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West from Decatur, I-72/U.S. 36 are the Penny Severns Memorial Expressway in addition to the Purple Heart Memorial Highway.
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U.S. 36 accompanies Interstate 72 for the remaining miles to Hannibal, Missouri.
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Downtown Springfield is 31.5 miles to the west via I-72/U.S. 36 and Clear Lake Avenue (old IL 97).
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IDOT recorded 15,700 vehicles per day in 2017 along I-72/U.S. 36 between U.S. 51 at Harristown and Exit 128 to Niantic.
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Four Bridges Road stems 0.66 miles south from Eldorado Street (old U.S. 36) to the diamond interchange at Exit 128.
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The village of Niantic lies one mile to the northwest of I-72/U.S. 36 at Exit 128.
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Macon County Route 55 (Four Bridges Road) continues 1.17 miles south from Interstate 72 to become CR 13 in Christian County.
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I-72/U.S. 36 parallel Eldorado Street (old U.S. 36) a half mile to the south on the ensuing stretch west from mile marker 127.
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Interstate 72 enters Sangamon County southeast of Illiopolis.
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I-72/U.S. 36 converge with Interstate 55 at the Springfield city line in 2.5 miles. I-55 joins the Illinois capital city with St. Louis, Missouri and Chicago.
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Exit 104 departs I-72/U.S. 36 west for Old Route 36 north to Clear Lake and Camp Butler National Cemetery. The cloverleaf interchange (Exit 103) with I-55 and IL 97 follows in one mile.
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U.S. 36 and I-72 accompany Interstate 55 from Exit 103 A to the south side of Springfield.
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Abraham Lincoln Capital Airport (SPI) lies in northern Springfield off IL 29 (J David Jones Parkway).
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Interstate 55 travels northeast from Springfield to Lincoln, Bloomington and Normal.
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Interstate 72 makes a TOTSO (turn off to stay on) movement at the loop ramp (Exit 103 A) onto I-55 south. Clear Lake Avenue extends west from the freeway end along the former route of IL 97 to the couplet of Jefferson / Madison Streets outside Downtown Springfield.
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South West
Exit 98 A departs from I-55 south for I-72/U.S. 36 east as traffic from I-72/U.S. 36 west joins the freeway through east Springfield.
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I-72/U.S. 36 west overlap with Interstate 55 south for 4.83 miles to Exit 92.
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IL 29 follows a stair-stepped route across Springfield from SPI Airport to Northgate and along Dirksen Parkway south to S Grand Avenue at Exit 96.
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S Grand Avenue extends west from IL 29 and Dirksen Parkway across the Springfield residential street grid to Washington Park.
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Angling southeast from the cloverleaf interchange at Exit 96, IL 29 parallels a former Baltimore and Ohio Railroad line to Rochester, Edinburg and the Christian County seat of Taylorville.
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I-55/72-U.S. 36 advance south between Dirksen Parkway and Sugar Creek on the succeeding stretch from IL 29.
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The Dallman Power Station comes into view a half mile ahead of the folded diamond interchange (Exit 94) joining I-55/72-U.S. 36 with Stevenson Drive west and E Lake Shore Drive.
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Stevenson Drive serves an array of business parks 2.10 miles west from Exit 94 to Business Loop I-55. E Lake Drive crosses Spaulding Dam impounding water for Lake Springfield to the east.
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I-55/72-U.S. 36 curve southwest around the Laketown neighborhood in Springfield ahead of W Lake Shore Drive.
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I-72/U.S. 36 separate from I-55 south at a wye interchange (Exit 92 A) in one mile.
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Interstate 55 turns southward from Springfield to St. Louis, Missouri while I-72/U.S. 36 continue west across Springfield to the village of Curran.
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Exit 92 A departs from I-72/U.S. 36 just beyond the split with I-55 south for Business Loop I-55 (6th Street) north into Springfield.
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I-72/U.S. 36 follow the Central Illinois Expressway west 98.59 miles from I-55 to Jacksonville, I-172 north to Quincy, and the Mark Twain Memorial Bridge to Hannibal, Missouri.
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Following Historic U.S. 66, Business Loop I-55 heads 14.02 miles north to the Springfield central business district and village of Sherman.
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West
Leaving the cloverleaf interchange with Business Loop I-55 (6th Street), I-72/U.S. 36 pass north of the Trevi Gardens subdivision at 2nd Street.
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A diamond interchange joins I-72/U.S. 36 with the southern extension of MacArthur Boulevard at forthcoming Exit 96.
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I-72/U.S. 36 shift southward across a Southern Pacific Railroad line leading into the exchange with MacArthur Boulevard.
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IL 4 (Veterans Parkway) meets I-72/U.S. 36 at the succeeding exit westbound in Springfield.
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Veterans Parkway constitutes a commercial arterial northward to White Parks Mall and south ahead of the Panther Creek Country Club golf course community.
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IL 4 runs south from Springfield into the village of Chatham. IL 4 (Veterans Parkway) encircles Springfield northeast to IL 29 and the Illinois State Fairgrounds.
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The Gateway Western Railroad spans I-72/U.S. 36 just west of the parclo interchange (Exit 93) with IL 4.
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Confirming markers posted westbound ahead of the Cockrell Lane overpass.
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Shifting northward, I-72/U.S. 36 cross a Norfolk Southern Railroad line ahead of the diamond interchange (Exit 91) with Wabash Avenue (old U.S. 36).
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Wabash Avenue west from Exit 91 becomes Old Route 54, the former alignment of both U.S. 36/54, to the villages of Curran and New Berlin.
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Wabash Avenue is a commercial arterial leading east across south Springfield to MacArthur Boulevard at Stanford Avenue.
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Loami lies 8.2 miles to the southwest of Interstate 72 via Old Route 54 and Loami Bates Road.
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Photo Credits:
05/07/10, 06/01/11, 05/06/18, 05/24/18 by AARoads
Connect with:
Interstate 55
Page Updated 11-06-2023.