U.S. Route 34 in Illinois
 U.S. Route 34 | ||||
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| Walter Payton Memorial Highway[1] | ||||
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| Maintained by IDOT | ||||
| Length | 211.37 mi[2] (340.17 km) | |||
| Existed | 1926–present | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| West end |  US 34 in Gladstone | |||
    US 67 / IL 110 (CKC) / IL 164 in Monmouth US 150 in Galesburg I-74 / IL 110 (CKC) in Galesburg  US 6 / IL 26 in Princeton US 52 in Mendota  I-39 / US 51 in Mendota US 30 in Montgomery I-355 in Downers Grove I-294 in Western Springs   US 12 / US 20 / US 45 in LaGrange | ||||
| East end |  IL 43 in Berwyn | |||
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| Country | United States | |||
| State | Illinois | |||
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In the U.S. state of Illinois, U.S. Route 34 is an east–west highway that runs from the Iowa state line at Gulfport, west of Galesburg, to Illinois Route 43 and Historic U.S. Route 66 at Harlem Avenue in Berwyn. The entire highway in Illinois is named the "Walter Payton Memorial Highway". The highway is 211.37 miles (340.17 km) long within the state.[2]
The bridge into Iowa over the Mississippi River is called the Great River Bridge.
Between Monmouth and Galesburg, the highway is up to interstate standards with exits at Main Street, Henderson Street, and Seminary Street in Galesburg.
History
In 1934, US 34 absorbed what had been the last remaining section of US 32.[3]
US 34 formerly overlapped US 66 all the way to its endpoint in downtown Chicago, but was truncated to its intersection with US 66 and IL 43 in Berwyn in 1970. When US 66 was subsequently eliminated, the endpoint of US 34 was left at that location—the intersection of Ogden and Harlem Avenues in Berwyn. Due to the elimination of US 66, it is one of the few US Numbered Highways that ends at a state highway.[4] With the re-signing of much of Historic US 66, the history of US 34's eastern endpoint is becoming much more clear.[5]
Proposals
The now cancelled Prairie Parkway limited access highway would have had an interchange with U.S. Route 34, between Needham Road and Waubonsee Drive in the city of Plano.
A bypass of the town of Biggsville is currently under construction. It will create a diamond interchange between US 34 and IL 94 / IL 116 as well as bypass West Central High School. It is expected to be completed by the fall of 2014.[6][7]
Major intersections
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| County | Location | mi | km | Destinations | Notes | |
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| Des Moines | Burlington |   US 34 west / Iowa 163 west | Continuation into Iowa | |||
| Mississippi River | Great River Bridge | |||||
| Henderson | Gulfport | Gulfport | ||||
| |   Great River Road south (Carmen Road) | West end of Great River Road overlap | ||||
| Gladstone |   IL 164 east / Great River Road north | East end of Great River Road overlap | ||||
| |    IL 94 south / IL 116 east | West end of IL 94 overlap | ||||
| | IL 94 / IL 116 east | Interchange under construction; expected to be completed fall 2014.[7] | ||||
| Biggsville |  IL 94 north | East end of IL 94 overlap | ||||
| Warren | | US 67 south / IL 110 (CKC) west – Macomb | West end of US 67/IL 110 overlap | |||
| Monmouth | IL 164 west (Broadway) | West end of IL 164 overlap | ||||
| US 67 north (Main Street) | East end of US 67 overlap | |||||
| | IL 164 east | East end of IL 164 overlap | ||||
| | Cameron Road | |||||
| Knox | Galesburg |  IL 41 south / IL 164 west (Main Street) | ||||
| US 150 (Henderson Street) – Alpha | ||||||
| Seminary Street | ||||||
| | I-74 / IL 110 (CKC) east – Moline, Rock Island, Peoria | East end of IL 110 overlap | ||||
| Wataga |  IL 167 east | |||||
| Henry | |  IL 17 west | West end of IL 17 overlap | |||
| Galva | IL 17 east (Center Avenue) | East end of IL 17 overlap | ||||
| |  IL 78 south | West end of IL 78 overlap | ||||
| |  IL 91 east | |||||
| Kewanee | IL 78 north | East end of IL 78 overlap | ||||
| Bureau | | US 6 west | West end of US 6 overlap | |||
| |  IL 40 | |||||
| Princeton | US 6 east / IL 26 south (Peru Street) | West end of IL 26 overlap; east end of US 6 overlap | ||||
| IL 26 north (Main Street) | East end of IL 26 overlap | |||||
| La Moille |  IL 89 south | |||||
 IL 92 west | ||||||
| LaSalle | Mendota |  US 52 / IL 251 | ||||
| | I-39 / US 51 – Rockford, LaSalle, Peru | |||||
| |  IL 23 south | West end of IL 23 overlap | ||||
| | IL 23 north | East end of IL 23 overlap | ||||
| Kendall | Yorkville |  IL 47 (Bridge Street) | ||||
| Oswego |  IL 31 north | |||||
 IL 25 north (Madison Street) | ||||||
 IL 71 west (Oswego Road) | ||||||
| Montgomery | US 30 west | West end of US 30 overlap | ||||
| US 30 east (Lincoln Highway) | East end of US 30 overlap | |||||
| DuPage | Aurora, Naperville |  IL 59 | ||||
| Lisle |  IL 53 (Lincoln Avenue) | |||||
| Lisle, Downers Grove |   I-355 (Veterans Memorial Tollway) / I-88 west (Ronald Reagan Memorial Tollway) – Joliet, Aurora, Northwest Suburbs | |||||
| Westmont, Hinsdale |  IL 83 (Kingery Highway) | |||||
| Cook | Western Springs | I-294 (Tri-State Tollway) – Wisconsin, Indiana | ||||
| La Grange | US 12 / US 20 / US 45 (La Grange Road) | |||||
| Lyons |  IL 171 (1st Avenue) | |||||
| Berwyn |   IL 43 / Historic US 66 west (Harlem Avenue) | |||||
 Historic US 66 east (Ogden Avenue) | Continuation beyond IL 43 | |||||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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References
- ^ State of Illinois (2000-04-15). "91st General Assembly Summary of HJR0071". Retrieved 2006-11-26.
- ^ a b Illinois Technology Transfer Center (2006). "T2 GIS Data". Retrieved 2007-11-08.
- ^ End of US highway 32. usends.com.
- ^ End of US highway 34. usends.com.
- ^ East end of US highway 34 in Berwyn IL. usends.com.
- ^ "Construction of four-lane section of US-34 approved". WQAD-TV. June 21, 2013. Retrieved July 18, 2014.
- ^ a b "New Biggsville Bypass Promotes Safety Initiative". KWQC-TV. June 28, 2013. Retrieved July 18, 2014.
