Interstate 80 in Illinois
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Interstate 80 |
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Moline Expressway[1] | |||||||||
Maintained by IDOT | |||||||||
Length: | 163.52 mi[2] (263.16 km) | ||||||||
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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 | ||||||||
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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 |
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Bureau | N/A | 61 | Interstate 180 South — Hennepin, Peoria |
Northern terminus of Interstate 180. | |
Ladd | 70 | Illinois Route 89 — Ladd, Spring Valley | |||
LaSalle | Peru | 73 | Plank Road | ||
75 | Illinois Route 251 — Mendota, La Salle-Peru | ||||
La Salle | 77 | Illinois Route 351 — La Salle | |||
79A-B | Interstate 39/U.S. Route 51 — Bloomington-Normal, Rockford | Full cloverleaf interchange | |||
Utica | 81 | Illinois Route 178 — Utica, Starved Rock State Park | Northern terminus of Illinois 178. | ||
Ottawa | 90 | Illinois Route 23 — Ottawa, DeKalb[4] | |||
93 | Illinois Route 71 — Ottawa, Oswego.[4] | ||||
Marseilles | 97 | East 24th Street — Marseilles | |||
Grundy | Seneca | 105 | North Seneca Road — Seneca | Exit closed as of November 2006 for reconstruction. | |
Morris | 112 | Illinois Route 47 — Morris, Yorkville | |||
Kendall | Minooka | 122 | Ridge Road — Minooka | ||
Will | Shorewood | 126A-B | Interstate 55 — Chicago, 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 57 — Memphis, 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 |
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Cook | Lansing | 160 | Interstate 80 West, Interstate 294 North (Tri-State Tollway) — Iowa, Wisconsin Interstate 94 West (Bishop Ford Freeway) — Chicago Illinois Route 394 South — Danville |
Exit is located east of exit 161 traveling westbound. | |
South Holland | 161 | U.S. Route 6 West, Illinois Route 83 — Torrence Avenue |
[edit] References
- ^ Illinois Department of Transportation (2006). IL50: Interstate Stories. Retrieved on 2007-03-09.
- ^ 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
- ^ a b Mapquest (2006-11-02). Retrieved on 2006-11-02.
- ^ a b Sarjeant, Charles (2006-07-01). Illinois Highway Ends - Interstate 80. Retrieved on 2006-11-02.