Illinois Route 9

Illinois Route 9
Route information
	Maintained by IDOT
Length	218.31 mi[1] (351.34 km)
Existed	November 5, 1918[2] – present
Major junctions
West end	Iowa 2 at the Iowa state line in Niota
	US 45 in Paxton; I-57 in Paxton; US 150 in Bloomington; I-55 / I-74 / US 51 in Bloomington; US 150 in Normal; I-155 in Tremont; US 24 in Bartonville; US 24 in Banner; ; US 67 / IL 110 (CKC) in Good Hope;
East end	SR 26 / SR 352 in Hoopeston
Location
Counties	Vermilion, Ford, McLean, Tazewell, Peoria, Fulton, McDonough, Hancock
Highway system

Illinois Route 9 (IL 9) is a 218.31-mile-long (351.34 km) cross-state, east–west rural state highway in the central part of the U.S. state of Illinois. It travels from Niota at the Fort Madison Toll Bridge, that crosses the Mississippi River into Iowa, eastward across central Illinois to State Road 26 (SR 26) at the Indiana state line.

Route description

IL 9 is a major arterial route in rural central Illinois. It is a parallel highway to IL 116 to the north and U.S. Route 136 (US 136) to its south.

IL 9 east just after the Fort Madison Toll Bridge

The road starts, in the east, at the Indiana state line near Cheneyville at SR 26 and SR 352 and travels as the main highway west. It has an interchange with Interstate 57 (I-57) at Paxton; I-55/I-74 at Bloomington; I-155 at Tremont; and crossing the Illinois River on the John T. McNaughton Bridge between Bartonville and Pekin, where it becomes known as Court Street in the city. It is a two-lane highway for most of its length.

History

IL 9 was established in 1918 as one of the original 46 State Bond Issue Route (SBI) routes. The routing of IL 9 has had two major changes since its establishment.

The original western terminus was in Hamilton, at the old Keokuk Rail Bridge completed in 1916 and then proceeded east through Carthage and Macomb (county seats of Hancock and McDonough counties), 9 miles (14 km) east of Macomb, southwest of New Philadelphia, the highway turned north to Bushnell and then proceeded east along the current IL 9 alignment to Canton, Peoria County, and Pekin.

US 136, Hamilton to New Philadelphia,
IL 41, New Philadelphia to Bushnell
IL 9, Bushnell to Indiana state ine.

This current highway moved north to terminate in Niota at the Fort Madison Toll Bridge (longest double-deck swing-span bridge in the world) after its completion in July 1928. The route parallels the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway and Mississippi River to Dallas City then turns slightly southeast to LaHarpe. From LaHarpe, the highway parallels the original Toledo, Peoria and Western Railway right-of way to Bushnell.

From 1935 to 1937, IL 9 traveled a different route from Pekin to Bloomington, that original route is now posted as:

IL 29, Pekin to North Pekin,
IL 98, North Pekin to Morton,
US 150, Morton to Bloomington.

Future

Portions of IL 9 are being considered for the IL 336 project

Major intersections

County	Location	mi^[3]	km	Destinations	Notes
Mississippi River		0.0	0.0	Great River Road	Continuation into Iowa
Mississippi River		0.0	0.0	Fort Madison Toll Bridge
Hancock	Niota	0.9	1.4	IL 96	Western end of IL 96 concurrency
	Dallas City	7.3	11.7	IL 96	Eastern end of IL 96 concurrency
		14.0	22.5	IL 94	Western end of IL 94 concurrency
	LaHarpe	20.0	32.2	IL 94	Eastern end of IL 94 concurrency
McDonough	Good Hope	40.0	64.4	US 67 / IL 110 (CKC)
	Bushnell	49.7	80.0	IL 41	West end of IL 41 concurrency
		54.0	86.9	IL 41	East end of IL 41 concurrency
Fulton	Canton	72.6	116.8	IL 78
Fulton	Banner	80.8	130.0	US 24	Western end of US 24 concurrency
Peoria	Orchard Mines	94.6	152.2	US 24	Eastern end of US 24 concurrency
Illinois River		96.3	155.0	John T. McNaughton Bridge
Tazewell	Pekin	96.5	155.3	IL 29 south (2nd Street)	One-way street, outbound access only; west end of IL 29 concurrency
		96.55	155.38	IL 29 (3rd Street)	One-way street, inbound access only
		96.8	155.8	IL 29 north (5th Street)	East end of IL 29 concurrency
	Tremont	107.0	172.2	I-155	I-155 exit 25
McLean	Bloomington Heights	131.0	210.8	US 150 west	Western end of US 150 concurrency
	Bloomington Heights	133.0	214.0	I-55 / I-74 / US 51	I-55 exit 160
	Bloomington	135	217	US 51 Bus. south (Center Street) / Historic US 66	One-way street
		135.05	217.34	US 51 Bus. north (Main Street) / Historic US 66	One-way street
		135.5	218.1	US 150 east (Clinton Street)	Eastern end of US 150 concurrency
		136	219	I-55 Bus. (Veterans Parkway)
		144	232	IL 165 north
Ford	Gibson City	169	272	IL 47 north	West end of IL 47 concurrency
		170	270	IL 54 west	West end of IL 54 concurrency
		170.5	274.4	IL 47 south (Sangamon Avenue)	East end of IL 47 concurrency
		171	275	IL 54 east (Lawrence Street)	West end of IL 54 concurrency; serves Gibson Area Hospital
		181	291	IL 115 north
	Paxton	183	295	I-57	I-57 exit 261
		183.8	295.8	US 45 south (Railroad Avenue)	West end of US 45 concurrency
		184	296	US 45 north (Railroad Avenue)	East end of US 45 concurrency
Vermilion	Rankin	195	314	IL 49
	Hoopeston	206	332	IL 1
	Grant Township	215	346	SR 26 east / SR 352 east	SR 26 continues into Indiana
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi Concurrency terminus Tolled

References

↑ Illinois Technology Transfer Center (2007). "T2 GIS Data". Retrieved 2007-11-08.
↑ Carlson, Rick. Illinois Highways Page: Routes 1 thru 20. Last updated March 15, 2006. Retrieved March 28, 2006.
↑ Google Maps,

External links

Route map:

Illinois Highway Ends: Illinois Route 9

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[t2-1] Illinois Technology Transfer Center (2007). "T2 GIS Data". Retrieved 2007-11-08.

[2] Carlson, Rick. Illinois Highways Page: Routes 1 thru 20. Last updated March 15, 2006. Retrieved March 28, 2006.

[Google_Distances-3] Google Maps,