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==Transportation== [[Pace (transit)|Pace]] provides bus service on Route 550 along Randall Road in Algonquin connecting Crystal Lake and Elgin.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rtachicago.org/uploads/files/general/RTA-System-Map.pdf|title=RTA System Map|access-date=January 28, 2024}}</ref> Algonquin is a center of transportation for McHenry and Kane Counties. Some of the major roadways include: *[[Randall Road]] is a major multi-lane highway serving the village's western side. The road is entirely lined with major [[Lifestyle center (retail)|outdoor shopping malls]], [[big-box store|big-box retailers]], restaurants, and a major corporate center which serve the region. For a mile-long stretch between Harnish Drive and Corporate Parkway, near the village's malls, the road is six lanes wide with a landscaped center median with dual left turn lanes. Elsewhere, the road is four lanes wide with a striped median with single left turn lanes. The road connects Algonquin with [[Crystal Lake, Illinois|Crystal Lake]] and [[Lake in the Hills, Illinois|Lake in the Hills]] on the north and [[Carpentersville, Illinois|Carpentersville]], [[Elgin, Illinois|Elgin]], [[South Elgin, Illinois|South Elgin]], [[Geneva, Illinois|Geneva]], and the rest of the Fox River Valley suburbs to the south. *[[Illinois Route 25]] is a north–south road on the village's eastern side which ends at [[Illinois Route 62]]. It connects the village to Carpentersville, [[East Dundee, Illinois|East Dundee]], Elgin, and the rest of the [[Fox Valley (Illinois)|Fox River Valley]] suburbs to its south. *[[Illinois Route 31]] (Main Street) is a major north–south road going through the heart of the village's downtown. Despite Route 31's high traffic volume, the road is only two lanes wide with a center striped median and left turn lanes, resulting in considerable backups at the road's intersection with Algonquin Road. In the Old Town District, there are on-street parallel parking spots to service the downtown shops located along the road. Because the shops and many other buildings are so close to the road, widening is not an option to ease traffic congestion, so a western 31 bypass of the village's downtown is planned. This bypass would include an interchange at Algonquin Road, currently one of the most congested intersections in McHenry County. Illinois Route 31 connects to Crystal Lake and [[McHenry, Illinois|McHenry]] on the north and Carpentersville, [[West Dundee, Illinois|West Dundee]], Elgin, and [[St. Charles, Illinois|St. Charles]] on the south. *[[Illinois Route 62]] (Algonquin Road) is a major east–west arterial road. West of Illinois Route 31, the road loses the Illinois Route 62 designation and becomes a county highway (Algonquin Road) that continues west to Illinois Route 47. The road is locally infamous for its westbound backups from Sandbloom Road west to Illinois Route 31, particularly during the weekday evening rush hour. Algonquin Road is four lanes with a center median for its entirety in the village. West of Randall Road, the median is landscaped, while east of Randall, it is striped. Algonquin Road connects the village to [[Huntley, Illinois|Huntley]] on the west and other major northwest suburbs like [[Hoffman Estates, IL|Hoffman Estates]], [[Schaumburg, IL|Schaumburg]], [[Arlington Heights, Illinois|Arlington Heights]], [[Mount Prospect, Illinois|Mount Prospect]], and [[Des Plaines, IL|Des Plaines]] on the east. West of Pyott Road, Algonquin Road roughly forms the border between Algonquin and Lake in the Hills. *[[Lake Cook Road]] terminates at East Algonquin Road on the eastern edge of the village and connects it to [[Barrington, Illinois|Barrington]], [[Palatine, Illinois|Palatine]], [[Arlington Heights, Illinois|Arlington Heights]], [[Buffalo Grove, Illinois|Buffalo Grove]], [[Wheeling, Illinois|Wheeling]], [[Northbrook, Illinois|Northbrook]] and [[Glencoe, Illinois|Glencoe]]. *Pyott Road and Lakewood Road terminate at West Algonquin Road, just north of the village limits, and connect the village to Lake in the Hills, Crystal Lake, and [[Lakewood, Illinois|Lakewood]]. *[[Longmeadow Parkway]] is a minor east–west road that currently connects Huntley Road on the southwest side of the village to IL Route 62 in [[Barrington Hills, Illinois|Barrington Hills]] via a newly constructed bridge (2019) over the Fox River. *Other important roads within Algonquin include Highland Avenue, River Road, Haegers Bend Road, Sandbloom Road, Souwanas Trail, Edgewood Drive, Hanson Road, County Line Road, Sleepy Hollow Road, Huntington Drive, Harnish Drive, Square Barn Road, Stonegate Road, Bunker Hill Drive, Boyer Road, and Corporate Parkway. Algonquin was previously served by a rail line between Elgin and Crystal Lake. It closed in the 1930s.
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