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Illinois Route 97A
Illinois Route 97A
Location	Raritan–Media, Illinois
Existed	1929–1937

U.S. Route 124
U.S. Route 124
Location	Peoria–Biggsville, Illinois
Length	80 mi[citation needed] (130 km)
Existed	1926–1938

Illinois Route 116
Illinois Route 116
	IL 116 highlighted in red
Route information
	Maintained by IDOT
Length	176.07 mi (283.36 km)
Existed	1924–present
Major junctions
West end	US 34 / IL 94 in Gladstone
	; US 67 / IL 110 (CKC) in Roseville; US 24 / IL 29 in East Peoria; US 150 / IL 8 in East Peoria; I-74 in East Peoria; US 24 / US 150 in East Peoria; I-39 / US 51 in Benson; I-55 in Pontiac; I-57 in Ashkum
East end	US 45 in Ashkum
Location
Country	United States
State	Illinois
Counties	Henderson, Warren, Knox, Fulton, Peoria, Tazewell, Woodford, Livingston, Ford, Iroquois
Highway system
	Illinois State Highway System; Interstate; US; State; Tollways; Scenic;

Illinois Route 116 (IL 116) is a 176.07-mile-long (283.36 km) cross-state rural state highway that runs from U.S. Route 34 (US 34) by Gladstone east to the intersection of US 45 (North Front Street) and Old US 45, on the north side of Ashkum.^[1]

Route description

The western terminus of Illinois 116 is approximately 10 miles (16 km) from the Iowa state line, east of Burlington, Iowa. It crosses the Illinois River from Peoria to East Peoria with Illinois Route 8 on the Cedar Street Bridge.

On the southeast side of the Illinois River, Route 116, U.S. Route 24 and U.S. Route 150 form a wrong-way concurrency. Travelling northeast along the river, U.S. 150 is marked west before crossing the river to enter Peoria, Illinois 116 is marked east, and U.S. 24 is also marked east before branching to north of Washington. Travelling southwest, U.S. 150 is marked east before branching to Morton, Illinois 116 is marked west before crossing the river to enter Peoria on its southern side, and U.S. 24 is also marked west before continuing south with Illinois Route 29.

History

U.S. Route 124

U.S. Route 124 (US 124) was a U.S. Highway that was commissioned from 1926^[3] to 1938,^[4] and was located in Illinois, traveling from Peoria through Biggsville. It was approximately 80 miles (130 km) in length,^{[citation needed]} and followed much of the route of IL 116, prior to its decommissioning.^[5] SBI Route 116 originally traveled separately from east of Ashkum to East Peoria.

US 124 was an original 1928 US route in Illinois, since before then US routes didn't appear on Illinois maps.^[6] Its original route was from Peoria to Galesburg, along by the then IL 8, via Farmington and Maquon now on the route of IL 116, west from Peoria to IL 97, north to IL 8, west to IL 97, then northwest on IL 97 to Galesburg, then continues its last few miles on the current US 150.^[7]^[8]

In 1934, US 124 was rerouted west on the current IL 116 to near Biggsville, where it connected to US 34, for access to the Mississippi River crossing into Iowa.^[9] Westbound traffic from Peoria had a choice. Proceed along US 24 to cross the Mississippi River at Quincy (south-west route) – the old Peoria to Quincy stagecoach route, or take US 124 to cross the Mississippi River (US 34) at Burlington, Iowa (north-west route).

Illinois Route 116

After the entirety of US 124 changed to Illinois 116 as an extension of that route in east-central Illinois. Illinois 116 was a popular agricultural and commercial truck route from Burlington, Iowa (on the Mississippi River) to Peoria, Illinois (on the Illinois River) during World War II and through the late 1960s. This was due to the: Iowa Army Ammunition Plant near Burlington; active strip mining of coal in Fulton County (largely south of the route); farm livestock traffic to the Peoria stockyards; and grain transport (corn and soybeans) to the Illinois and Mississippi barge terminals.

With the completion of Interstate 474 as a western bypass of Peoria in 1978, an Interstate connector (exit 3 on Interstate 474) was constructed as the eastern terminus for the proposed western Illinois expressway (Peoria to Kansas City via Macomb and Quincy). The connector provides access to IL 116.

Related routes

Illinois Route 97A

Illinois Route 97A was a short rural spur (state-maintained) that ran from IL 97 (later U.S. Route 124; now IL 116) south of Media to the community of Raritan.

IL 97A was established in 1929 as well as IL 97.^[10] It lasted until 1937 when IL 97A was decommissioned.^[4] This is because US 124 had superseded what used to be IL 97 entirely in 1935.^[9] Today, the route is signed as CR 8.^[11]

Illinois Route 116A

Illinois Route 116A

Location	Benson–Toluca, Illinois
Length	13 mi^[12] (21 km)
Existed	1929^[10]–January 1993^[12]^[13]

Illinois Route 116A was a 13 miles (21 km)^[12] spur of IL 116 that followed what is now part of IL 117.

