Interstate 155 North

Interstate 155 commences north from a three-wye interchange (Exit 127) with I-55 northwest of Lincoln.

05/24/18

Traffic from both directions of I-55 combine along Interstate 155 north ahead of the 1850th Street overpass.

06/17/22

I-155 curves northward beyond Sugar Creek.

05/24/18

Hartsburg, a village of over 300, lies east of the first exit on Interstate 155 north in five miles. The second exit in Logan County links the freeway with U.S. 136 in nine miles. Peoria is 39 miles to the north via I-74 west.

06/17/22

Curving northward from a crossing of Sugar Creek, I-155 advances to within one mile of the diamond interchange (Exit 6) with 2300th Street.

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2300th Street heads 0.63 miles east from Exit 6 onto Front Street in Hartsburg. Old Route 121 angles northwest from Lincoln into Hartsburg.

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Exit 6 departs Interstate 155 north for 2300th Street amid farmland in all directions. East from Old Route 121, Front Street is part of Logan County Route 18 extending 3.96 miles east to CR 2.

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Interstate 155 shifts eastward and crosses a Canadian National Railroad line three miles south of Exit 10 for U.S. 136. Peoria is a half hour away.

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Crossing a Canadian National Railroad line, I-155 angles a half mile northeast. Wind turbines are a common sight in this part of Illinois.

05/24/18

U.S. 136 and Interstate 155 come together at a diamond interchange (Exit 10) northeast from the village of Emden in one mile.

06/17/22

U.S. 136 beelines 7.97 miles west from Interstate 155 to 1st Street in the village of San Jose.

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Generally a rural route, U.S. 136 stretches 213 across the width of Illinois between Keokuk, Iowa and the Indiana border just east of Danville.

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U.S. 136 runs 32 miles west to the Mason County seat of Havana and 15 miles east to the village of McLean, where the highway crosses Interstate 55.

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Old Route 121 lines the east side of I-155 as a frontage road north to the Tazewell County line, where the road changes names to Prairie Road.

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IL 122 east meets Interstate 155 in four miles at the first of seven exits in Tazewell County.

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Interstate 155 enters Tazewell County one mile north of U.S. 136.

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Interstate 155 and Prairie Road (Old IL 121) north of the Armington Road (CR 8) over crossing one mile west of Boynton.

05/24/18

I-155 proceeds three miles north from the Logan County line to the diamond interchange (Exit 15) with IL 122 west to the city of Delavan.

06/17/22

IL 122 east joins Interstate 155 north for 3.22 miles to the succeeding exit. Prior to the construction of I-155, IL 122 overlapped with IL 121.

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Traveling 29 miles overall, IL 122 heads 4.2 miles west from I-155 into the city of Delavan and ten miles to IL 29 south of Green Valley.

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Exit 15 leaves I-155 north for IL 122 west and Market Road east. Market Road connects with Tazewell County Route 9 (Hopedale Road), 3.00 miles to the east.

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11,400 vehicles per day were recorded along the I-155/IL 122 overlap by IDOT in 2017.

05/24/18

The village of Morton is 15 miles to the north. Downtown Peoria is 24 miles to the northwest along I-74.

06/17/22

County Route 14 (Toboggan Avenue) crosses over Interstate 155 within a mile of the diamond interchange (Exit 19) with IL 122 east and McMullen Road west.

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IL 122 resumes an eastward course from Exit 19, 2.14 miles to the village of Hopedale street grid and eight miles to Minier.

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IL 122 concludes at IL 9 in 18 miles within western McLean County. McMullen Road meanders 4.49 miles west from I-155 across farmland beside Indian Creek and Locust Road.

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Interstate 155 shifts westward into a valley fed by the Mackinaw River.

05/24/18

Old IL 121 parallels the west side of I-155 from McMullen Road north to Feather Road. A truss bridge remains in use across the Mackinaw River on the adjacent road.

12/20/09

The Mackinaw River flows 130 miles from near Sibley southwest into the Illinois River at Pekin. I-155 crosses the waterway northwest of Hopedale.

