Interstate 74 in Illinois

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Interstate 74
Main route of the Interstate Highway System

Everett McKinley Dirksen Memorial Highway^[1]

Length:

220.34 mi^[2] (354.60 km)

West end:

I-74 at Moline

Major
junctions:

I-80 near Colona

I-55 at Normal/Bloomington

I-57 at Champaign

East end:

I-74 east of Danville

Illinois state highway system
< IL 73		IL 75 >

See also: U.S. Route 150 in Illinois

In the U.S. state of Illinois, Interstate 74 is a major northwest-southeast Interstate highway that runs across the northern portion of the state. It runs from the Iowa state line at the Mississippi River southeast to the Indiana state line east of Danville, Illinois. This is a distance of 220.34 miles (354.60 km).^[2] The highway is officially named after Everett McKinley Dirksen, a Republican Senator and U.S. Congressman from Pekin from 1933 to his death in 1969.^[1]

1 Route description
2 History
3 Exit list
4 References

[edit] Route description

Major cities Bolded cities are officially-designated control cities for signs
Rock Island Galesburg Peoria Bloomington-Normal Champaign-Urbana

In November 2006 major work was completed on the Upgrade 74 project for the portion of I-74 in the Midwest. This multi-year project, begun in April 2002, saw the complete renovation of I-74 through East Peoria, Illinois and Peoria, Illinois. Most notably the interstate was widened to three lanes through the cities, many blind or hairpin exits and entrances to the highway were removed or corrected, and many bridges crossing the highway were replaced. The biggest part of this project was work on the Murray Baker Bridge, over which I-74 crosses the Illinois River. The bridge was completely closed to traffic while being partially dismantled and reconstructed from April 2, 2005 to October 15, 2005. During this time I-74 was disconnected between Peoria and East Peoria.^[3]

Fans of the Chicago Cubs and the St. Louis Cardinals joke that I-74 marks the "Demilitarized Zone" between Cubs and Cardinals "territories", the baseball rivalry equivalent of the 38th parallel between North and South Korea.

[edit] History

In mid-2007, a major section of westbound I-74 east of Bloomington/Normal was shut down and rerouted more than 20 miles on U.S. Route 136 and U.S. Route 51 due to a diesel tanker overturning and igniting on a small bridge outside of the town of Downs. The reroute is recorded as one the longest detours in the interstate's history.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Exit list

County	Location	#	Destinations^[4]	Notes
Crossing the Mississippi River from Bettendorf, Iowa.
Rock Island	Moline	1	River Drive
		2	7th Avenue	i wireless Center, John Deere Pavilion, Riverfront
		3	Avenue of the Cities	Formerly 23rd Avenue
		4	IL 5 (John Deere Road)
		5	I-280 West / US 6 East – Des Moines Quad City Airport	End of overlap with US 6.
Henry	Colona		I-80 / I-280 West – Davenport, Chicago, Moline - Rock Island	I-280 ends at I-80.
	Andover	24	IL 81 – Kewanee, Cambridge
	Woodhull	32	IL 17 – Woodhull, Alpha
Knox	Galesburg	46	US 34 – Kewanee, Monmouth
	Galesburg	48	E. Main Street – Galesburg, East Galesburg
	Knoxville	51	Knoxville
	Knoxville	54	US 150 / IL 97 South – Lewistown
Peoria	Brimfield	71	To IL 78 – Canton, Kewanee
	Brimfield	75	Brimfield, Oak Hill
	Peoria	82	Kickapoo, Edwards
		87	I-474 East / IL 6 North – Indianapolis, Chillicothe	Signed as exits 87A eastbound and 87B westbound
		88	Sterling Avenue
		89	US 150 (War Memorial Drive)
		90	Gale Avenue
		91	University Street
		92A	IL 40 North (Knoxville Avenue)	To Peoria Medical Center
		92B	To IL 40 South (Glen Oak Avenue) – Downtown Peoria
		93	To US 24 / IL 29 (Washington Street/Adams Street) , Downtown Peoria	Eastbound exit to Washington, westbound to Adams
Murray Baker Bridge over the Illinois River
Tazewell	East Peoria	94	IL 40 North (Riverfront Drive)
		95A	US 150 West / IL 116 (N. Main Street)	Exits signed as exit 95A eastbound and exit 95 westbound.
		95B	US 150 East (Camp Street)	Eastbound exit and westbound entrance only.
		96	To IL 8 East (E. Washington Street)
	Unincorporated	98	Pinecrest Drive
	Unincorporated	99	I-474 West – Moline - Rock Island, Pekin
	Morton	101	I-155 South – Lincoln
	Morton	102	Morton Avenue	Exit split as 102A-B eastbound.
Woodford	Goodfield	112	IL 117 North – Goodfield, Eureka	Southern terminus of Illinois 117.
McLean	Carlock	120	Carlock	Also an exit to US 150
	Yuton	125	US 150 (Mitsubishi Motorway)
	Normal	127	I-55 North / US 51 North – Chicago	Begin overlap of I-55 / US 51.
	Normal	160	US 150 / IL 9 (Market Street) – Pekin
	Bloomington	157A	I-74 East / US 51 South – Indianapolis, Decatur	End overlap of I-55. Exit 134 split as exits 134A/B
		134	I-55 South / I-55 Bus. North (Veterans Parkway) – St. Louis	End overlap of I-55. Exit 134 split as exits 134A/B
		135	US 51 South / US 51 Bus. North – Decatur, Bloomington	End of overlap with US 51.
	Downs	142	Downs
	Le Roy	149	Le Roy
	Le Roy	152	US 136 – Rantoul, Heyworth
De Witt	Farmer City	159	IL 54 – Farmer City, Gibson City
Piatt	Mansfield	166	Mansfield
Champaign	Mahomet	172	IL 47 – Gibson City, Mahomet
	Mahomet	174	Prairieview Road
	Champaign	179	I-57 to I-72 West – Chicago, Memphis, Decatur	Exits signed as 179A southbound and 179B southbound
		181	Prospect Avenue
		182	Neil Street
		182	Lincoln Avenue
	Urbana	184	US 45 (Cunningham Avenue) – Rantoul
	Urbana	185	IL 130 (University Avenue)
	St. Joseph	192	St. Joseph
	Ogden	197	To IL 49 South – Royal, Ogden
Vermillion	Fithian	200	IL 49 North – Fithian, Rankin
	Oakwood	206	Potomac, Oakwood
	Danville	210	US 150 (MLK Drive)
		214	G Street
		215	US 150 / IL 1 (Georgetown Road, Gilbert Street)
		216	Bowman Avenue, Perrysville Road
		220	Lynch Road
Indiana state line. See Interstate 74 in Indiana for exit list.