Illinois Route 72

Illinois Route 72
Illinois Route 72
	IL 72 highlighted in red
Route information
	Maintained by IDOT and CDOT
Length	110.71 mi (178.17 km)
Existed	1924–present
Major junctions
West end	IL 73 in Lanark
	I-39 / US 51 in Monroe Center; US 20 / IL 47 in Hampshire; I-290 / IL 53 in Schaumburg; Future I-490 in Elk Groove Village; ; I-90 Toll in Des Plaines; US 12 / US 45 in Des Plaines; ; I-90 Toll in Rosemont;
East end	I-90 / IL 43 in Chicago
Location
Country	United States
State	Illinois
Counties	Carroll, Ogle, DeKalb, Kane, Cook
Highway system
	Illinois State Highway System; Interstate; US; State; Tollways; Scenic;

Illinois Route 72 is an east–west state highway in northern Illinois. It runs from the intersection with Illinois Route 73 north of Lanark east to Illinois Route 43 (Harlem Avenue) in Chicago. This is a distance of 110.71 miles (178.2 km).