Interstate 55 North - Williamsville to Lincoln

Like IL 124 to the south, IL 123 also ends at adjacent Historic U.S. 66. The 37 mile route leads west from Williamsville to Petersburg, Lincoln's New Salem State Historic Site, Tallula and IL 125 near Pleasant Plains.

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Historic U.S. 66 resumes at Williamsville, emerging from I-55 along the east side of the freeway.

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One half mile ahead of the diamond interchange (Exit 109) with IL 123 at the village of Williamsville on I-55 north.

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Exit 109 leaves I-55 north for IL 123 (Dinius Road) west and Stuttle Road east to Main Street / CR 2 through Williamsville. This guide sign was missing in 2022.

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Interstate 55 continues with six overall lanes from Williamsville to Lincoln.

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Historic U.S. 66 runs along the east side of Interstate 55 as both routes enter Logan County.

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Elkhart Hill (elevation 771 feet) comes into view to the northeast as Interstate 55 nears the village of Elkhart and Exit 115.

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CR 10 crosses paths with Interstate 55 at a diamond interchange (Exit 115) along the west side of Elkhart. The county route extends 10 miles east from Elkhart along Chapel Road to the city of Mt. Pulaski.

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West from Exit 115, CR 10 ends at CR 15 in an agricultural area along the Menard County line.

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Interstate 55 again shifts to the east to directly parallel Historic U.S. 66 from Elkhart to Broadwell.

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A Union Pacific Railroad line with AMTRAK service runs alongside I-55 and Historic U.S. 66 as well.

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County Route 22 branches north from Historic U.S. 66 in Broadwell to meet I-55 at a diamond interchange (Exit 119).

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North from Broadwell, CR 22 takes Burtonview Road along a stair stepped route to IL 10 at Burtonview.

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Exit 119 leaves Interstate 55 north for County Route 22 to old U.S. 66 in Broadwell. Historic U.S. 66 stays west of the adjacent Union Pacific Railroad, mostly bypassing the small street grid of Broadwell.

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Interstate 55 converges with Historic U.S. 66 south of the Fogarty railroad siding.

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Two exits serve the city of Lincoln from Interstate 55 north. Exit 123 departs in one mile for Business Loop I-55 (Lincoln Parkway), an eight mile route northeast to Historic U.S. 66 and Downtown.

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Historic U.S. 66 remains parallel to the Union Pacific Railroad as Interstate 55 turns north to bypass Lincoln. A parclo interchange (Exit 123) ties the freeway in with Lincoln Parkway just east of County Road 900 East.

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Lincoln Parkway doubles as Business Loop I-55 north from Exit 123 to 5th Street east in Lincoln. U.S. 66 followed all of the parkway to bypass Lincoln as its final alignment, while the 1930-40 route zigzagged to Downtown along Stringer Avenue, Washington Street and 5th Street.

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Interstate 55 stays outside of Lincoln to Exit 126 with IL 10 and IL 121 south. This shield assembly precedes the bridge across Salt Creek.

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The first sign for Interstate 155 north to Hartsburg and Morton appears two miles ahead of Exit 126 for IL 10 west to Mason City and east into Lincoln.

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IL 10/121 overlap for four miles through Lincoln. A number of traveler services line the arterial route east to Lincoln Parkway at the Logan County Fairgrounds.
IL 121, which begins at Exit 126, angles southeast from the city to Decatur while IL 10 continues east to Clinton.

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Entering the folded diamond interchange (Exit 126) with IL 10 and IL 121 south on I-55 north. Until 1992, IL 121 continued north of Lincoln to U.S. 150 at Morton. That alignment was replaced by Interstate 155.

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Spanning Kickapoo Creek for the first of three times, Interstate 55 advances to Left Exit 127 for I-155 north to Peoria.

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Two lanes separate from I-55 north for I-155 north at Left Exit 127. Hartsburg lies six miles away along old IL 121, east of the first I-155 exit. Interstate 155 runs 32 miles to I-74, just east of the split with I-474.

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I-55 reduces from six to four lanes at the three-wye interchange (Exit 127) with I-155 north.

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Traveling north of Kickapoo Creek County Park and the Lincoln vicinity, I-55 converges with the north end of Business Loop I-55 (Historic U.S. 66) at the succeeding exit.

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Making a gradual northeastern turn, I-55 switches sides with Historic U.S. 66 at Exit 133 as both routes proceed to the rural town of Lawndale.

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The freeway spans both Business Loop I-55 and the adjacent Union Pacific Railroad at the folded diamond interchange (Exit 133) joining the two routes.

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