A fatal crash involving a motorcycle overnight closed Illinois Route 53 in both directions early Monday morning in the northwest suburbs. All lanes in both directions were reopened just after 7 a.m., ...

A motorcyclist was killed early Monday in a crash with a dump truck on northbound Route 53 near Rand Road in Arlington Heights. The victim was pronounced dead at the scene, and all lanes were closed ...

I llinois Route 53 is shut down in both directions after a deadly motorcycle crash in Arlington Heights, Illinois, early Monday morning. According to Illinois State Police, troopers responded to a ...

A big mess for drivers NB on Route 53 near Arlington Heights & Palatine. All NB 53 traffic forced off at Kirchhoff due to a semi rollover with 2 passenger vehicles damaged up at Northwest Highway.

Plans for Route 53, along with the pipe dream of a Waukegan-to-Richmond expressway, have been kicking around since the late 1960s.

The Route 53 extension controversy appears now to be in the hands of an advisory group — only this time Lake County stakeholders won't be wrestling with how to build a road but rather what's ...

The Illinois Department of Transportation over the last 48 years acquired 1,100 acres of land for the Route 53 corridor, costing $54.3 million.

With the completion of the larger Route 3 in the early 1960s, Route 53 lost its vitality to the region but a number of its cool, quaint stops remain today, as well as some new spots catering to ...

Part of Route 53 in Danbury is closed due to flooding on Tuesday. Police said Route 53 has been closed at Elmwood Place since 10:45 p.m. on Monday and there is water over the road.

Advocates for the extension of Route 53 through Lake County say they have devised a unique plan to help bridge a multibillion-dollar funding gap in the long-debated project. The plan calls for ...