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Kankakee to Fairfield, replaced by US-45. Reused in the 1930s on current route. Originally Freeport to Polo, extended north to the state line to replace IL-74 and south to Bureau then E. Peoria replacing IL-89 and IL-87 in part. Rerouted to the I-180 bridge in the 1990s due to a bridge removal over the Illinois River.
The route then heads around the west and south sides of South Bend and Elkhart as a four-lane limited access divided highway. East of State Road 15 (SR 15), US 20 is two-lane rural highway. US 20 was part of the Dunes Highway from the Illinois state line to Michigan City, concurrent with US 12. The Dunes Highway started being paved in 1922.
The Alaska Highway (French: Route de l'Alaska; also known as the Alaskan Highway, Alaska-Canadian Highway, or ALCAN Highway) was constructed during World War II to connect the contiguous United States to Alaska across Canada. It begins at the junction with a few Canadian highways in Dawson Creek, British Columbia, and runs to Delta Junction ...
The Most Scenic Highway Drive in Every State. Monica Beyer,Jeff Rindskopf. April 25, 2024 at 2:00 PM. Doug Meek/shutterstock. Road Tested. ... Illinois: Ohio River Scenic Byway.
U.S. Route 45 (US 45) in the state of Illinois is a major north–south U.S. Highway that runs from the Brookport Bridge over the Ohio River at Brookport north through rural sections of eastern Illinois and then through the suburbs of Chicago to the Wisconsin state line east of Antioch. This is a distance of 428.99 miles (690.39 km). [1]
US 51 north / Great River Road (National Route) north / Lincoln Heritage Trail (Southern Branch) north (Ohio River Scenic Byway north) to I-57 north – Cairo: Eastern end of Lincoln Heritage Trail concurrency; western end of US 51/Great River Road concurrency: 0.75– 0.92: 1.21– 1.48: Cairo Ohio River Bridge Illinois–Kentucky state line
Coordinates: 60°03′48″N 128°42′52″W. Sign Post Forest, 2005. Sign Post Forest is a collection of signs at Watson Lake, Yukon, Canada, and is one of the most famous of the landmarks along the Alaska Highway. It was started by a homesick GI in 1942. He was assigned light duty while recovering from an injury and erected the signpost for ...
Interstate. US. State. Tollways. Scenic. ← IL 19. → IL 21. U.S. Route 20 (US 20) in the U.S. state of Illinois is a major arterial highway that runs from the Iowa state line at East Dubuque at the northwestern tip of Illinois to the Indiana state line at Chicago south of the Chicago Skyway, a distance of 233.93 miles (376.47 km). [1] For ...