Route 5 East

IL 5 east begins along 46th Avenue from U.S. 67 (11th Street) at the Black Hawk Park West neighborhood in Rock Island.

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IL 5 (46th Avenue) takes a scenic drive through Black Hawk State Historic Site between 15th and 24th Streets.

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17th Street winds south from Central Rock Island to become 24th Street to IL 5 (46th Avenue). IL 5 widens into a four lane boulevard to the east.

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30th Street bee lines north from IL 5 to IL 92 (5th Avenue) through the East Central, Hilltop and College Circle neighborhoods of Rock Island.

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Hugging the Rock River bluff line, IL 5 (46th Avenue) advances east along a commercial strip to the Milan Beltway.

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38th Street leads north through the Saukie neighborhood area to Augustana College and the IL 92 couplet of 6th and 7th Avenues.

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Rock Valley Plaza shopping center lines the south side of IL 5 (46th Avenue) to 44th Street.

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A reassurance marker appears at 44th Street, which forms a local road south to Ben Williamson Park and north to a subdivision.

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Valley View Drive spurs northeast to a business park along the former alignment of IL 5. The state route curves south to a parclo interchange with the Milan Beltway at 52nd Avenue.

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The Milan Beltway was completed in 2007 as a new controlled access expressway linking south Moline with the village of Milan.

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IL 5 eastbound uses a loop ramp at the north end of the Milan Beltway to join John Deere Road east through Moline.

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52nd Avenue extends east from IL 5 and Blackhawk Road to Trinity hospital and 27th Street (old U.S. 6/150) by South Park Mall.

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Welcome to Moline sign posted as IL 5 transitions to John Deere Road. John Deer Road continues the expressway of Milan Beltway east to Interstate 74.

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7th Street heads south from IL 5 to North Shore Drive along the Rock River and north to the Karstens / City Line and Old Towne neighborhoods in west Moline.

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Big box retail abuts the south side of the IL 5 expressway east from 7th Street.

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Despite a 1.1 mile stretch with no intersections, speed limits remain at just 45 miles per hour along John Deere Road. A pedestrian bridge crosses IL 5 after 12th Street.

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16th Street constitutes a commercial arterial south to South Park Mall and 52nd Avenue and north to 36th Avenue.

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Prior to the completion of John Deere Road west from 16th Street, IL 5 dog legged south along 16th Street from 36th Avenue to connect with Interstate 74.

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Presently IL 5 (John Deere Road) continues east without traffic lights for 1.6 miles to 41st Street. The proposed diverging diamond interchange with I-74 will add two signals.

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IL 5 elevates over 27th Street, the historic alignment of U.S. 6 and 150, to the northeast of South Park Mall and west of the cloverleaf interchange with Interstate 74.

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I-74/U.S. 6 east overlap for less than a mile south of IL 5 to Interstate 280. I-74 turns east there en route to Galesburg while U.S. 6 remains south to Quad City International Airport (MLI) at 27th Street.

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I-74/U.S. 6 west follow a winding course north through Moline to Downtown and the bridge across the Mississippi River. The commuter freeway ends in 9.7 miles at I-80 in north Davenport.

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Work between Spring 2013 and November 21, 2014 added a new overpass for the 41st Drive Connector between parallel 38th Avenue (old IL 2/5) and 40th Avenue.^1,2 Together with new right in right out (RIRO) intersections at 38th Street, the bridge shifts Rock River Plaza traffic away from what was a congested intersection with John Deere Road.

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An IL 5 shield appeared at the now discontinuous 38th Street. Phases II and III of the $47 million John Deere Road Expansion Project expanded IL 5 to six overall lanes east from 16th Street to a point beyond 70th Street. Initially anticipated to run from Fall 2014 to 2016,¹ additional right of way requirements pushed work back to April 11, 2016. Construction continued through July 2019.³

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Retail lines adjacent 38th Avenue and 41st Avenue Drive to the signalized intersection between IL 5 (John Deere Road) and 41st Street. 41st Street spurs south to an industrial park and north to residential areas lining the adjacent bluffs.

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IL 5 continues to run parallel just south of 38th Avenue (former IL 2/5).

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53rd Street intersects IL 5 (John Deere Road) east at the next traffic light.

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60th Street runs south from IL 5 to Green Valley Nature Preserve and Veterans Memorial Park along the Rock River.

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Eastbound at 70th Street, which leads north from adjacent businesses to Black Hawk College and 7th Street into the city of East Moline.

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John Deere Place links IL 5 with adjacent John Deere Parkway, which overlays former IL 2/5 by the John Deere World Headquarters office complex.

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A reassurance marker for IL 5 east stands at John Deere Place. An I-80 trailblazer follows for the connection with I-88.

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Curving northward, IL 5 ascends onto the bluffs north of the Rock River to intersect Avenue of the Cities west and Colona Road east. Colona Road provides a direct route east to IL 84 and the city of Colona.

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Avenue of the Cities extends west from IL 5 at Colona Road though Silvis and East Moline as a commercial boulevard to Interstate 74/U.S. 6.

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18th Avenue stems west from an adjacent frontage road to an adjacent subdivision.

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16th Avenue quickly follows with another traffic light along IL 5. The street services adjacent retail.

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Crosstown Avenue heads from IL 5 across the city of Silvis to become 30th Avenue west of 1st Street south / 19th Street north.

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IL 84 south and IL 92 east split at a parclo interchange with IL 5. IL 84 follows 2nd Avenue southeast through Carbon Cliff while IL 92 east combines with IL 5 through East Moline.

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An off-ramp departs from IL 5 eastbound for IL 84/92 west through Silvis to their split at 19th Street. IL 92 proceeds west from there through East Moline to Downtown Moline and Rock Island.

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IL 84 travels 95 miles overall between U.S. 6 at Colona to the Wisconsin state line north of Galena. The majority of the route is a Great River Road as it parallels the Mississippi River.

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IL 5/92 overlap east to Interstate 88. The pair elevate across an Iowa Interstate Railroad line as they leave the village limits of Carbon Cliff.

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Barstow Road runs north as County Road 52 to 40th Street at Babcock in East Moline and east as County Road 4 to the community of Barstow.

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Morton Drive heads east from the John Deere Harvester Works plan in East Moline to Quad City Downs and IL 5/92 at this signal.

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