^Northbound Illinois 83 just south of Interstate 80 and Interstate 94 near Lansing, July 2020.
Illinois Route 83 forms a sort of beltway around Chicago, running through the western suburbs as a north-south route, then running through the southern suburbs as an east-west route. Almost all of it is a surface road, except a short section in the western suburbs, where it forms somewhat of an expressway with interchanges.
The northern end of Illinois 83 is the Wisconsin border, where Wisconsin Highway 83 retains its number as it crosses over, north of Antioch:
The northern end of Illinois 83 is the Wisconsin border, where Wisconsin Highway 83 retains its number as it crosses over, north of Antioch:
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At Antioch, Illinois 83 crosses Illinois 173:
Illinois 83 crosses Illinois 132 at Lake Villa...
At Grayslake, Illinois 83 encounters a 4-way intersection with Illinois 120:
At Ivanhoe, Illinois 83 joins Illinois 60 southeast:
On the south side of Mundelein, Illinois 60 splits from Illinois 83 to head east:
After a block or two, Illinois 83 and US Route 45 trade alignments, at a ricochet junction where the routes bounce off of each other:
Near Long Grove, Illinois 83 crosses Illinois 22:
At Long Grove, Illinois 83 forks to spawn the northern beginning of Illinois 53:
In Wheeling, Illinois 83 crosses Illinois 68:
Illinois 83 crosses US Route 12 at a junction where three roads meet at almost the same point, creating some strange maneuvers required to get from one route to the other:
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In Mount Prospect, Illinois 83 crosses US Route 14:
On the south side of Mount Prospect, Illinois 83 crosses Illinois 58:
Entering Des Plaines, Illinois 83 meets the eastern end of Illinois 62:
Illinois 83 turns west off of Elmhurst Road to head under Interstate 90 with no interchange, but access to the Interstate is provided if you head south a quarter mile on Elmhurst Road to one of the first diverging diamond interchanges in Illinois!
Illinois 83, now heading west, encounters Illinois 72 which joins the route west for about a block:
Very shortly after, Illinois 83 turns southerly to leave Illinois 72 continuing west on its own:
Illinois 83 meets the current eastern extent of Illinois 390, which continues to be extended eastward:
At Bensenville, Illinois 83 crosses Illinois 19:
Crossing into Elmhurst, Illinois 83 has a cloverleaf interchange with Interstate 290:
Illinois 83 has a fountain interchange with US Route 20 that's so soon after the previous interchange with Interstate 290, that a pair collector/distributor lanes connect Illinois 83 with both interchanges:
At Elmhurst, Illinois 83 crosses Illinois 64 at a very large and busy intersection:
Another pair of interchanges connects Illinois 83 with Illinois 38, and then Illinois 56 which crosses over Illinois 83 immediately afterward:
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Illinois 83, in Oak Brook, has a partial interchange with Interstate 88, where travelers can only access Interstate 88 eastbound; you may need to head east or west down 22nd Street to complete the transfer between the two routes:
After Interstate 88, Illinois 83 behaves as a freeway, and one freeway interchange accesses US Route 34, posing as a surface road:
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Illinois 171 joins Illinois 83 south for a bit:
Illinois 83 then turns easterly, as Illinois 171 splits off to continue southwesterly...
Illinois 83 meets a fountain interchange with US Route 45, where Illinois 83 now acts as the surface road:
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In Palos Heights, Illinois 83 crosses Illinois 7 as it rounds a curve, creating limited sight distances:
Illinois 83 crosses Illinois 43 in Palos Heights:
In Crestwood, Illinois 83 joins Illinois 50 south:
In Midlothian, Illinois 83 splits from Illinois 50 to continue easterly:
At Posen, Illinois 83 meets a partial interchange with access to/from Interstate 294 north:
Less than a mile to the east, Illinois 83 has a full diamond interchange with Interstate 57:
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In Harvey, Illinois 83 meets Illinois 1 at a 4-way intersection:
In Calumet City, Illinois 83 basically has a full cloverleaf interchange with Interstate 94...
After turning southerly onto Torrence Avenue, Illinois 83 meets US Route 6, which joins from the west:
At an interchange (SPUI) with Interstates 80 and 94, which run concurrently, Illinois 83 continues south as US Route 6 joins the freeway east...
Between Lynwood, Illinois, and Dyer, Indiana, Illinois 83 ends at US Route 30, less than a mile from the Indiana border.
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