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Illinois Route 10 (IL 10) is an arterial east–west state highway that runs from rural Mason County east to Champaign, a distance of 91.35 miles (147.01 km). [ 1 ] Route description
Entrances to the park's two major campgrounds are located off Illinois 102. IL 113 takes a mostly parallel route, but on the south side of the river. The road is two lanes for its entire length, except for a four-lane stretch with center turn lanes measuring approximately one and a half miles (2.4 km) near its eastern end in Bourbonnais.
The routing of US 24 in Illinois is largely unchanged from 1926. Prior to 1937, US 24 ran through Canton on various roads; afterward, it was relocated southeast, closely paralleling the Illinois River. In 1995, a bypass around Washington was completed. The old US 24 became an extension of IL 8 to near Eureka.
Illinois Route 6 is a 4-lane freeway entirely in Peoria County in central Illinois. It begins as a northern extension of Interstate 474 at Interstate 74 west of Peoria, and ends at Illinois Route 29 at the 9th Mile in Mossville, south of Chillicothe. The freeway currently has a total length of 10.11 miles (16.27 km), including the connector ...
Illinois Route 7 (IL 7, Illinois 7) is a northeast–southwest state route in northeastern Illinois. Currently, IL 7 runs from U.S. Route 6 (US 6) at Rockdale north through Joliet, and Crest Hill into Lockport, and then east to Orland Park before terminating at IL 43 in Worth. IL 7 runs for about 28.06 miles (45.16 km). [1]
Roads on the National Register of Historic Places in Illinois (5 P) Pages in category "Historic trails and roads in Illinois" The following 11 pages are in this category, out of 11 total.
In 1896, the Auburn post office was the site of the first Rural Free Delivery service in Illinois, part of a nationwide test. [13] Three rural letter carriers rode 35-mile routes. [ 14 ] The experiment was well-received: some local farmers changed their post office to Auburn to take advantage of the new system. [ 14 ]
Below is a list of covered bridges in Illinois.There are nine authentic covered bridges in the U.S. state of Illinois.Five of them are historic. [1] A covered bridge is considered authentic not due to its age, but by its construction.