Illinois Route 176#Route description
{{Short description|State highway in northern Illinois, US}}
{{Use American English|date=April 2025}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}}
{{Infobox road
| state=IL
| type=IL
| maint=IDOT
| route = 176
|map={{maplink|frame=yes|plain=yes|frame-align=center|frame-width=295|frame-height=260|type=line|raw={{Wikipedia:Map data/Wikipedia KML/Illinois Route 176}}}}
|map_custom=yes
|map_notes=IL 176 highlighted in red
| length_mi = 41.28
| length_round = 2
| direction_a = West
| direction_b = East
| terminus_a = {{Jct|state=IL|IL|23}} in Marengo
| junction =
- {{Jct|state=IL|US|14}} in Crystal Lake
- {{Jct|state=IL|IL|31}} in Crystal Lake
- {{Jct|state=IL|US|12|IL|59}} in Wauconda
- {{Jct|state=IL|US|45}} in Mundelein
- {{Jct|state=IL|I-Toll|94}} in Green Oaks
- {{Jct|state=IL|US|41}} in Lake Bluff
| terminus_b = {{Jct|state=IL|IL|131}} in Lake Bluff
| previous_route = 175
| previous_type=IL 1926
| next_type=IL
| next_route = 177
|browse={{il browse|previous_type=US|previous_route=67|route=20px|next_type=IL|next_route=68}}
}}
Illinois Route 176 (IL 176) is a {{convert|41.28|mi|km|-long|adj=mid}} east–west state route in northern Illinois. It runs from IL 23 (State Street) in Marengo to the southern terminus of IL 131 (Green Bay Road) in Lake Bluff.
Route description
IL 176 is a two- to four-lane arterial in northern Illinois. The eastern terminus of IL 176 is unique in that both IL 131 and IL 176 terminate at that corner; neither state route extends beyond that point in any direction.
IL 47 overlaps IL 176 east of Marengo.
History
SBI Route 176 originally ran from Crystal Lake to Lake Bluff. In 1941, the designation was extended westward to Marengo, replacing IL 67, redundant to the newly-designated US 67.{{cite news|title=New Delhi Road Designated As Part of U.S. 67|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/3557206/us_67_designated_alton_il_march_20/|access-date=November 4, 2015|work=The Alton Evening Telegraph|date=March 20, 1941|page=2|via=Newspapers.com}} {{open access}}
Future
The village of Wauconda hired an engineering firm in 2014 to suggest improvements to the congested interchange with US 12. They proposed eliminating the interchange and converting it to an at-grade intersection with dual left turn lanes at each leg, two lanes in each direction for IL 176, three lanes in each direction of US 12, and developing the frontage of the intersection. The estimated cost to convert the US 12 interchange with IL 176 and the US 12 interchange with IL 59 to at-grade signalized arterial intersections is $300 million, none of which would come from IDOT.{{cite news |url= http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20140325/news/140328931/ |title= Transportation Improvements Recommended for Wauconda |first= Russell |last= Lissau |date= March 25, 2014 |work= Daily Herald |location= Arlington Heights, IL |access-date= May 25, 2015}}{{cite report |first1= Bill |last1= Grieve |first2= Amanda |last2= Larson |first3= Dan |last3= Brinkman |date= April 1, 2014 |title= Illinois Route 176 Corridor |url= http://wauconda-il.gov/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Trans-Study-IL-176-Corridor-Report-websize.pdf |format= PDF |publisher= Gewalt Hamilton Associates |access-date= May 25, 2015 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150217050356/http://wauconda-il.gov/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Trans-Study-IL-176-Corridor-Report-websize.pdf |archive-date= February 17, 2015 |url-status= dead }}
Major Intersections
{{ILint
|county=McHenry
|cspan=5
|location=Marengo
|type=
|mile=0.0
|road={{jct|state=IL|IL|23|name1=State St}}
|notes=Western terminus of IL 176
}}
{{ILint
|location=none
|type=concur
|mile=9.0
|road={{jct|state=IL|IL|47|dir1=north|city1=Woodstock}}
|notes=West end of IL 47 concurrency
}}
{{ILint
|location=none
|type=concur
|mile=9.8
|road={{jct|state=IL|IL|47|dir1=south|city1=Huntley}}
|notes=East end of IL 47 concurrency
}}
{{ILint
|location=Crystal Lake
|lspan=2
|type=
|mile=13.8
|road={{jct|state=IL|US|14|name1=Virginia St|city1=Woodstock}}
|notes=
}}
{{ILint
|type=
|mile=16.8
|road={{jct|state=IL|IL|31}}
|notes=
}}
{{ILint
|county=Lake
|cspan=8
|location=Wauconda
|type=
|mile=25.2
|road={{jct|state=IL|US|12|IL|59|name2=Rand Rd}}
|notes=interchange
}}
{{ILint
|location=Mundelein
|lspan=2
|type=
|mile=31.4
|road={{jct|state=IL|IL|60|IL|83}}
|notes=
}}
{{ILint
|type=
|mile=33.3
|road={{jct|state=IL|US|45|name1=Lake St}}
|notes=
}}
{{ILint
|location=Libertyville
|type=
|mile=36.1
|road={{jct|state=IL|IL|21|name1=Milwaukee Ave}}
|notes=
}}
{{ILint
|location=Green Oaks
|type=incomplete
|mile=38.3
|road={{jct|state=IL|I-Toll|94|dir1=east|name1=Tri-State Tollway|location1=Indiana}}
|notes=No access from or to I-94 west; I-94 exit 16
}}
{{ILint
|location=Lake Bluff
|lspan=3
|type=
|mile=40.0
|road={{jct|state=IL|IL|43|name1=Waukegan Rd}}
|notes=
}}
{{ILint
|type=
|mile=40.3
|road={{jct|state=IL|US|41|name1=Skokie Hwy}}
|notes=
}}
{{ILint
|type=
|mile=41.28
|road={{jct|state=IL|IL|131|dir1=north|name1=Green Bay Rd}}
|notes=Eastern terminus of IL 176; southern terminus of IL 131
}}
{{jctbtm|keys=concur,incomplete}}
References
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