Illinois Route 3
Route information | ||||
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Maintained by IDOT | ||||
Length | 187.44 mi[1] (301.66 km) | |||
Existed | November 5, 1918[2]–present | |||
Major junctions | ||||
South end | US 51 / IL 37 in Cairo | |||
North end | IL 100 in Grafton | |||
Location | ||||
Country | United States | |||
State | Illinois | |||
Counties | Alexander, Union, Jackson, Randolph, Monroe, St. Clair, Madison, Jersey | |||
Highway system | ||||
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Illinois Route 3 (IL 3) is a 187.44-mile-long (301.66 km) major north–south arterial state highway in southwestern Illinois. It has its southern terminus at Cairo Junction (about four miles (6.4 km) north of Cairo) at the intersection of U.S. Route 51 (US 51) and Illinois Route 37, and its northern terminus in Grafton at IL 100.
Route description
The majority of IL 3 has four lanes from
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History
Original 1918 route
The original IL 3 route went from
Current route
On August 4, 1976, the new Berm Highway from Wood River to Alton was opened.[3] It was signed as IL 3, which left the old alignment on Lewis and Clark Boulevard and Broadway unmarked. However, on June 29, 1987, the Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) built the new Madison Avenue extension in Wood River and marked that road and the Berm Highway as IL 143[4] and truncated IL 3 at IL 143 (highway signage and IDOT planning maps suggested otherwise, however). This new terminus for Route 3 was short-lived, however.
On November 26, 1987, a new section of Homer M. Adams Parkway in Alton opened to traffic, and IL 3 was extended onto Lewis and Clark Boulevard (a former IL 3 alignment) back into Alton and onto the extension. IL 3 was then cosigned with IL 111 until the intersection with Godfrey Road, where IL 3 takes over the former IL 100 alignment.[5]
Major intersections
County | Location | mi[1][6] | km | Exit | Destinations | Notes |
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IDOT signs this as southern terminus; southern end of Great River Road/Lincoln Heritage Trail overlap; I-57 exit 1; highway continues as US 51/GRR/LHT south | ||||||
Miller City | ||||||
| 8.5 | 13.7 | IL 127 north – Jonesboro, Mounds | |||
McClure | 26.0 | 41.8 | IL 146 west – Cape Girardeau | Southern end of IL 146 overlap | ||
Union | Ware | 37.7 | 60.7 | IL 146 east / Lincoln Heritage Trail (Southern Branch) spur – Jonesboro, Lincoln-Douglas Debate Site | Northern end of IL 146 overlap | |
Jackson | Grand Tower | 51.3 | 82.6 | Great River Road Spur north (Grand Tower Road) – River Access, Devils Backbone Park, Business District | ||
| 53.0 | 85.3 | Great River Road Spur south (Power Plant Road) – River Access, Devils Backbone Park | |||
| Gorham Road - Jacob | State maintained | ||||
| 60.6 | 97.5 | IL 149 east – Murphysboro, Carbondale, Lake Murphysboro State Park | |||
| 65.0 | 104.6 | Lake Kinkaid, Ava, Johnson Creek Recreational Area | |||
Randolph | | 80.6 | 129.7 | Great River Road (National Route) north (Truck Bypass) – River Bridge | Northern end of Great River Road overlap; state maintained | |
Chester | 83.4 | 134.2 | IL 150 west (State Street) – River Bridge, Penitentiary | Southern end of IL 150 overlap | ||
83.6 | 134.5 | IL 150 east (State Street) – Steeleville | Northern end of IL 150 overlap | |||
83.9 | 135.0 | Great River Road Spur begins / Jefferson Street | Southern end of Great River Road Spur overlap | |||
84.2 | 135.5 | Great River Road Spur ends / Great River Road south (Truck Bypass) – River Bridge, Penitentiary | Northern end of Great River Road Spur overlap; southern end of Great River Road overlap | |||
