Amstutz Expressway

Illinois Route 137
Buckley Road Sheridan Road
Route information
Maintained by IDOT
Length:	23.49 mi (37.80 km)
Existed:	1953 – present
Major junctions
West end:	IL 83 in Grayslake
	US 45 in Libertyville I-94 in Green Oaks US 41 in North Chicago
North end:	WIS 32 in Winthrop Harbor
Location
Counties:	Lake
Highway system
Illinois State Highway System Interstate U.S. State Tollways ← IL 136 IL 138 →

Illinois Route 137 is a state highway in northeast Illinois. It runs from the Wisconsin Border north of Winthrop Harbor south to North Chicago, west to Libertyville, and then back northwest to Grayslake, terminating at Illinois Route 83 just south of Illinois Route 120. This is a distance of 23.49 miles (37.80 km).

The eastern portion of Illinois 137 carries part of the Amstutz Expressway, a short freeway between downtown Waukegan and Lake Michigan. It is also one of two J-shaped state roads in Illinois (the other being Illinois Route 157 in southwest Illinois).

Illinois 137 is called Buckley Road in the northwest-southeast segment, as well as the east–west segment east of Illinois Route 21 (Milwaukee Avenue). Between these segments, in northern Libertyville,business addresses use Peterson Road, however street signs name it Buckley Road, which continues west as Illinois 137 turns northwest. In North Chicago, at the east end of the Buckley Road alignment, the route turns north where it cuts Naval Station Great Lakes into two areas, and becomes Sheridan Road for most of its remaining length to the Wisconsin state line. The exception is the Amstutz Expressway, which runs from Sheridan Road near the southern border of Waukegan to Greenwood Avenue roughly 2 miles (3.2 km) north, where the expressway abruptly ends; Illinois 137 follows Greenwood Avenue west a short distance back to Sheridan Road and continues north through Beach Park, Zion, and Winthrop Harbor before terminating at the state line. Sheridan Road continues north as Wisconsin Highway 32.

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