Interstate 80
The Fred Schwengel Memorial Bridge carries four lanes of Interstate 80 across the Mississippi River between LeClaire, Iowa and Rapids City, Illinois. The steel girder bridge measures 3,483 feet in length and opened on October 27, 1966. - 04/08/2013
Interstate 80 crosses Illinois as part of a transcontinental route between San Francisco, California and the New York City area. The freeway traverses 163.52 miles across the Land of Lincoln, including a short stretch along the tolled Tri-State Tollway. Outside of Chicagoland, I-80 mostly travels across open farm land, with smaller cities and villages along the way.
Interstate 80 Illinois Guides
East
Quad Cities to Annawan - 61 photos
Princeton to La Salle - 52 photos
Ottawa to Minooka - 49 photos
Joliet to Tinley Park - 54 photos
Cook County - 50 photos
West
Cook County - 45 photos
Tinley Park to Joliet - 52 photos
Minooka to Ottawa - 33 photos
La Salle to Princeton - 40 photos
Henry / Rock Island Counties - 49 photos
The Kingery Expressway, which consists of Interstate 80 east from the Tri-State Tollway to the Frank Borman Expressway in Indiana, was the first portion of the route opened to traffic in 1950. The Tri-State Tollway tied into the Kingery from the west when it opened in 1958. The remainder of Interstate 80 in Illinois was constructed in the 1960s.
scenes
A scenic view of the Mississippi River is afforded to Interstate 80 eastbound travelers at the Illinois Welcome Center just west of Rapids City.
09/04/05
Cleveland Road stems 0.96 miles east from IL 84 (Colona Road) in the city of Colona to Interstate 80 at Exit 7.
06/21/22
A folded diamond interchange joins Cleveland Road with I-80/IL 110 (CKC) just north of the Hennepin Canal along the Colona city line.
06/21/22
Freeway entrance signage for the westbound on-ramp for Interstate 80 from Cleveland Road.
06/21/22
Photo Credits:
- AARoads: 09/04/05
- Alex Nitzman: 06/21/22
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Page Updated Saturday December 09, 2023.