Based off: Functional Classification Maps from IDOT Maps Page
Also the Getting Around Illinoishas the functional class map that may be easier to pan around on.
US Route and State Rte Naming
- In July,2013, all US Hwy XXX have been changed to US-XXX.
- State Rte XXX continues to be used for road naming. For ramps, we are using the shorter SR-XXX, which Waze does pronounce as State Route XXX. There is discussion on the changing of State Rte XXX to SR-XXX for road naming. This change would be done by Waze staff as a mass edit. Until that happens, we will continue to use the State Rte XXX format.
- County Hwy XXX will be used where applicable. Most have a Primary Street name, so this would only apply to an Alternate Field entry. Not being used on ramp names at this time.
Freeways
These are interstates, highways, freeways, toll roads, and expressways that are multi-lane, divided roads with no stops (no traffic lights, exit and entrance from/to the road is through ramps). All roads labeled Interstate on the IDOT Functional Class map. Some IDOT classified Freewway or Expressway may fall in this catagory as well.
| Road | Dir | Northern/ Western End |
Southern/ Eastern End |
Toll Road? | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| I-24 | W/E | I-57 South of Marion |
KY Border Ohio River |
N | |
| I-39 | N/S | WI Border | I-55 Normal |
N* | Tollway while joined with I-90 from Rockford to WI border. |
| I-55 | N/S | US 41 (Lake Shore Dr / Chicago) | MO Border East St. Louis |
N | Known as Stevenson Expressway within Cook County. |
| I-57 | N/S | I-94 Chicago |
MO Border Mississippi River |
N | |
| I-64 | W/E | MO Border East St. Louis |
IN Border Wabash River |
N | |
| I-70 | W/E | MO Border Mississippi River |
IN Border | N | |
| I-72 | W/E | MO Border Mississippi River |
I-57 Champaign |
N | |
| I-74 | W/E | IA Border Mississippi River |
IN Border | N | |
| I-80 | W/E | IA Border | IN Border | N* | Tollway portion between I-94 at Thornton and I-294 near Hazel Crest. Tollway portion known as (part of) the Tri-State Tollway. |
| I-88 | W/E | IA Border | I-290/I-294 | Y* | Tollway from mile marker 44 (US-30) to eastern terminus. West of US-30 is a freeway. Toll road portion is known as the Ronald Regan Memorial Tollway. |
| I-90 | W/E | WI Border | IN Border | Y* | Tollway from US-51 (WI Border) to east of O'Hare airport (near IL-171 / Cumberland Ave) and from south of Chicago to the IN border. Toll portion from WI border to Chicago area is known as the Jane Addams Memorial Tollway. Freeway portion is known as the Kennedy Expressway north of downtown Chicago (I-290 junction) and Dan Ryan Expressway south of downtown Chicago (I-290 junction). Southeast tollway portion is known as the Chicago Skyway to the IN border. |
| I-94 | W/E* | WI Border | IN Border | N* | Direction of travel in IL is mostly N/S but designation is W/E. Tollway from Deerfield (I-294 junction) to US-41. Tollway portion known as (part of) the Tri-State Tollway. Freeway portion known as the Edens Expressway until it joins I-90. |
| I-155 | N/S | I-74 Morton |
I-55 Northwest of Lincoln |
N | |
| I-172 | N/S | US-24 North of Quincy |
I-72 South of Quincy |
N | Formerly called the Central Illinois Expressway |
| I-180 | N/S | I-80 Princeton |
IL-26 Hennepin |
N | |
| I-190 | W/E | O'Hare International Airport Chicago |
I-90 Chicago |
N | |
| I-255 | N/S | MO Border Mississippi River |
I-270/IL-255 East of Alton |
N | |
| I-270 | W/E | MO Border Mississippi River |
I-70 Northwest of Troy |
N | |
| I-280 | W/E | IA Border Mississippi River |
I-74/I-80 Colona |
N | |
| I-290 | W/E | I-90 East of Schaumburg |
I-90/94 Downtown Chicago |
N | Known as the Eisenhower Expressway. |
| I-294 | N/S | I-94 near Lake-Cook County Line |
I-80/IL-394 West of Lansing |
Y | Known as (part of) the Tri-State Tollway. |
| I-355 | N/S | I-290 Itasca |
I-80 New Lenox |
Y | Known as the Veterans Memorial Tollway. |
| I-474 | W/E | I-74/IL-6 Peoria |
I-74 East Peoria |
N |
Major Highway
Principal arterials are the primary routes for traveling throughout the country, from one city to another, over long distances. Many principal arterials are freeways or expressways, but many others are not.
As a nationwide system, the United States Numbered Highways, or U.S. Highways, system provides a direct links between regions not served by the Interstate Highway System, and as alternatives to Interstate travel in the case of heavy traffic or incident.
In Illinois, the Functional Classification is Other Principal Arterial.
| Road | Dir | Northern/ Western End |
Southern/ Eastern End |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US-12 | E/W | Wisconsin | Indiana |
Minor Highways
Minor arterials (or other arterials) are secondary routes for traveling between cities over moderately long distances. Minor or other arterials are classified in Waze as Minor Highways.
In Illinois, these are numbered the state highway system. Roads in these systems are designated and selected by the Illinois State Department of Transportation as part of statewide networks of important travel links between cities and communities of those states. These roads, while of lesser national importance, are nevertheless essential for travel within the state. In Illinois these are designated as Minor Arterial.
| Road | Dir | Northern/ Western End |
Southern/ Eastern End |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| IL 83 | N/S | Devon Ave (Elk Grove Village) |
31st St (Oak Brook) |
Primary Street
Collectors are roads used with medium-low traffic densities which are used to bring traffic from local streets to arterials and vice versa. Collectors are classified in Waze as Primary Streets. Some states designate county routes which are important for travel within a county. These routes serve important functions in a short-distance capacity. On the Illinois Functional Class map, these will be Major Collectors and Minor Collectors.
| Road | Dir | Northern/ Western End |
Southern/ Eastern End |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boughton Rd | W/E | Naperville-Plainfield Rd (Bolingbrook) |
Woodward Ave (Woodridge) |
Continues east as 87th St |
To Be Categorized
These roads still have to be put in their proper places above.
| Road | Dir | Northern/ Western End |
Southern/ Eastern End |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US 6 | W/E | IA-IN borders (Moline - Lansing) | Grand Army of the Republic Highway | |