Illinois Route 47

Illinois Route 47 marker

Illinois Route 47
Route information
Maintained by IDOT
Length: 169.76 mi[1] (273.20 km)
Existed: 1924[2] – present
Major junctions
South end: IL 10 in Seymour
  I-72 in Seymour
I-74 in Mahomet
I-55 in Dwight
I-80 in Morris

I-88 / IL 110 (CKC) in Sugar Grove
I-90 in Huntley
North end: WIS 120 in Hebron
Location
Counties: Champaign, Ford, Livingston, Grundy, Kendall, Kane, McHenry
Highway system
US 45IL 48

Illinois Route 47 is a largely rural northsouth state highway that runs from the Wisconsin state border at Highway 120 near Hebron, to Illinois Route 10, just south of Interstate 72 near Seymour. This is a distance of 169.76 miles (273.20 km).[1] Even though Route 47 is primarily rural, in several suburbs of Chicago, such as Woodstock, traffic can be congested. Even in heavily rural areas, traffic is heavy.

It crosses most Interstate highways in northern and central Illinois, but the largest towns that Illinois 47 serves are Huntley (at the Jane Addams Memorial Tollway), Yorkville (at U.S. Route 34), Woodstock (at U.S. Route 14), Lily Lake at (Illinois Route 64), Elburn (at Illinois Route 38), Sugar Grove (at U.S. Route 30), Morris (at Interstate 80), Dwight (at Interstate 55), Forrest (at U.S. Route 24), Gibson City (at Illinois Route 54), and Mahomet (at Interstate 74).

Route description

IL 47 through Morris

Illinois 47 overlaps Illinois Route 72 and U.S. Route 20 at Pingree Grove, a village approximately 60 miles (97 km) from Chicago; this concurrency is part of a so-called wrong-way concurrency, where one can be driving both west on Illinois 72 and east on U.S. 20 at the same time. Route 47 also shares concurrencies with Illinois Route 9 and Illinois 54 in Gibson City, U.S. Route 30 in Sugar Grove, U.S. Route 6 in Morris, Historic U.S. Route 66 in Dwight, and U.S. Route 150 in Mahomet.

In November of 2013, a full access interchange opened at I-90 and Illinois 47. This replaced the existing partial access interchange that existed previously.

Future

The Illinois Department of Transportation is proposing to add lanes to several portions of Illinois Route 47, which eventually would make it a 4-lane road from I-80 in Morris to I-88 in Sugar Grove, and from I-90 in Huntley to north of Woodstock. A project to reconstruct the road to 4 lanes from Kreutzer Road to Reed Road through Huntley was completed in October 2011.[3] The Prairie Parkway study included engineering for 4 lanes from I-80 in Morris to Caton Farm Road south of Yorkville, and construction was underway of this section as of 2015. Engineering studies are underway for sections of Illinois Route 47 from Caton Farm Road to Illinois 71 in Yorkville, from Kennedy Road in Yorkville to US 30 in Sugar Grove, and from Charles Road to US 14 in Woodstock. A project providing additional lanes from Illinois 71 to Kennedy Road in Yorkville was completed in 2015.

In addition, an engineering study has been started by the village of Sugar Grove to reconstruct the I-88 interchange with Illinois Route 47 to full access. Currently, there is no eastbound access or westbound entrance at I-88.

Major intersections

CountyLocationmikmDestinationsNotes
Champaign  IL 10 Champaign, Seymour
  I-72 Decatur, ChampaignI-72 exit 176
Mahomet US 150 west Farmer CitySouth end of US 150 overlap
US 150 east ChampaignNorth end of US 150 overlap
I-74 Bloomington, ChampaignI-74 exit 172
  US 136 Bloomington, Havana, Fisher
FordGibson City IL 9 east / IL 54 east Patton, OnargaSouth end of IL 9 / IL 54 overlap
IL 54 west Farmer CityNorth end of IL 54 overlap
IL 9 west BloomingtonNorth end of IL 9 overlap
Sibley IL 165 west Anchor, Colfax
LivingstonForrest US 24 Chenoa, Gilman
Saunemin IL 116 Pontiac, Saunemin
Dwight IL 17 Wenona, Kankakee, Business District
Historic US 66 west (McNamara Avenue)South end of Historic US 66 overlap
Historic US 66 east (Dwight Road)North end of Historic US 66 overlap
Grundy I-55 Bloomington, JolietI-55 exit 220
  IL 113 east Coal City
MorrisMorris Bridge over Illinois River
US 6 west (Bedford Road)South end of US 6 overlap
US 6 east ChannahonNorth end of US 6 overlap
I-80 Moline, Rock Island, JolietI-80 exit 112
Kendall  US 52 Mendota, Joliet
Yorkville IL 71 (Stagecoach Trail) Newark, Ottawa, Oswego
IL 126 east Plainfield
US 34 (Veterans Parkway) Plano, Oswego
Kendall
Kane
US 30 east Montgomery, JolietSouth end of US 30 overlap
KaneSugar Grove US 30 west / IL 56 east to I-88 east Hinckley, Chicago, Air Classics Museum of Air & SpaceInterchange; north end of US 30 overlap
Kaneville
I-88 west / IL 110 (CKC) west (Tollway) Moline, Rock Island
I-88 exit 109
Elburn CR 47 / Lincoln Highway (Keslinger Road) Geneva
IL 38 DeKalb, Geneva
Lily Lake IL 64 Sycamore, St. Charles
Pingree Grove US 20 east / IL 72 west Hampshire, ElginSouth end of US 20 / IL 72 overlap
Starks US 20 west / IL 72 east to I-90 west Marengo, West DundeeNorth end of US 20 / IL 72 overlap
Huntley I-90 (Tollway) Rockford, Chicago
McHenry  IL 176 east Crystal LakeSouth end of IL 176 overlap
Woodstock IL 176 west MarengoNorth end of IL 176 overlap
Woodstock US 14 Harvard, Crystal Lake
IL 120 (McHenry Avenue)
Hebron IL 173 (Maple Avenue)
Hebron WIS 120 north Lake GenevaWisconsin state line
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

External links

Route map: Bing / Google

References

  1. 1 2 Illinois Technology Transfer Center (2006). "T2 GIS Data". Retrieved 2007-11-08.
  2. Carlson, Rick. Illinois Highways Page: Routes 41 thru 60. Last updated March 15, 2006. Retrieved March 28, 2006.
  3. Village of Huntley IL 47 website Retrieved 3-9-11
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