U.S. 6 follows Interstate 74 across the Iowa-Illinois Memorial Bridge to the freeway end at Quad City International Airport. The US route parallels I-74/280 along a two-lane road from the airport to Colona.
U.S. 6 travels 180 miles across northern Illinois, paralleling the Interstate 80 corridor from the Quad Cities east to south suburbs of Chicago. The route initially enters the state alongside I-74 across the Iowa-Illinois Memorial Bridge, traveling south with the freeway through Moline to Quad City International Airport (MLI). The remainder parallels Interstates 74, 80 and 280 east from Coal Valley to Peru, La Salle and Joliet. The eastern most extent of U.S. 6 in Illinois combines with I-80/94 along the Kingery Expressway, from Torrence Avenue in Lansing to the Borman Expressway in Hammond, Indiana.
U.S. 6 Illinois Guides
U.S. 6 passes under I-74/280 alongside the BNSF Railroad west of Colona. Photo taken 03/11/17.
Connect with:
Interstate 74
Interstate 80
U.S. 150
Route 5
Route 82
Page Updated 05-15-2018.