western terminus is in Billings, Montana at a junction with Interstate 90; its eastern terminus is the U.S...

 in Mettawa

Mettawa, Illinois

Mettawa is a village in Lake County, Illinois, United States dedicated to preserving open lands and low-density residential development. The village maintains trails for pedestrian, bicycle and equestrian usage...

, experiences unusually heavy traffic for an arterial road, although less so in recent years.

History

SBI Route 60 was the current U.S. Route 12

U.S. Route 12

U.S. Route 12 or US 12 is an east–west United States highway, running from Grays Harbor on the Pacific Ocean, in the state of Washington, to downtown Detroit, for almost . As a thoroughfare, it has mostly been supplanted by I-90 and I-94, but remains an important road for local travel.The...

 from the Wisconsin

Wisconsin

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 state line to Chicago

Chicago

Chicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the US, after New York City and Los Angeles...

. This was dropped in 1938. In 1967, Illinois 60 was brought back to replace Illinois Route 59A. In 1972, Illinois 60 was removed east of U.S. 41 to Illinois Route 42.

Major intersections

County	Location	Mile	Junction	Notes
Lake Lake County, Illinois Lake County is a county in the northeastern corner of the state of Illinois, on the shore of Lake Michigan. According to the 2010 census, it has a population of 703,462, which is an increase of 9.2% from 644,356 in 2000. Its county seat is Waukegan. The county is part of the Chicago metropolitan area...	Volo Volo, Illinois Volo is a village in Lake County, Illinois, United States. It was incorporated as a village on 26 April 1993. The population was 2,929 at the 2010 census.-Geography:Volo is located at ....	0
	Mundelein Mundelein, Illinois Mundelein is a village in Lake County, Illinois, in the United States. As of the 2010 census, the village population was 31,064.-History:The community now known as Mundelein has been inhabited since at least 1650, when the Potowatami Indians were known to have been trading with French fur traders....			Western end of concurrency with IL 83
	Vernon Hills Vernon Hills, Illinois Vernon Hills is a village in Lake County, Illinois, United States. The population was 20,120 at the 2000 census, and estimated to be 23,957 as of 2005...			Eastern end of concurrency with IL 83
	Mettawa Mettawa, Illinois Mettawa is a village in Lake County, Illinois, United States dedicated to preserving open lands and low-density residential development. The village maintains trails for pedestrian, bicycle and equestrian usage...			Diamond interchange Diamond interchange A diamond interchange is a common type of road junction, used where a freeway crosses a minor road. The freeway itself is grade-separated from the minor road, one crossing the other over a bridge...
	Lake Forest Lake Forest, Illinois Lake Forest is an affluent city located in Lake County, Illinois, United States. The city is south of Waukegan along the shore of Lake Michigan, and is a part of the Chicago metropolitan area and the North Shore. Lake Forest was founded around Lake Forest College and was laid out as a town in...
		17.22