Interstate 74 in Illinois

Interstate 74
Everett McKinley Dirksen Memorial Highway[1]
Route information
Maintained by IDOT
Length:	220.34 mi[2] (354.60 km)
Major junctions
West end:	I-74 / US 6 at Moline
	I-280 / US 6 in Moline I-80 / I-280 in Colona I-474 in Peoria I-474 in East Peoria I-155 near Morton I-55 / US 51 in Bloomington I-57 in Champaign US 45 in Urbana
East end:	I-74 at Danville
Highway system
Interstate Highway System Main Auxiliary Suffixed Business Illinois State Highway System Interstate U.S. State Tollways ← IL 73 IL 75 →

Interstate 74 (I-74) in the U.S. state of Illinois is a major northwest–southeast Interstate Highway that runs across the central portion of the state. It runs from the Iowa state line at the Mississippi River near the city of Rock Island and runs southeast to the Indiana state line east of Danville, a distance of 220.34 miles (354.60 km).^[2] The highway runs through the major cities of Champaign, Bloomington, Peoria, and Moline.

The highway is officially named after Everett McKinley Dirksen, a Republican Senator and U.S. Congressman from Pekin from 1933 to his death in 1969.^[1]

History

In November 2006 major work was completed on the Upgrade 74 project for the portion of I-74 in the Midwest. This multi-year project, begun in April 2002, saw the complete renovation of I-74 through East Peoria and Peoria. Most notably the interstate was widened to three lanes through the cities, many blind or hairpin exits and entrances to the highway were removed or corrected, and many bridges crossing the highway were replaced. The biggest part of this project was work on the Murray Baker Bridge, over which I-74 crosses the Illinois River. The bridge was completely closed to traffic while being partially dismantled and reconstructed from April 2 to October 15, 2005. During this time I-74 was disconnected between Peoria and East Peoria.^[3] In late March 2013, the biggest road reconstruction project in the Peoria area since the 2002-2006 project- a complete $86.6 million revision of the Morton, Illinois I-74/I-155 interchange system- started its beginning phases (Morton, a hub for the two interstates and the site of facilities for Caterpillar, Pepsi, and Libby's Pumpkin, is a growing Peoria suburb, across the Illinois River, east of East Peoria and Pekin, in Tazewell County). This latest project is scheduled to be finished by Summer 2016 and the reconstruction is being scheduled in phases to minimize traffic disruption.^[4]

Future

The Iowa and Illinois departments of transportation are in the planning stages to build a new bridge to replace the aging I-74 Bridge. The Iowa-bound bridge opened in 1935; the Illinois bridge in 1958.^[5] In addition to replacing the bridges, the scope of the bi-state coalition's plan includes updating 7 miles (11 km) of I-74 mainline and interchanges from 53rd Street in Davenport to the Avenue of the Cities in Moline.^[6]

