Route 255 North

Entering the city of Edwardsville, exit numbers reset as IL 255 advances north to a diamond interchange (Exit 2) with Gateway Commerce Center Drive.

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The first reassurance marker for IL 255 appears beyond the Chain of Rocks Road overpass. The entrance ramp from I-270 west forms an auxiliary lane to Exit 2.

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New Poag Road (Madison County Route 69) is the succeeding exit from IL 255 north after Exit 2. Alton, the previous end of the freeway along IL 255, is nine miles away.

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Gateway Commerce Center Drive forms an S-shaped route west across Gateway Commerce Center. Gateway Commerce Center Drive formerly connected with Lenox Avenue at the Mitchell community.

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Gateway Commerce Center Drive spurs east to additional warehouses in Gateway Commerce Center. Gateway Commerce Center Drive west intersects IL 111 in 1.78 miles. Serving a host of industrial, warehouse and logistics operations, the business park spreads over 2,300 acres.

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IL 255 continues north across a Norfolk Southern Railroad and Poag Road (CR 19) to a folded diamond interchange (Exit 3) with New Poag Road (CR 69).

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County Route 69 runs west along New Poag Road from Exit 3 to Comstock and IL 3 in the village of Hartford near the Lewis and Clark State Historic Site.

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CR 69 (New Poag Road) winds east from Exit 3 by the community of Poag to Horseshoe Lake State Park, the campus of Southern Illinois University and St. Louis Street into central Edwardsville.

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IL 255 crosses the Cahokia Diversion Channel by this northbound shield assembly.

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A folded diamond interchange (Exit 5) joins IL 255 with Madison Avenue in two miles. Alton is seven miles to the north.

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IL 255 spans Wagon Wheel Road one mile south of Exit 5 to Madison Avenue in the village of Roxana.

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IL 255 north next passes over a BNSF Railroad. Forthcoming Madison Avenue heads west adjacent to the WRB Refinery along the South Roxana village line to IL 111 at Hawthorne Street. Hawthorne Street extends west from IL 111 into the village of Hartford.

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Exits 5 and 6 serve the village of Roxana, which IL 255 enters north of the Cahokia Diversion Channel.

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East from Exit 5, Madison Avenue passes by the community of Wanda to become Old Alton Edwardsville Road through Roxana. Old Alton Edwardsville Road ties into the intersection joining IL 143/159 in north Edwardsville.

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Shifting northwest by Kendall Hill, IL 255 next meets IL 143 (Edwardsville Road) in north Roxana.

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The upcoming exchange with IL 111 was the northern end point of IL 255 from October 1998 until October 2006.

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IDOT recorded 26,200 vehicles per day in 2017 along IL 255 north ahead of Exit 6 by Kendall Hill.

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IL 143 constitutes a 32 mile long highway from U.S. 67 by Downtown Alton east to IL 127 at Beavercreek.

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A diamond interchange at Exit 6 joins IL 255 with IL 143 (Edwardsville Road) west to the city of Wood River and southeast back into Edwardsville.

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IL 111 curves northeast from Central Avenue in Wood River along Vaughn Road to meet IL 255 at Exit 8 in one mile.

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Rock Hill Road crosses over IL 255 where the freeway elevates onto the bluffs in east Wood River.

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IL 111 begins in Centreville near Interstate 255. The state route parallels IL 255 to the west from Pontoon Beach through west Edwardsville, South Roxana and Wood River to the diamond interchange at Exit 8.

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Exit 8 leaves IL 255 north for IL 111 (Vaughn Road). The two state routes run alongside one another into the village of Bethalto. IL 111 serves adjacent St. Louis Regional Airport (ALN).

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IL 255 runs north between the census designated place of Rosewood Heights and the village of Bethalto on the ensuing stretch.

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The fourth exit north from this distance sign at Bethalto connects IL 255 with the village of Godfrey in ten miles.

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E Airline Drive leads west from St. Louis Regional Airport (ALN) and IL 111 to span the freeway one mile south of Exit 10. IL 111 north combines with IL 140 west to meet IL 255 again at single point urban interchange (SPUI).

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IL 140 enters Bethalto along a rural route west from Hamel. The state route runs 65 miles overall from Vandalia and U.S. 67 in Alton.

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A third lane opens along IL 255 north ahead of the Bender Avenue overpass. West from Exit 10, IL 111/140 overlap 3.6 miles west along a four lane arterial / divided highway to IL 3 in Alton. There IL 111 joins IL 3 north to U.S. 67.

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Exit 10 separates from IL 255 north for IL 111/140 in Bethalto. IL 140 follows College Avenue west from IL 3/111 to Washington Avenue south, eventually leading toward Downtown Alton and U.S. 67.

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A sound wall line IL 255 north from Exit 10 by Civic Memorial High School.

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Corbin Street spans IL 255 west to a dead end beyond this shield assembly.

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IL 255 turns west beyond Culp Lane to a diamond interchange (Exit 13) with Fosterburg Road.

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Exit 10 / Fosterburg Road represented the north end of IL 255 from October 2006 until August 2008.

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Fosterburg Road angles northeast from IL 111 in Alton to Exit 10 and the settlement of Fosterburg.

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IL 255 continues westward to cross the West Fork of the Wood River ahead of the diamond interchange (Exit 16) with Seminary Road.

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County Route 17 (Seminary Road) heads south to become Seminary Street in the city of Alton. Northward, CR 17 ties into CR 52 (Seiler Road) in eastern reaches of Godfrey before resuming a northward course to become Macoupon County Route 8 en route to Brighton.

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A green out added Godfrey as the northbound control city for IL 255 at Exit 16 when the freeway was extended west from CR 17 to Humbert Road in October 2012.

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Turning northwest, IL 255 enters the village of Godfrey.

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Succeeding diamond interchanges join IL 255 with Humbert Road at Exit 19 and IL 111/267 at Exit 20.

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A pair of expressway ends signs marked the temporary conclusion of IL 255 at Exit 20. These were removed by October 2013, reflecting the freeway completion west to U.S. 67 in mid July 2013.

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Humbert Road (CR 4) winds south from Godfrey to Washington Avenue at IL 3/111 in the city of Alton. Humbert Road parallels IL 111/267 north from Godfrey into Jersey County.

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IL 255 opened north to Exit 20 in November 2012. IL 111 combines with U.S. 67 north through Godfrey to a point just west of Exit 20. There the IL 111 joins IL 267 north to Bridgeton and Medora.
Overall IL 267, a former alignment of U.S. 67, runs 59 miles north to Jacksonville. The 78 mile route of IL 111 concludes north at Waverly.

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The "Godfrey Y", the wye interchange joining the north end of IL 255 with U.S. 67 (Godfrey Road), was completed in June 2013.

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U.S. 67 (Godfrey Road) overtakes the freeway at the north end of IL 255. Godfrey Road transitions into an at-grade highway in a half mile.

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