U.S. Route 6 in Illinois
Grand Army of the Republic Highway | ||||
US 6 highlighted in red | ||||
Route information | ||||
Maintained by IDOT | ||||
Length | 179.88 mi[1] (289.49 km) | |||
Existed | 1932[2]–present | |||
Major junctions | ||||
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Location | ||||
Country | United States | |||
State | Illinois | |||
Counties | Rock Island, Henry, Bureau, LaSalle, Grundy, Will, Cook | |||
Highway system | ||||
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U.S. Route 6 (US 6) in the state of Illinois is an east–west arterial surface road that runs 179.88 miles (289.49 km) from the city of Moline in the Quad Cities area to Lansing at the Indiana state line.
Route description
[edit]Quad Cities to La Salle–Peru
[edit]US 6 crosses the I-74 Bridge from Bettendorf, Iowa, south into Moline, concurrent with Interstate 74 (I-74). It remains with I-74 for five miles (8.0 km) until the intersection with I-280 south of the Rock River, where it continues south, then turns east at Quad Cities International Airport. It intersects I-80 as it leaves the Quad Cities area and closely parallels I-80 for the rest of its length in Illinois.
From the Quad Cities, US 6 travels east through the city of Geneseo. At Sheffield, US 6 overlaps US 34 through to Princeton. After an interchange with I-180, US 6 runs with Illinois Route 89 (IL 89) to Spring Valley. In the La Salle–Peru area, US 6 intersects with IL 251, IL 351 and I-39/US 51.
La Salle–Peru to Joliet
[edit]US 6 then runs past Ottawa, intersecting with the concurrent IL 23/IL 71 before joining with IL 71 for four miles (6.4 km). Further east, US 6 runs through Marseilles and Seneca, where IL 170 terminates. It then runs through Morris and overlaps IL 47 for a slight northward jog. At Channahon, US 6 has an interchange with I-55.
Joliet to Indiana
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In the Joliet area, US 6 parallels the Des Plaines River and passes beneath the cantilever bridge carrying I-80 over the Des Plaines River. At this point, it is called Railroad Street, but it turns onto McDonough Street with US 52 as it crosses the river. It then turns north, overlapping IL 53 (Chicago Street) and then east with US 30 (Cass Street). Two blocks north of leaving US 30, US 6 intersects the southern terminus of IL 171 and turns east onto Maple Road. In New Lenox, it intersects with I-355 and becomes Southwest Highway.
US 6 turns off Southwest Highway in Orland Park, heads north on Wolf Road briefly, then turns east onto 159th Street, a major east–west arterial through that town and the southern suburbs of Chicago. In Calumet City, US 6 joins with IL 83 south to the I-80/I-94 (Kingery Expressway) and then follows the Kingery east into Indiana.
Although US 6 enters the Chicago metropolitan area, it never enters the city limits of Chicago.
History
[edit]US 6 first was shown on maps in 1932, mainly on its current routing except for a more southerly routing from Princeton to Spring Valley through DePue and at the Illinois–Indiana line.[3][4] In 1934, both portions were changed to its current routing, from Princeton to Spring Valley and in Lockport.[4] By 1939, US 6 was rerouted in the Quad Cities, briefly forming US 6 City.[5][6][7] By 1953, the route was rerouted to travel along Torrence Avenue and part of the Kingery Expressway (from US 30 Alternate to Indiana state line).[8][9]
Prior to the formation of US 6, the road west of Princeton was US 32. US 32 remained for several more years until the part east of Princeton became an extension of US 34.
