U.S. Route 36 in Illinois
In the U.S. state of Illinois, U.S. Route 36 is an east–west highway that runs across the central portion of the state. It runs east from Missouri over the Mark Twain Memorial Bridge over the Mississippi River with Interstate 72. The eastern terminus of U.S. 36 in Illinois is located near the unincorporated area of Raven near the Illinois-Indiana state line. This is a distance of 216.47 miles (348.37 km).[1]
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Maintained by IDOT | ||||
Length | 216.47 mi[1] (348.37 km) | |||
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Counties | Pike, Scott, Morgan, Sangamon, Macon, Piatt, Moultrie, Douglas, Edgar | |||
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Route description
U.S. 36 parallels the old Wabash Railroad from the Mississippi River at Hannibal, MO east to Decatur, IL. Norfolk Southern Railway operates on this route today.
U.S. 36 is overlapped with Interstate 72 for more than half its routing in Illinois, 133 miles (214 km). At Decatur, I-72 separates from it and travels around the city to the north, while US 36 enters the city passes through downtown on the four-lane Eldorado Street. Just beyond 19th Street, US 36 turns to the southeast on a four-lane divided alignment paralleling a railroad, exiting Decatur on the southeast side. The road crosses Lake Decatur and narrows to two lanes before turning due east. After turning east, U.S. 36 runs largely in a straight line, mostly through open country, until it exits the state.
Major intersections
County | Location | mi[2] | km | Exit | Destinations | Notes |
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Mississippi River | 0.0 | 0.0 | Continuation into Missouri | |||
Mark Twain Memorial Bridge; Missouri–Illinois state line | ||||||
Pike | Levee Township | 1.2 | 1.9 | 1 | ||
4.2 | 6.8 | 4 | Left exit from both directions; I-172 exit 0. | |||
Kinderhook Township | 10.2 | 16.4 | 10 | |||
Barry | 20.1 | 32.3 | 20 | |||
New Salem Township | 31.2 | 50.2 | 31 | Pittsfield, New Salem | ||
Griggsville Township | 35.0 | 56.3 | 35 | |||
Scott | Bloomfield Precinct | 45.8 | 73.7 | 46 | Detroit signed westbound only | |
Winchester No. 2 Precinct | 51.9 | 83.5 | 52 | |||
Morgan | Lynnville Precinct | 60.5 | 97.4 | 60 | Signed as exits 60A (south) and 60B (north) | |
South Jacksonville | 64.1 | 103.2 | 64 | |||
Pisgah Precinct | 68.5 | 110.2 | 68 | |||
Alexander Precinct | 75.6 | 121.7 | 76 | Ashland, Alexander | ||
Sangamon | Island Grove–New Berlin township line | 81.9 | 131.8 | 82 | New Berlin | |
Springfield | 91.2 | 146.8 | 91 | Wabash Avenue | ||
93.8 | 151.0 | 93 | ||||
95.6 | 153.9 | 96 | MacArthur Blvd | |||
97.0 | 156.1 | 92 97 | West end of I-55 overlap; signed as exit 97 (south). Signed as exit 92A (north) westbound. I-72 westbound exits I-55 via exit 92B. | |||
99.5 | 160.1 | 94 | Stevenson Drive, East Lake Drive | |||
101.5 | 163.3 | 96 | Signed as exits 96A (south) and 96B (north) | |||
102.6 | 165.1 | 98 103 | East end of I-55 overlap; I-72 eastbound exits I-55 via exit 98A, I-72 westbound exits itself via exit 103A. IL 97 signed as exit 98B eastbound. Northbound I-55 signed as exit 103B westbound. | |||
Clear Lake Township | 103.4 | 166.4 | 104 | Camp Butler | ||
107.6 | 173.2 | 108 | Riverton, Dawson | Dawson signed eastbound only | ||
Mechanicsburg Township | 113.7 | 183.0 | 114 | Buffalo, Mechanicsburg, Dawson | Dawson signed westbound only | |
Illiopolis Township | 121.8 | 196.0 | 122 | Mt. Auburn, Illiopolis | ||
Macon | Niantic Township | 127.0 | 204.4 | 128 | Niantic | |
Decatur | 132.9 | 213.9 | 133 | Eastern end of I-72 concurrency | ||
136.8 | 220.2 | |||||
138.4 | 222.7 | One-way pair | ||||
139.6 | 224.7 | Western end of IL 121 concurrency | ||||
142.7 | 229.7 | Eastern end of IL 121 concurrency | ||||
Moultrie–Piatt county line | La Place | 151.6 | 244.0 | |||
Douglas | Tuscola | 174.3 | 280.5 | |||
175.8 | 282.9 | I-57 exit 212 | ||||
Camargo | 180.5 | 290.5 | Western end of IL 130 concurrency | |||
181.3 | 291.8 | Eastern end of IL 130 | ||||
Edgar | | 193.0 | 310.6 | |||
Chrisman | 207.0 | 333.1 | ||||
| 216.47 | 348.37 | Indiana state line | |||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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References
- Illinois Technology Transfer Center (2006). "T2 GIS Data". Retrieved 2007-11-08.
- U.S. Route 36 in Illinois
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