U.S. Route 24 (US 24) in the U.S. state of
Illinois
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is a major arterial road that runs from the
Missouri
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state line at the
Mississippi River
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in
Quincy to
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. This is a distance of .
Route description
Quincy to East Peoria
From Quincy to
Peoria, the US 24 route follows the old Peoria to Quincy stage coach route.
The US 24 crossing into Illinois from Missouri over the
Mississippi River
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consists of two bridges; westbound traffic uses the newer
Bayview Bridge
The Bayview Bridge is a cable-stayed bridge bringing westbound U.S. Route 24 (US 24) over the Mississippi River. It connects the cities of West Quincy, Missouri and Quincy, Illinois. Quincy Memorial Bridge serves Eastbound US-24. The ...
, while eastbound traffic uses the
Quincy Memorial Bridge
The Quincy Memorial Bridge is a truss bridge over the Mississippi River in Quincy, Illinois
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. At the eastern end of the Quincy Memorial Bridge, eastbound US 24 overlaps
Illinois Route 57
Illinois Route 57 is a north–south state highway in western Illinois. It runs from Interstate 172 in Fall Creek to U.S. Route 24 and Illinois Route 104 in Quincy, a distance of .
Route description
Illinois 57 runs from Fall Creek nor ...
(IL 57) northbound (4th Street) for two blocks before IL 57 ends at
IL 104 (Broadway); westbound US 24 turns off onto the bridge at the northern terminus of IL 57. US 24 continues north at IL 104 and serves only the northwestern portion of Quincy.
US 24
overlap
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s
IL 96 briefly before running due east. It has a full interchange with the northern terminus of
Interstate 172 (I-172) ; as of 2006,
IL 336 continues northbound of I-172.
US 24 then proceeds through a series of small towns; east of
Camp Point
Camp Point is a village in Adams County, Illinois, United States. The population was 1,121 at the 2020 census, down from 1,132 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Quincy, IL– MO Micropolitan Statistical Area.
Geography
Camp Point i ...
, it intersects the southern terminus of
IL 94. In
Mount Sterling it briefly overlaps
IL 99;
IL 107 ends just south of US 24. At this point, the highway turns northeast once again.
Just outside
Ripley
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US 24 intersects the western terminus of
IL 103. US 24 then intersects
US 67 outside of
Rushville. It enters Rushville from the west and exits north, on Kinderhook Road.
US 24 continues northeast and follows a series of concurrencies. West of
Havana
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IL 100 northbound, and
US 136 westbound, forming a
wrong-way concurrency
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. US 136 leaves US 24 and travels west at
Duncan Mills, while US 24 and IL 100 continue north to
Lewistown. In Lewistown, the US 24/IL 100 combination intersects
IL 97 (Avenue E). IL 97/IL 100 run north while US 24 eastbound joins with IL 97 southbound. US 24/IL 97 meets
IL 78, where IL 78/IL 97 runs southbound and US 24 eastbound joins with IL 78 northbound. The series of concurrencies ends in
Little America, where IL 78 turns north and US 24 continues northeast.
IL 9 overlaps US 24 from
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, through
Kingston Mines and
Mapleton, to where IL 9 splits and crosses the river to
Pekin.
North of the Pekin turnoff, US 24 enters
Bartonville as South Adams Street. Where Adams Street climbs a hill, US 24 splits off onto McKinley Avenue, rejoining Adams Street just south of the
I-474 interchange.
Just before it enters the south side of Peoria, US 24 turns southeast onto I-474 to cross the
Shade–Lohmann Bridge
The Shade–Lohmann Bridge is a pair of twin cantilever bridges that carry Interstate 474 (I-474) and U.S. Route 24 (US 24) over the Illinois River near the Peoria Lock and Dam located at River Mile 158.0 in Tazewell County, in the U.S. st ...
. Previously, US 24 ran concurrently with
US 150 across the
McClugage Bridge
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upstream, crossing into
East Peoria
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Etymology
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; when it was realigned to the current routing, the section through Peoria was decommissioned.
US 24 leaves I-474 after three miles and enters
Creve Coeur with
IL 29 northbound as South Main Street.
East Peoria to Eureka
US 24/IL 29 enters East Peoria just south of the
IL 8/
IL 116 westbound interchange. US 24/IL 29 joins IL 8/IL 116 eastbound at the foot of the left connector ramp, and then continues north.
In East Peoria, US 24 follows another series of concurrencies. At Camp Street, US 24/IL 29/IL 116 join US 150 westbound, forming a wrong-way concurrency. IL 8 splits from US 24 and travels east-northeast, along with US 150 eastbound. Just after crossing Camp Street, US 24/US 150/IL 29/IL 116 have an interchange with
I-74
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. IL 29 splits onto I-74 westbound to cross the river to Peoria, while US 24/US 150/IL 116 continue northeast. This series of concurrencies ends at the interchange on the north side of East Peoria, where IL 116 continues northeast, US 150 crosses the
Illinois River
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on the McClugage Bridge, and US 24 turns to the east.
The highway continues past
Illinois Central College to the interchange of Business US 24 and the eastern terminus of IL 8, (Business US 24 and IL 8 form an unsigned wrong-way concurrency at this point). Business US 24 continues to Washington's town square on a four-lane undivided surface road, which eventually narrows to a two-lane road; the US 24 bypass remains four lanes divided to Main Street north of Washington. The eastern terminus of Business US 24 is near
Eureka.
Eureka to Indiana
In Eureka, US 24 has a stoplight with
IL 117; there are also numerous signs to
Eureka College
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and the
Ronald Reagan Trail, as Eureka had prominence in President
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's early life. US 24 then continues east, bypassing
Secor to the south before meeting with
I-39
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.
Just east of I-39, US 24 serves as the main east–west road through
El Paso, which largely serves as a stop for travelers on I-39. US 24 travels through one other community,
Gridley before having an interchange with
I-55
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west of
Chenoa.
East of I-55, US 24 has an intersection with former
US 66. It then passes through the towns of
Fairbury,
Forrest and
Chatsworth, intersecting
Illinois Route 47 in Forrest. Just south of
Gilman, US 24 has an interchange with
I-57
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before overlapping
US 45 through Gilman. The two highways separate east of Gilman.
In
Crescent City US 24 intersects
IL 49. In
Watseka
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, it overlaps
IL 1 through the town; the final concurrency, with
US 52 in
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carries into Indiana.
History
The routing of US 24 in Illinois is largely unchanged from 1926. Prior to 1937, US 24 ran through
Canton
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on various roads; afterwards it was relocated southeast, closely paralleling the
Illinois River
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.
In 1995 a bypass around Washington was completed. The old US 24 became an extension of IL 8 to near Eureka. In 1997, it was changed to Business US 24, and IL 8 was truncated back to west of Washington.
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Prior to 2012, US 24 ran through Peoria via downtown on various roads. That year, it was rerouted from the McClugage Bridge to the Shade–Lohmann Bridge on the border of Bartonville and Peoria, which carries I-474.
Since the 1950s, US 24 through Illinois and Missouri has been considered as one route of various Chicago to Kansas City federal Interstate proposals (1956, 1968, 1972). None of these proposals received federal funding or support.
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Major intersections
See also
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References
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