Major intersections
[edit]County | Location | mi[1][10] | km | Destinations | Notes | ||
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Rock Island | Moline | 0.0 | 0.0 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Iowa state line (I-74 Bridge over the Mississippi River) | ||
see I-74 (exits 1-5) | |||||||
4.5 | 7.2 | ![]() ![]() ![]() | Eastern end of I-74 overlap; signed as exit 5A (I-280 west) | ||||
27th Street / Quad City Airport - Rock Island | 27th Street is state maintained | ||||||
5.4 | 8.7 | ![]() ![]() | Western terminus of US 150 | ||||
Henry | Colona Township | 12.0 | 19.3 | ![]() ![]() | |||
Colona | 13.1 | 21.1 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | I-80 exit 9 | |||
Colona Township | Green River-Osco Road - Green River, Osco | former US 6 west; state maintained | |||||
Geneseo | 22.7 | 36.5 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Western end of IL 82 overlap | |||
23.5 | 37.8 | ![]() ![]() | Eastern end of IL 82 overlap | ||||
Atkinson | ![]() ![]() | former IL 82 spur; state maintained | |||||
Annawan | 36.9 | 59.4 | ![]() | ||||
Bureau | Mineral Township | 45.2 | 72.7 | ![]() ![]() | Western end of US 34 overlap | ||
Concord Township | 49.0 | 78.9 | ![]() ![]() ![]() | ||||
Princeton | 60.6 | 97.5 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Eastern end of US 34 overlap; western end of IL 26/Illinois River Road/Ronald Reagan Trail overlap; former IL 89 spur to Tiskilwa (state maintained outside Princeton) | |||
61.3 | 98.7 | ![]() ![]() | Eastern end of IL 26/Illinois River Road/Ronald Reagan Trail overlap | ||||
Selby Township | 64.9 | 104.4 | ![]() ![]() ![]() | I-180 exit 3 | |||
Depue Road - DePue | former US 6 east; state maintained | ||||||
Spring Valley | 73.6 | 118.4 | ![]() ![]() | Western end of IL 89 overlap | |||
75.6 | 121.7 | ![]() | Western end of Illinois River Road overlap | ||||
76.8 | 123.6 | ![]() ![]() | Eastern end of IL 89 overlap | ||||
LaSalle | Peru | 81.0 | 130.4 | ![]() ![]() ![]() | interchange | ||
LaSalle | 82.2 | 132.3 | I&M Canal Passage west (Marquette Street) | Western end of I&M Canal Passage overlap | |||
82.3 | 132.4 | ![]() ![]() | Western end of IL 351 overlap | ||||
82.5 | 132.8 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Eastern end of IL 351 overlap | ||||
83.8 | 134.9 | ![]() ![]() | I-39 exit 57 | ||||
North Utica | 87.7 | 141.1 | ![]() | Eastern end of Illinois River Road / I&M Canal Passage overlap | |||
Ottawa | 96.8 | 155.8 | ![]() ![]() ![]() | Western end of IL 71 / Illinois River Road / I&M Canal Passage overlap | |||
98.5 | 158.5 | I&M Canal Passage east (2871st Road) | Eastern end of I&M Canal Passage overlap | ||||
Rutland Township | 99.0 | 159.3 | ![]() ![]() | Eastern end of IL 71 overlap | |||
Marseilles | 104.3 | 167.9 | I&M Canal Passage west (Main Street) – Illini State Park | Western end of I&M Canal Passage overlap | |||
Seneca | 109.7 | 176.5 | ![]() ![]() ![]() | ||||
Grundy | Morris | 121.7 | 195.9 | ![]() ![]() | Western end of IL 47 overlap | ||
122.4 | 197.0 | ![]() ![]() | Eastern end of IL 47 overlap | ||||
Grundy–Will county line | Channahon | 132.2 | 212.8 | I&M Canal Passage west (Bell Road) | Western end of I&M Canal Passage overlap | ||
Will | 133.3 | 214.5 | DuPage River Bridge Illinois River Road ends | ||||
136.2 | 219.2 | ![]() | I-55 exit 248 | ||||
Joliet Township | 140.9 | 226.8 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ||||
142.0 | 228.5 | I&M Canal Passage east (Brandon Road) | East end of I&M Canal Passage overlap | ||||
Joliet | 143.2 | 230.5 | ![]() ![]() | Western end of US 52 overlap | |||
