Illinois Route 47
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| 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 | ||||
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Illinois Route 47 is a largely rural north–south 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
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
| County | Location | mi | km | Destinations | Notes |
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| Champaign | IL 10 – Champaign, Seymour | ||||
| I-72 – Decatur, Champaign | I-72 exit 176 | ||||
| Mahomet |  US 150 west – Farmer City | South end of US 150 overlap | |||
| US 150 east – Champaign | North end of US 150 overlap | ||||
| I-74 – Bloomington, Champaign | I-74 exit 172 | ||||
 US 136 – Bloomington, Havana, Fisher | |||||
| Ford | Gibson City |   IL 9 east / IL 54 east – Patton, Onarga | South end of IL 9 / IL 54 overlap | ||
| IL 54 west – Farmer City | North end of IL 54 overlap | ||||
| IL 9 west – Bloomington | North end of IL 9 overlap | ||||
| Sibley |  IL 165 west – Anchor, Colfax | ||||
| Livingston | Forrest |  US 24 – Chenoa, Gilman | |||
| Saunemin |  IL 116 – Pontiac, Saunemin | ||||
| Dwight |  IL 17 – Wenona, Kankakee, Business District | ||||
.svg.png){kind=small} 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, Joliet | I-55 exit 220 | |||
 IL 113 east – Coal City | |||||
| Morris | Morris Bridge over Illinois River | ||||
 US 6 west (Bedford Road) | South end of US 6 overlap | ||||
| US 6 east – Channahon | North end of US 6 overlap | ||||
| I-80 – Moline, Rock Island, Joliet | I-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, Joliet | South end of US 30 overlap | |||
| Kane | Sugar Grove |  US 30 west / IL 56 east to I-88 east – Hinckley, Chicago, Air Classics Museum of Air & Space | Interchange; 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, Elgin | South end of US 20 / IL 72 overlap | |||
| Starks | US 20 west / IL 72 east to I-90 west – Marengo, West Dundee | North end of US 20 / IL 72 overlap | |||
| Huntley | I-90 (Tollway) – Rockford, Chicago | ||||
| McHenry |  IL 176 east – Crystal Lake | South end of IL 176 overlap | |||
| Woodstock | IL 176 west – Marengo | North 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 Geneva | Wisconsin state line | |||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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External links
- Illinois Highway Ends: Illinois Route 47
- IL 47 Improvement Study (Yorkville to Sugar Grove)
- IL 47 Improvement Study (Woodstock)
- IL 47 Corridor Planning Study (Sugar Grove to Hebron)
References
- 1 2 Illinois Technology Transfer Center (2006). "T2 GIS Data". Retrieved 2007-11-08.
- ↑ Carlson, Rick. Illinois Highways Page: Routes 41 thru 60. Last updated March 15, 2006. Retrieved March 28, 2006.
- ↑ Village of Huntley IL 47 website Retrieved 3-9-11