Initially, IL 116A used to directly connect to Benson.^[10] In 1932, the route moved slightly west.^[14] It remained like this until 1993 when IL 117 extended north to IL 17 north of Toluca, removing IL 116A in the process.^[12]^[13]

Major intersections

County	Location	mi	km	Destinations	Notes
Henderson		0.0	0.0	US 34 (Walter Payton Memorial Highway) / IL 94 north – Monmouth, Aledo	Interchange; west end of IL 94 overlap
Henderson		5.1	8.2	IL 94 south – Carthage	East end of IL 94 overlap
Warren		19.3	31.1	US 67 / IL 110 (CKC) – Macomb, Rock Island
Warren	Roseville	20.4	32.8	US 67 Bus. (Main Street)
Knox	St. Augustine	34.0	54.7	IL 41 – Galesburg
Fulton		47.5	76.4	IL 97 – Lewistown
Fulton	Farmington	56.0	90.1	IL 78 south (South Main Street) – Canton, Havana	West end of IL 78 overlap
Fulton–Peoria county line		57.0	91.7	IL 78 north – Kewanee	East end of IL 78 overlap
Peoria	Bellevue	72.5	116.7	Maxwell Road to I-474
Peoria	Peoria	76.4	123.0	IL 8 west (Western Avenue) – Elmwood	West end of IL 8 overlap
Illinois River		77.7	125.0	Cedar Street Bridge
Tazewell	East Peoria	78.5	126.3	Edmund Street	Interchange
		79.0	127.1	US 24 west / IL 29 south / Illinois River Road south – Quincy, Pekin, Springfield	Interchange; west end of US 24 / IL 29 / Illinois River Road overlap
		79.7	128.3	US 150 east / IL 8 east (Camp Street) – Bloomington-Normal, Washington	West end of US 150 overlap; east end of IL 8 overlap
		79.9	128.6	I-74 / IL 29 north – Bloomington, Peoria	Interchange; east end of IL 29 overlap
		83.9	135.0	US 150 west (McClugage Bridge) / US 24 east – Peoria, Washington	Interchange; east end of US 24 / US 150 overlap
		85.0	136.8	IL 26 north / Illinois River Road north – Princeton, Dixon	East end of Illinois River Road overlap
Woodford	Metamora	94.0	151.3	CR 23 (Douglas Street)
		94.8	152.6	IL 89 north (North Niles Street) – Spring Valley
		96.1	154.7	CR 3 south
		99.4	160.0	IL 117 north / CR 1 north – Toluca	West end of IL 117 overlap
	Benson	108.7	174.9	IL 117 south / CR 18 west – Eureka	East end of IL 117 overlap
	Benson	109.7	176.5	CR 5 (Reiter Street)
		114.2	183.8	I-39 / US 51 – Bloomington–Normal, Rockford
		114.6	184.4	IL 251 south – El Paso	West end of IL 251 overlap
		115.6	186.0	IL 251 north – Peru, Rochelle	East end of IL 251 overlap
		119.8	192.8	CR 20
Livingston	Flanagan	123.8	199.2	CR 16
	Graymont	128.8	207.3	CR 13
	Pontiac	134.3	216.1	I-55 – Bloomington, Joliet
		135.7	218.4	Historic US 66 west – Bloomington-Normal	West end of Historic US 66 overlap
		136.3	219.4	IL 23 north / Historic US 66 east – Ottawa, Joliet	East end of Historic US 66 overlap
	Saunemin	148.7	239.3	IL 47 – Morris, Gibson City
		151.7	244.1	CR 23 north
		155.5	250.3	CR 3
	Cullom	157.5	253.5	CR 36 north (Cherry Street)
Ford		160.5	258.3	IL 115 – Kankakee, Piper City
Iroquois	Ashkum	175.3	282.1	I-57 – Champaign, Kankakee
Iroquois	Ashkum	176.07	283.36	US 45 (North Front Street) – Champaign, Kankakee
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi Concurrency terminus

References

^ ^a ^b Illinois Technology Transfer Center (2006). "T2 GIS Data". Archived from the original on August 10, 2007. Retrieved November 8, 2007.
^ Carlson, Rich (February 7, 2007). "Illinois Highways Page: Routes 101 thru 120". Retrieved March 19, 2007.^{[self-published source]}
^ ^a ^b "1926 Map of the U.S. Highway System" (PDF). Retrieved November 19, 2020.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Illinois Secretary of State; Rand McNally (1939). Illinois Road Map (Map) (1939–1940 ed.). c. 1:918,720. Springfield: Illinois Secretary of State – via Illinois Digital Archives.
^ Illinois Secretary of State; Rand McNally (1936). Road Map Illinois (Map). [c. 1:950,000 and c. 1:1,110,000]. Springfield: Illinois Secretary of State – via Illinois Digital Archives.
^ Illinois Secretary of State; H.M. Gousha (1928). Illinois Official Auto Road Map (Map). [c. 1:950,000 and c. 1:1,110,000]. Springfield: Illinois Secretary of State – via Illinois Digital Archives.
^ Carlson, Rich (February 7, 2007). "Illinois Highways Page: Routes 121 thru 140". Retrieved March 19, 2007.^{[self-published source]}
^ Illinois Secretary of State; Rand McNally (1934). Official Road Map Illinois (Map). [c. 1:950,000 and c. 1:1,110,000]. Springfield: Illinois Secretary of State. OCLC 183709045 – via Illinois Digital Archives.
^ ^a ^b Illinois Secretary of State; H.M. Gousha (1935). Official Road Map Illinois (Map). [c. 1:950,000 and c. 1:1,110,000]. Springfield: Illinois Secretary of State – via Illinois Digital Archives.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "1929-2 Official Illinois Highway Map". www.idaillinois.org. Retrieved November 1, 2020.
^ "Map of Henderson County, Illinois" (PDF). Retrieved November 1, 2020.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "IL Route 116A". Woodford County Journal. January 21, 1993. p. 2. Retrieved November 1, 2020.
^ ^a ^b Illinois Department of Transportation (1993). Illinois Highway Map (Map) (1993–1994 ed.). [1:762,500]. Springfield: Illinois Department of Transportation. Retrieved November 1, 2020 – via Illinois Digital Archives.
^ Illinois Secretary of State (1932). Official Illinois Highway Map (Map). [c. 1:950,000 and c. 1:1,110,000]. Springfield: Illinois Division of Highways. Retrieved November 1, 2020 – via Illinois Digital Archives.
^ "Overview Map of IL 116" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved March 1, 2017.