Interstate 474 West

The first confirming marker for Interstate 474 stands just beyond the gore point for Left Exit 99 on I-74 westbound.

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Ramps from Interstate 74 come together for I-474 west ahead of the Pinecrest Drive overpass.

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Advancing west from the city of East Peoria, Interstate 474 west enters the village of Creve Coeur beyond the Cole Street overpass and ahead of Exit 9 for U.S. 24 east and IL 29 (S Main Street).

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U.S. 24 west and IL 29 (S Main Street) meet I-474 at a parclo interchange (Exit 9) adjacent to Independence Park.

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U.S. 24 was realigned to bypass Peoria to the east of the Illinois River through East Peoria and Creve Coeur in 2010.

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IL 29 leads south from Creve Coeur to North Pekin and Pekin along a 180 mile course that concludes in Pana. U.S. 24/IL 29 north follow Main Street to central East Peoria, where IL 29 joins I-74 west across the Murray Baker Bridge.

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U.S. 24 combines with Interstate 474 west for 2.48 miles to the succeeding exit.

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I-474/U.S. 24 span the Illinois River across a pair of bridges between Creve Coeur and Bartonville. Named after J. Norman Shade and Martin B. Lohmann, mid 20th century politicians from the area, the twin spans travel 3,421 and 3,425 feet respectively.¹

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39 foot wide decks accommodate two lanes per direction over the Shade-Lohmann Bridge.¹

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The steel truss bridges along I-474/U.S. 24 span the Illinois River at a maximum height of 65 feet above the navigation channel.¹

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The Shade-Lohmann Bridge was constructed between 1973 and 1975 and dedicated with the first portion of I-474 in 1978.¹

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The Peoria County line crosses I-474/U.S. 24 west midway across the Illinois River.

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Turning northwest, I-474/U.S. 24 separate in one mile at a six-ramp parclo interchange (Exits 6 B/A) with Adams Street at the Bartonville village and Peoria city line.

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Exit 6 B departs next for former U.S. 24 east along Adams Street.

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Adams Street leads northeast 1.12 miles mile to Washington Street, which took U.S. 24 to the Warehouse District and Downtown Peoria until 2010.

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I-474/U.S. 24 span Kickapoo Creek and a Union Pacific Railroad line where Exit 6 B departs for Adams Street (old U.S. 24) east.

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U.S. 24 west joins Adams Street west into the village of Bartonville, where the route follows McKinley Avenue south. U.S. 24 follows the Illinois River southwest to Lewistown before turning west en route to Quincy.

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Interstate 474 crosses Kickapoo Creek again adjacent to Kickapoo Creek Road (Peoria County Route R51) just north of Exit 6.

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IDOT recorded 29,800 vehicles per day (vpd) along Interstate 474 west from Bartonville to Exit 5 in 2017.

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Airport Road (County Route R49 south) meets Interstate 474 at a folded diamond interchange (Exit 5) in one mile.

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E.M. Dirksen Parkway (County Route D49) stems west from the exchange joining I-474 and S Airport Road to the passenger terminal of General Wayne A. Downing Peoria International Airport (PIA).

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Interstate 474 enters unincorporated Peoria County just ahead of Exit 5 for S Airport Road. Airport Road angles 0.67 miles northeast to IL 116 at Bellevue village line and 0.84 miles to Kickapoo Creek Road (CR R51).

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Forming a west bypass of Bartonville, Airport Road (CR R49) extends 4.79 miles south from Interstate 474 to Tuscarora Road. Tuscarora Road links with U.S. 24, 0.69 miles to the east at Tuscarora.

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Curving northward, Interstate 474 enters the village of Bellevue by discontinuous sections of Snyder Avenue.

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A partially built cloverleaf interchange (Exit 3 A) connects Interstate 474 with Illinois Route 905, a four lane expressway west to N Maxwell Road.

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Roadway stubs at the exchange with Maxwell Connector (Route 905) allude to a possible continuation of the expressway east to West Peoria or Peoria. The 1.03 mile long expressway was built in anticipation of an extension of IL 336 east from Maccomb.

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Exit 3 B was intended for the unconstructed expressway east. Route 905 west from Exit 3 A links with Maxwell Road (CR R46), 0.37 miles north of IL 116 (Plank Road). IL 116 spans I-474 to the south as part of a route linking Bellevue with Farmington and Peoria.

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Leaving the Bellevue village limits, I-474 advances north below W Farmington Road.

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I-474 rises onto a ridge ahead of the third crossing of Kickapoo Creek and the directional cloverleaf interchange (Exits 0 A/B) with Interstate 74.

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Left Exit 0 B departs with two lanes for through traffic continuing to Galesburg and the Quad Cities. Interstate 474 west otherwise defaults onto IL 6, a freeway extending 10.10 miles north to IL 29 at Mossville, south of Chillicothe.

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The exchange joining I-474/IL 6 with I-74 was previously unnumbered. Interstate 74 leaves Peoria west from Exit 0 and continues 4.3 miles to Exit 82 for Kickapoo. Overall I-74 northwest to the 2 miles leading to Moline in the Quad Cities is rural except through Galesburg.

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Two lanes continues north along I-474 from Left Exit 0 B to Exit 0 A for I-74 east into Peoria and IL 6 north to Chillicothe. IL 6 opened initially between the end of I-474 and U.S. 150 at the same time I-474 was completed.

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Exit 0 A parts ways for Interstate 74 east across Peoria. IL 6 encircles the north side of Peoria to Robinson Park.

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