05/24/18

Townline Road is the next northbound exit in two miles. Morton is seven miles further on I-155.

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Interstate 155 runs along a bluff to the west of the Mackinaw River ahead of Townline Road. Townline Road doubles as Tazewell County Route 7 east from CR 16 (Manto Road) to the McLean County line.

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Traveling mostly across farmland, Townline Road joins the settlements of Dillon to the west with Walnut and Tazewell to the east.

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Entering the diamond interchange (Exit 22) with County Route 7 (Townline Road) on I-155 north.

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Interstate 155 continues north directly over IL 121 to Baer Road on the outskirts of Tremont.

05/24/18

IL 9 (Pearl Street) meets Interstate 155 in two miles at a diamond interchange (Exit 25) in east Tremont.

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IL 9 joins Tremont with Pekin to the west and Bloomington to the east.

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A 216 mile long highway, IL 9 travels west to the Fort Madison Bridge across the Mississippi River and east to Indiana State Road 26 beyond Hoopeston.

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IL 9 leads six miles east from Interstate 155 to the village of Mackinaw.

05/24/18

Exit 25 leaves Interstate 155 north for IL 9 (Pearl Street) into the village of Tremont.

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IL 9 east combines with U.S. 150 in 24.6 miles along the Bloomington city line.

05/24/18

IL 9 joins U.S. 24 west beyond Pekin in 12.1 miles. IL 9 represents the lone crossing of the Illinois River between U.S. 136 at Havana and Interstate 474 at Creve Coeur.

05/24/18

Continuing north, Interstate 155 parallels old IL 121 (Baer Road) one quarter mile to the west from Tremont to Augustine Road, where the freeway again overlays the original route.

06/17/22

Exits for Broadway Road and S Main Street into Morton separate from the freeway within the next three miles. Peoria is 11 miles further.

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Broadway Road leads east from forthcoming Exit 28 into southern reaches of Morton at S 4th Avenue.

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Broadway Road leads 8.6 miles west from I-155 to IL 9 at Downtown Pekin.

05/24/18

Tazewell County Route 19 overlays Broadway Road 5.36 miles west from Interstate 155 to California Road / Veterans Drive in east Pekin. Veterans Drive is a bypass of Pekin leading southwest to IL 9 that is proposed to extend northward.

06/17/22

A diamond interchange (Exit 28) joins Interstate 155 with Broadway Road and Tazewell County Route 19 west.

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Starting with the wye interchange with Main Street, the original alignment if IL 121 to the Morton business district, the final three exits from I-155 north serve the village of Morton.

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Exit 29 departs I-155 north in a quarter mile for S Main Street. Return access is provided at a half diamond interchange with Queenwood Road to the north.

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Former IL 121 / Main Street branches northeast at Exit 29 to U.S. 150 (Jackson Street) beyond Downtown Morton.

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Originating at the NRG Powerton Generation Station at Pekin, this set of transmission lines supply electricity to Chicago.

05/24/18

Interstate 155 north next meets the east end of IL 98 (Birchwood Street). The trumpet interchange with I-74 is 2.25 miles away.

06/17/22

IL 98 follows Birchwood Street west from Exit 31 on a 8.36 mile course to IL 29 at Pekin.

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A parclo B2 interchange joins I-155 with IL 98 west and Birchwood Street at Exit 31. IL 98 formerly continued east from I-155 to Main Street and U.S. 150 in Morton.

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I-155 curves northwesterly by an industrial park to I-74 at northwest Morton. Interstate 74 meets I-155 just west of U.S. 150 (Jackson Street) and east of I-474, the Peoria Bypass.

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I-74 travels east from the north end of I-155 at Morton to I-55 at Normal and northwest beyond nearby I-474 to Downtown Peoria.

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A $86.6 million project underway from March 2013 to October 2016 rebuilt the exchange joining I-74/155 and widened I-74 to six overall lanes between Morton and East Peoria. Work elevated the I-155 ramps above the expanded I-74 mainline and lengthened the ramps between the two freeways.

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