143.7 | 231.3 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Eastern end of US 52 overlap; western end of IL 53 / Historic US 66 overlap | ||||
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | eastern end of IL 53 / Historic US 66 overlap; western end of US 30 / Lincoln Highway overlap | ||||||
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | eastern end of US 30 / Lincoln Highway overlap | ||||||
145.1 | 233.5 | ![]() ![]() | |||||
New Lenox | 150.6 | 242.4 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | I-355 exit 1 | |||
New Lenox Township | Cedar Road - New Lenox | state maintained | |||||
Cook | Orland Park | 157.4 | 253.3 | ![]() | |||
159.4 | 256.5 | ![]() | |||||
Tinley Park–Orland Park village line | 162.4 | 261.4 | ![]() | ||||
Oak Forest | 165.4 | 266.2 | ![]() | ||||
Markham | 166.8 | 268.4 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | I-57 exit 348 | |||
168.3 | 270.9 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | I-294 exit 6 | ||||
Harvey | Wood Street | former US 54; state maintained | |||||
170.6 | 274.6 | ![]() | |||||
South Holland | 173.3 | 278.9 | ![]() | I-94 exit 73 | |||
Calumet City | 174.6 | 281.0 | ![]() ![]() | Western end of IL 83 overlap | |||
Lansing | 176.2 | 283.6 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Eastern end of IL 83 overlap; western end of I-80/I-94 overlap; I-80 exit 161 | |||
178.0 | 286.5 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Indiana state line | ||||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi |
References
[edit]- ^ a b Illinois Technology Transfer Center (2007). "T2 GIS Data". Retrieved November 8, 2007.
- ^ Carlson, Rick (March 15, 2005). "Illinois Highways Page: Routes 1-20". Retrieved May 27, 2006.
- ^ Illinois Secretary of State (1932). Official Illinois Highway Map (Map). [c. 1:950,000 and c. 1:1,110,000]. Springfield: Illinois Division of Highways. Retrieved June 13, 2021 – via Illinois Digital Archives.
- ^ a b Illinois Secretary of State; Rand McNally (1934). Official Road Map Illinois (Map). [c. 1:950,000 and c. 1:1,110,000]. Springfield: Illinois Secretary of State. OCLC 183709045. Retrieved June 13, 2021 – via Illinois Digital Archives.
- ^ Illinois Secretary of State; Rand McNally (1936). Road Map Illinois (Map). [c. 1:950,000 and c. 1:1,110,000]. Springfield: Illinois Secretary of State. Retrieved June 13, 2021 – via Illinois Digital Archives.
- ^ Illinois Secretary of State; Rand McNally (1939). Illinois Road Map (Map) (1939–1940 ed.). c. 1:918,720. Springfield: Illinois Secretary of State. Retrieved June 13, 2021 – via Illinois Digital Archives.
- ^ Illinois Secretary of State; Rand McNally (1940). Illinois Road Map (Map). c. 1:918,720. Springfield: Illinois Secretary of State. Retrieved June 13, 2021 – via Illinois Digital Archives.
- ^ Illinois Secretary of State; Rand McNally (1951). Illinois Road Map (Map). c. 1:918,720. Springfield: Illinois Secretary of State. Retrieved June 13, 2021 – via Illinois Digital Archives.
- ^ Illinois Division of Highways (1953). Illinois Official Highway Map (Map). [1:805,000]. Springfield: Illinois Division of Highways. Retrieved June 13, 2021 – via Illinois Digital Archives.
- ^ Google Maps estimate
External links
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- U.S. Highways in Illinois
- U.S. Route 6
- Transportation in Rock Island County, Illinois
- Transportation in Henry County, Illinois
- Transportation in Bureau County, Illinois
- Transportation in LaSalle County, Illinois
- Transportation in Grundy County, Illinois
- Transportation in Will County, Illinois
- Transportation in Cook County, Illinois