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Illinois Route 22 is an east-west state road that connects U.S. Route 14 (Northwest Highway) near Fox River Grove with U.S. Route 41 (Skokie Highway) in Highland Park. This is a distance of just under 20 miles (32 km).
Route description
Illinois 22 is actually named Half Day Road east of Illinois Route 83, while remaining unnamed west of that point. The peculiar name is derived from the town of Half Day, currently called Lincolnshire, thought to be named so because a horse and carriage traveling south on Milwaukee Avenue (Illinois Route 21) would require a half day to reach downtown Chicago. In reality, the town’s name was Halfda in honor of a friendly chief, whose name in Aptakisic meant “sun at its meridian” or half of the day. An early cartographer spelled it Half Day, and so it remained.* It is about 30 miles (48 km) to downtown Chicago via Milwaukee Avenue.
History
SBI Route 22 was a loop around the Chicago area, using parts of U.S. 41, modern Illinois 22, U.S. Route 14, Illinois Route 31, and U.S. Route 30. By 1935 this had largely been changed to its current route, extending east of current U.S. 41. In 1937, U.S. 41 was moved to its current route, truncating Illinois 22 to its current length in the process.
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