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Historically, this section of Archer was a part of Illinois Route 4, the original 1924 highway connecting St. Louis and Chicago. [4] In 1926, Route 4 was rerouted to the north side of the Des Plaines River on an alignment that subsequently became U.S. Route 66, and its former route on Archer was redesignated as Illinois Route 4A. [5]
The first road from Joliet to Chicago was shown as "Lone Star Route" on early road maps. [11] In 1924 S.B.I. 4 was designated as the first numbered route from Saint Louis to Chicago . From Joliet to Lyons, the original S.B.I 4 followed the route of modern IL 171, along Archer Avenue , except for a jog through Lemont on State and Main streets to ...
Originally Chicago to St. Louis, mostly replaced by US 66 except from Springfield to Staunton where IL 4 was used on the old road and US 66 on the new; IL 4 replaced the old IL 43 Staunton to near Murphysboro IL 4A — — — — 1925: 1967 Ran Chicago to Joliet along Archer Av., Replaced by IL 171: IL 5 — — — — 1918
The tracks left Willow Springs westbound along Archer Rd. At Sag (today's State Route 83 and 171 intersection) Archer Rd. turned south. The track combined, and single track continued west alongside the tracks of the Chicago and Alton Railroad's Joliet Subdivision, crossing the Calumet Feeder Canal (Cal-Sag Channel after 1911) on its own trestle ...
It was built on an ancient Native American trail, which has evolved into today's Archer Avenue (Illinois Route 171). [2] On March 27, 1991, a tornado caused significant damage to Lemont and Sag Bridge, including the historic St. James church and cemetery. [3]
8530 Harms Rd., Skokie: 1880 United Church of Christ (Protestant) Saints Cyril and Methodius Lemont: 1888 Catholic Salem Cemetery Palatine: Sauerbier – Burkhardt Cemetery Crestwood [25] Shalom Memorial Park 1700 W. Rand Rd., Arlington Heights: 1956 Jewish Sunset Memorial Lawns 3100 Shermer Rd., Northbrook: 1890 Sutherland (Sayles) Cemetery ...
Illinois State Bond Issue Route 4 was the first numbered through route between Chicago and St. Louis, as shown on the 1924 Illinois Road Map. [3] As such it was the forerunner of more famous routes US 66 and Interstate 55. In 1926, a new alignment for Route 4 was opened between Joliet and Lyons, on the north side of the Des Plaines River.
Lemont is a village located in Cook, DuPage, and Will counties in the U.S. state of Illinois, and is a south-west suburb of Chicago. The population was 17,629 as of the 2020 census . [ 2 ] The village is situated on a hillside along the south banks of the Des Plaines River .