Interstate 80 in Illinois

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Interstate 80
Moline Expressway[1]
Maintained by IDOT
Length: 163.52 mi[2] (263.16 km)
Formed: 1967
West end: Iowa state line at the Mississippi River.
East end: Indiana state line with Interstate 94 and U.S. Route 6.
Counties: Bureau, LaSalle, Grundy, Kendall, Will, Cook
Major cities: LaSalle-Peru, Joliet
System: Interstate Highway System
Illinois state highway system
< ILL 78 ILL 81 >

In the U.S. state of Illinois, Interstate 80 is an Interstate highway that runs from the Quad Cities east to south of Chicago. It is a main east-west route for traffic coming and going through illinois, especially for cross-country truckers.

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[edit] Interchanges

Italicized destinations are either implicit (not given on signage) or secondary (given on secondary signage) destinations.

County Location Mile #[3] Destinations Notes
Bureau N/A 61
Interstate 180 SouthHennepin, Peoria
Northern terminus of Interstate 180.
Ladd 70 Illinois Route 89Ladd, Spring Valley
LaSalle Peru 73 Plank Road
75 Illinois Route 251Mendota, La Salle-Peru
La Salle 77 Illinois Route 351La Salle
79A-B Interstate 39/U.S. Route 51Bloomington-Normal, Rockford Full cloverleaf interchange
Utica 81 Illinois Route 178Utica, Starved Rock State Park Northern terminus of Illinois 178.
Ottawa 90 Illinois Route 23Ottawa, DeKalb[4]
93 Illinois Route 71Ottawa, Oswego.[4]
Marseilles 97 East 24th StreetMarseilles
Grundy Seneca 105 North Seneca RoadSeneca Exit closed as of November 2006 for reconstruction.
Morris 112 Illinois Route 47Morris, Yorkville
Kendall Minooka 122 Ridge RoadMinooka
Will Shorewood 126A-B Interstate 55Chicago, St. Louis Full cloverleaf interchange. Reconstructed 2005.
Joliet 127 Houbolt Road, Empress Road
130A-B Illinois Route 7 — Larkin Avenue
131 Center Street Exit to U.S. Route 52 and U.S. Route 6.
N/A Des Plaines River
132A-B U.S. Route 52/Illinois Route 53 — Chicago Street Exits combined into single exit 132 westbound.
133 Richards Street
Ingalis Park 134 Briggs Street
New Lenox 137 U.S. Route 30 — Maple Street
Orland Hills 145 U.S. Route 45 — La Grange Road
Tinley Park 148A-B Illinois Route 43 — Harlem Avenue
Cook Country Club Hills 151A-B Interstate 57Memphis, Tennessee, Chicago Left exits from eastbound I-80 to I-57 NB, and westbound I-80 to I-57 SB.
Hazel Crest 154 Kedzie Avenue
University Park
Interstate 80 East, Interstate 294 (Tri-State Tollway) — Indiana, Wisconsin
Interstate 80 eastbound joins with I-294 southbound.

[edit] Tri-State Tollway

See Tri-State Tollway#Interchanges.

[edit] Kingery Expressway

The following exits are part of the Kingery Expressway.

County Location Mile #[3] Destinations Notes
Cook Lansing 160
Interstate 80 West, Interstate 294 North (Tri-State Tollway) — Iowa, Wisconsin

Interstate 94 West (Bishop Ford Freeway) — Chicago

Illinois Route 394 SouthDanville
Exit is located east of exit 161 traveling westbound.
South Holland 161
U.S. Route 6 West, Illinois Route 83 — Torrence Avenue

[edit] References

  1. ^ Illinois Department of Transportation (2006). IL50: Interstate Stories. Retrieved on 2007-03-09.
  2. ^ Federal Highway Administration Route Log and Finder List, Main Routes of the Dwight D. Eisenhower National System Of Interstate and Defense Highways as of October 31, 2002
  3. ^ a b Mapquest (2006-11-02). Retrieved on 2006-11-02.
  4. ^ a b Sarjeant, Charles (2006-07-01). Illinois Highway Ends - Interstate 80. Retrieved on 2006-11-02.