In Illinois, Federal Route 14 is a northwest-southeast route in northeastern Illinois. It begins at US41 in a far northern part of the City of Chicago and runs toward the northwest, hence it's designation in the Chicago area as "Northwest Highway."
Intersections from east to west (Chicago to Wisconsin):
US14 begins at US41 on the North Side of Chicago, blocks west of Lake Michigan
US14 then crosses US41 again as it heads westerly on Peterson Avenue
IL50 then crosses the highway
Immediately after, US14 crosses I-94
It then joins IL43 north
Near Morton Grove, US14 breaks off of IL43 to head west again; at the same time, IL58 comes from the east to join IL43 north, giving IL43 another consecutive multiplex
US14 crosses IL21
I-294 (access to/from the south only)
IL58, still at Des Plaines
IL83 at Mt. Prospect
IL53 at Palatine
IL68 by Inverness
IL59 at Barrington
IL22 at Fox River Grove
IL31 at Crystal Lake
IL176 by Crystal Lake
IL47 at Woodstock
IL120 near Woodstock
IL23 by Harvard
IL173 joins from the west at Harvard
IL173 leaves US14 to head east again shortly after
US14 exits the state of Illinois into Wisconsin near Walworth, Wisconsin.
US14 passes through the following towns: Chicago, Lincolnwood, Niles, Des Plaines, Mount Prospect, Arlington Heights, Palatine, Inverness, Barrington, Fox River Grove, Cary, Crystal Lake, Woodstock, and Harvard.
