Stearns Road

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Stearns Road
Joyce. C Stearns Memorial Highway
Greenbrook Boulevard
Part ofIllinois 25.svgCR 29 jct.svgCR 37 jct.svg IL 25  / CR 29  / CR 37
Maintained byVarious local agencies
Length11.1 mi (17.9 km) [1]
Location South Elgin, Wayne, Bartlett, Hanover Park
West endCR 34 jct.svg CR 34 / Randall Road / McDonald Road in South Elgin
East endUS 20.svg US 20 / Lake Street in Hanover Park

Stearns Road is a major county road in the Chicago Metropolitan Area in parts of DuPage and Kane counties, Illinois, United States. Stearns Road begins at Kane County Highway 34 (Randall Road) in South Elgin and continues east into Greenbrook Boulevard and ends at U.S. Route 20 in Hanover Park. Parts of Stearns Road are signed as Illinois Route 25, DuPage County Route 29, and Kane County Route 37. This is a distance of about 11.1 miles (17.9 km). [1]

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History

Stearns Road began at Dunham Road until the bridge corridor was opened to traffic on December 15, 2010. This award-winning project [2] includes 4.6 miles (7.4 km) of new road alignment that extends from approximately the Kane–DuPage county line to Randall Road, along with a new Fox River Bridge crossing. [2]

Major intersections

CountyLocationmi [1] kmDestinationsNotes
Kane South Elgin 0.00.0CR 34 jct.svg CR 34 (Randall Road)Western terminus
1.42.3To plate.svg
Illinois 31.svg McLean Boulevard to IL 31
Wayne 3.35.3South plate.svg
Illinois 25.svg IL 25 south		Western end of IL 25 overlap
Bartlett 4.06.4North plate.svg
Illinois 25.svgSouth plate county.svg
CR 19 jct.svg IL 25 north / CR 19 south (Dunham Road)		Eastern end of IL 25 overlap
DuPage 6.410.3CR 18 jct.svg CR 18 (Munger Road)
7.211.6Illinois 59.svg IL 59 (Sutton Road)
10.116.3CR 43 jct.svg CR 43 (County Farm Road)Start of Greenbrook Boulevard section
Hanover Park 11.117.9US 20.svgTo plate.svg
East plate.svg
Toll plate yellow.svg
Illinois 390.svg US 20 (Lake Street) to IL 390 Toll east (Elgin-O'Hare Tollway)		Eastern terminus
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Lake Street & Greenbrook Boulevard to Randall Road & Stearns Road" (Map). Google Maps . Retrieved December 13, 2018.
  2. 1 2 "Stearns Road Bridge Corridor". Kane County Division of Transportation. Retrieved December 13, 2018.


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