Illinois Route 50 runs north-south from the near northern suburbs of Chicago, through sections of the city of Chicago and the southern suburbs, to come to an eventual end in Kankakee. In Chicagoland, Illinois 50 is known as Cicero Avenue.
The northern beginning of Illinois 50 occurs as US Route 41 turns from southerly to southeasterly in Skokie; here, Illinois 50 continues straight south, in the wake of US Route 41...
The northern beginning of Illinois 50 occurs as US Route 41 turns from southerly to southeasterly in Skokie; here, Illinois 50 continues straight south, in the wake of US Route 41...
Alongside Lincolnwood, Illinois 50 crosses US Route 14...
By the Portage Park neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois 50 crosses Illinois 19...
Before exiting the north side of Chicago, Illinois 50 also crosses Illinois 64...
Where the West Side of Chicago meets Cicero, Illinois 50 has an interchange with Interstate 290...
Moving onto the South Side of Chicago, Illinois 50 meets an interchange with Interstate 55...
At Alsip, Illinois 50 meets an interchange with Interstate 294 which crosses from northwest to southeast...
Almost intertwined with the Interstate 294 interchange, Illinois 50 meets Illinois 83, which joins from the west...
Illinois 83 splits from Illinois 50 in Midlothian to continue eastbound...
At Oak Forest, Illinois 50 crosses US Route 6...
After passing under Interstate 80, Illinois 50 meets US Route 30 at Matteson...
In Bourbonnais, Illinois 50 has a diamond interchange with Interstate 57:
In Kankakee, right by the county courthouse, Illinois 50, as a pair of one-way streets, crosses Illinois 17:
The southern end of Illinois 50 is on the south side of Kankakee, where US Routes 45 and 52 arrive from the west on the same road, to take over for Illinois 50 on the same road to head farther south:
