Interstate 80 in Illinois

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Interstate 80
Main route of the Interstate Highway System

Moline Expressway^[1]
Maintained by IDOT

Length:

163.52 mi^[2] (263.16 km)

Formed:

1967

West end:

Iowa state line at the Mississippi River.

East end:

Indiana state line with

Interstate 94 and

U.S. Route 6.

Illinois state highway system
< IL 78		IL 81 >

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.

After crossing the Mississippi River near Rapids City, Illinois, Interstate 80 runs south for about 10 miles (16 km) to a junction with Interstate 74. There is an interchange with Interstate 88 along this leg. At the I-74/I-80 junction, Interstate 80 continues east, while Interstate 74 continues west and south. Interstate 80 then roughly parallels U.S. 6 near such cities as Geneseo, Princeton, Peru, LaSalle (near which it intersects Interstate 39), Ottawa, Morris, and Joliet (west of which it has a junction with Interstate 55). At New Lenox, I-80 intersects the Veterans Memorial Tollway (I-355), which heads North into the Western Suburbs of Chicago. I-80 continues into the South Suburbs of Chicago, picking up a third lane each way just west of LaGrange Road. At Tinley Park, I-80 meets I-57. Near Hazel Crest, I-80 merges into the busy eight-lane Tri-State Tollway, and remains part of the Tollway for about 5 miles (8 km) until it becomes the Kingery Expressway, a freeway that connects with the Borman Expressway in Indiana.

[edit] Exit list

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County	Location	Mile	#	Destinations	Notes
Rock Island County	Fred Schwengel Memorial Bridge over the Mississippi River
			1	IL 84 – East Moline, Savanna
			4	I-88 east / IL 5 west / IL 92 – Silvis, Sterling, Rock Falls	Signed as exits 4A (west) and 4B (east)
Henry	Colona		7	Colona
	Colona		9	US 6
				I-74 / I-280 west – Peoria, Moline, Rock Island
	Geneseo		19	IL 82 – Cambridge, Geneseo
	Atkinson		27	Atkinson, Galva
	Annawan		33	IL 78 – Prophetstown, Kewanee
Bureau			45	IL 40 – Sterling, Peoria
	Princeton		56	IL 26 – Princeton, Dixon
			61	I-180 south – Hennepin
	Ladd		70	IL 89 – Ladd, Spring Valley
LaSalle	Peru		73	Plank Road
	Peru		75	IL 251 – Peru, Mendota, La Salle
	La Salle		77	IL 351 – La Salle
			79	I-39 / US 51 – Normal, Bloomington, Rockford	Signed as exits 79A (south) and 79B (north)
	North Utica		81	IL 178 – Utica, La Salle
	Ottawa		90	IL 23 – De Kalb, Ottawa
			93	IL 71 – Ottawa, Oswego
			97	Marseilles
Grundy			105	Seneca
Grundy	Morris		112	IL 47 – Yorkville, Morris
Kendall	Minooka		122	Minooka
Will			126	I-55 – St, Chicago	Signed as exits 126A (south) and 126B (north)
	Joliet		127	Empress Road, Houbolt Road
			130	IL 7 (Larkin Avenue)	Signed as exits 130A (south) and 130B (north)
			131	Center Street, Meadow Avenue
		Bridge over the Des Plaines River
			132	US 52 / IL 53 (Chicago Street)	Signed as exits 132A (east/south) and 132B (west/north) eastbound
			133	Richards Street
			134	Briggs Street
	New Lenox		137	US 30 (Maple Street)
			140	I-355 north – West Suburbs
			145	US 45 (La Grange Road)
	Tinley Park		148	IL 43 (Harlem Avenue)	Signed as exits 148A (south) and 148B (north)
Cook	Country Club Hills		151	I-57 – Memphis, Chicago	Signed as exits 151A (south) and 151B (north)
	Hazel Crest		154	Kedzie Avenue	Eastbound exit and westbound entrance
	Hazel Crest		155	I-294 north (Tri-State Tollway) – Wisconsin	West end of I-294 overlap; no exit number westbound
	East Hazel Crest			Dixie Highway	Eastbound exit and westbound entrance
	East Hazel Crest			IL 1 (Halsted Street)
	South Holland		160	I-94 west / IL 394 south – Chicago, Danville	West end of I-94 overlap; no exit number eastbound
	Lansing		161	US 6 west / IL 83 (Torrence Avenue)	West end of US 6 overlap