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U.S. Route 24 (US 24) in the U.S. state of Illinois is a major arterial road that runs from the Missouri state line at the Mississippi River in Quincy to Sheldon. This is a distance of 255.13 miles (410.59 km).
In East Peoria, US 24 forms a wrong-way concurrency with Illinois Route 116 and US 150 as it parallels the Illinois River. From East Peoria, US 24 runs directly east (parallel to the Toledo, Peoria and Western Railway) through a number of small towns en route to Indiana. US 24 crosses into Indiana at the state line east of Sheldon.
Illinois's state route numbers originated in 1918 as State Bond Issues 1 through 46, used to finance the new roads. The numbers of the bond issues were then used to mark the highway routes along the way. Another series of bond issues were authorized in 1924 (47–185) and again were used to mark the roads they paid for.
The Meeting of the Great Rivers Scenic Route extends for 33.0 miles (53.1 km) in southwestern Illinois, travelling through the floodplain of the Mississippi and Illinois Rivers. The route has been officially designated as a National Scenic Byway by the Federal Highway Administration. The route coincides with a portion of the Great River Road.
The Illinois Waterway system consists of 336 miles (541 km) of navigable water from the mouth of the Calumet River at Chicago to the mouth of the Illinois River at Grafton, Illinois. Based primarily on the Illinois River , it is a system of rivers, lakes, and canals that provide a commercial shipping connection from the Great Lakes to the Gulf ...
Illinois Route 103 (IL 103) is a 9.18-mile-long (14.77 km) state route in west-central Illinois, United States. [1] The route, entirely in Schuyler County , runs from U.S. Route 24 (US 24) near Ripley east to the intersection of US 67 and IL 100 across the Illinois River from Beardstown .
Begin/end concurrency with US 24 / IL 97: Little America: 55.1: 88.7: US 24 east / Illinois River Road north – Banner, Peoria: Begin/end concurrency with US 24/Illinois River Road: Buckheart Township: 61.5: 99.0: IL 100 south – St. David, Lewistown: Eastern terminus of IL 100: Canton: 64.7: 104.1: IL 9 east (East Linn Street) – Banner ...
The Illinois River Road: Route of the Voyageurs is a National Scenic Byway in Central Illinois, United States. It traverses a set of roadways on both sides of the Illinois River, primarily between Ottawa, Illinois to the north, and Havana, Illinois to the south. Along its route are nature areas, cities and towns, museums and other attractions.