| 89.8 | 144.5 | Pierre Menard Home, Randolph County Conservation Area | State maintained to Fort Kaskaskia | ||
| Roots Road - Fort de Chartres Historic Site | State maintained | ||||
Fort de Chartres Historic Site, River Ferry | Northern end of Lincoln Heritage Trail overlap | |||||
Red Bud | 108.6 | 174.8 | IL 154 east (Market Street) / IL 159 north (Main Street) – Belleville, Sparta | |||
Renault, Illinois Caverns State Natural Area | ||||||
Waterloo | 122.2 | 196.7 | IL 156 (Park Street) – Fairgrounds, Wartburg, Maeystown, Valmeyer | |||
Columbia | 129.5 | 208.4 | IL 158 east – Belleville | Interchange | ||
133.1 | 214.2 | — | Quarry Road / Palmer Road | South end of freeway | ||
134.3 | 216.1 | — | Tulsa | Southern end of I-255/US 50 overlap; I-255 exit 6 | ||
St. Clair | Dupo | 136.5 | 219.7 | 9 | Dupo | Exit number follows I-255 |
137.4 | 221.1 | — | Chicago | North end of freeway; northern end of I-255/US 50 overlap; I-255 exit 10 | ||
Holy Family Church | ||||||
St. Louis | South end of freeway; I-55 north/I-64 east exit 1; former I-70 west | |||||
— | 13th Street / Tudor Avenue | No southbound entrance | ||||
— | Barack Obama Avenue – East St. Louis, Business District, Casino Queen | Formerly Fourth Street; northbound exit and southbound entrance | ||||
— | I-64 / US 40 west / I-55 south – St. Louis | South end of I-55/I-64/US 40 concurrency; southbound left exit and northbound left entrance; I-55 south/I-64 west exit 1; former I-70 west | ||||
145.7 | 234.5 | 2A | Third Street – Eads Bridge, Casino Queen | Exit numbers follow I-55/I-64; southbound exit and northbound entrance | ||
146.0 | 235.0 | 2B-C | Martin Luther King Bridge – Downtown St. Louis | Signed as exits 2B (left exit) and 2C (right exit); no northbound exits | ||
146.2– 146.8 | 235.3– 236.3 | North end of freeway; northern end of I-55/I-64/US 40/Great River Road overlap; I-55 north exit 3, south exit 3A; I-64 exit 3; I-70 east exit 3 | ||||
Fairmont City | Packers Avenue to I-55 north / I-64 east / I-70 | Interchange via connector road; I-70 exit 2 | ||||
St. Louis | State maintained | |||||
Granite City | 158.4 | 254.9 | Historic US 66 east (Chain of Rocks Road) | Southern end of Historic US 66 overlap; state maintained | ||
158.6 | 255.2 | I-270 / Great River Road south / Historic US 66 west – St. Charles, Effingham | Southern end of Great River Road overlap; I-270 exit 3; northern end of Historic US 66 overlap | |||
US 67 south | ||||||
Hawthorne Street – Hartford | State maintained | |||||
Wood River | 165.6 | 266.5 | Great River Road / Meeting of the Great Rivers north / IL 143 – Alton, Riverfront, Wood River, Business District | Northern end of Great River Road/Meeting of the Great Rivers overlap | ||
Alton | 169.3 | 272.5 | IL 111 south / IL 140 (College Avenue) – Bethalto | Interchange; southern end of IL 111 overlap | ||
Godfrey | 173.0 | 278.4 | IL 111 north (Godfrey Road) to US 67 / State Street – Clark Bridge, Lewis and Clark Community College, Jacksonville | Northern end of IL 111 overlap | ||
Jersey | | 182.0 | 292.9 | IL 109 north – Jerseyville | ||
Grafton | 190.0 | 305.8 | IL 100 / Great River Road / Meeting of the Great Rivers | Northern terminus; road continues south as Market Street | ||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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References
- ^ a b Illinois Technology Transfer Center (2007). "T2 GIS Data". Illinois Department of Transportation. Retrieved November 8, 2007.
- ^ Carlson, Rick (March 15, 2006). "Routes 1 through 20". Illinois State Highways Page. Retrieved March 24, 2006.[self-published source].
- ^ Alton Telegraph. August 4, 1976.
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