I-74 begins on the I-74 Bridge over the Mississippi River at Moline

Exit list

County	Location	mi	km	Exit	Destinations	Notes
Scott	Bettendorf				I-74 west / US 6 west	Continuation into Iowa
Mississippi River		0.00	0.00	I-74 Bridge
Rock Island	Moline			1	River Drive	Eastbound exit and westbound entrance only
				2	7th Avenue
				3	Avenue of the Cities
				4	IL 5 (John Deere Road)	Signed as exits 4A (west) and 4B (east)
				5	I-280 west / US 6 east – Des Moines, Rock Island, Quad City Airport	Eastern end of US 6 concurrency; western end of I-280 concurrency; eastbound exits signed 5A (I-280 west) and 5B (US 6 east)
Henry	Colona Township			—	I-280 ends / I-80 / IL 110 (CKC) – Chicago, Des Moines, Davenport	Eastern end of I-280 concurrency; western end of IL 110 concurrency
	Lynn Township			24	IL 81 – Kewanee, Cambridge
	Woodhull			32	IL 17 – Woodhull, Alpha
Knox	Galesburg			46	US 34 / IL 110 (CKC) west – Kewanee, Monmouth	Eastern end of IL 110 concurrency; signed as exits 46A (west) and 46B (east)
				48	Galesburg, East Galesburg	Westbound signed as exits 48A (west) and 48B (east)
	Knoxville			51	Knoxville
	Knox Township			54	US 150 / IL 97 – Lewistown
Peoria	Brimfield Township			71	To IL 78 – Canton, Elmwood, Kewanee
	Brimfield			75	Brimfield, Oak Hill
	Kickapoo Township			82	Kickapoo, Edwards
				87	I-474 east / IL 6 north – Indianapolis, Chillicothe	Signed as exits 87A (I-474) and 87B (IL 6); exits A-B on I-474; western terminus of I-474
	Peoria	88	142	88	To US 150 west / Sterling Avenue	Access to US 150 signed eastbound only
		89	143	89	US 150 (War Memorial Drive)	Access from eastbound I-74 to westbound US 150 at exit 88
				90	Gale Avenue
				91	University Street
				92A	IL 40 north (Knoxville Avenue)
				92B	IL 40 south / Glen Oak Avenue – Downtown Peoria
					Glendale Avenue	Former right-in/right-out; replaced by exit 92B
					Jefferson Avenue	Former interchange with no eastbound exit; replaced by exit 93
				93	IL 29 north – Downtown Peoria	Westbound entrance via exit 92B
Illinois River				Murray Baker Bridge
Tazewell	East Peoria			94	IL 40 north / Riverfront Drive – Downtown Peoria	Additional eastbound entrance from Camp Street
				95A	US 150 / IL 29 south / US 24 / IL 116 (North Main Street)	Signed as exit 95 westbound
				95B	US 150 east / IL 8 east (Camp Street)	Eastbound exit to eastbound Camp Street and westbound entrance from westbound Camp Street only
				96	To IL 8 (East Washington Street)
				98	Pinecrest Drive
				99	I-474 west – Moline, Rock Island, Pekin	Eastern terminus of I-474, exit 15.
	Morton			101	I-155 south – Lincoln
				102	Morton Avenue – Morton	Eastbound signed as exits 102A (south) and 102B (north)
Woodford	Goodfield			112	IL 117 – Goodfield
McLean	Carlock			120	Carlock
	Dry Grove Township			125	US 150 (Mitsubishi Motorway)
	Normal Township			127 163	I-55 / US 51 north to I-39 north – Chicago, Rockford	Western end of I-55/US 51 concurrency
	Bloomington			160	US 150 / IL 9 (Market Street) – Pekin
				157 134	I-55 south / I-55 Bus. (Veterans Parkway) – St. Louis	Eastern end of I-55 concurrency
	Bloomington Township			135	US 51 south (Main Street) / US 51 Bus. north – Decatur, Bloomington	Eastern end of US 51 concurrency
	Downs			142	Downs
	Le Roy			149	Le Roy
	Empire Township			152	US 136 – Rantoul, Heyworth
De Witt	Farmer City			159	IL 54 – Farmer City, Gibson City
Piatt	Blue Ridge Township			166	Mansfield
Champaign	Mahomet			172	IL 47 – Gibson City, Mahomet
				174	Prairieview Road
	Champaign			179	I-57 to I-72 west – Memphis, Chicago, Decatur	Signed as exits 179A (south) & 179B (north); exit 237 on I-57
				181	Prospect Avenue
				182	Neil Street
	Urbana			183	Lincoln Avenue
				184	US 45 (Cunningham Avenue) – Rantoul
				185	IL 130 (University Avenue)
	St. Joseph			192	St. Joseph
	Ogden			197	To IL 49 south – Royal, Ogden
Vermilion	Oakwood Township			200	IL 49 – Fithian, Rankin
				206	Potomac, Oakwood
	Danville Township			210	US 150 (M.L. King Drive)
	Danville			214	G Street
				215	US 150 / IL 1 (Georgetown Road, Gilbert Street)	Signed as exits 215A (east/south) and 215B (west/north)
				216	Bowman Avenue, Perrysville Road
				220	Lynch Road
					I-74 east	Continuation into Indiana
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Closed/former       Concurrency terminus       Incomplete access

References

1. State of Illinois (n.d.). "605 ILCS 15 / Dirksen Memorial Highway Act". Illinois Compiled Statutes. Retrieved November 8, 2007.
2. Staff (October 31, 2002). "Main Routes of the Dwight D. Eisenhower National System of Interstate and Defense Highways as of October 31, 2002". Federal Highway Administration. Retrieved September 29, 2006.
3. Staff (January 4, 2007). "Upgrade 74". Illinois Department of Transportation. Retrieved November 26, 2006.
4. Buedel, Matt. "$86.6 million road project begins Monday near Morton". Journal Star. Peoria, IL. Retrieved March 28, 2013.
5. Dispatch/Argus staff (2005). "Mississippi Bridge Timeline". The Dispatch / The Rock Island Argus. Progress 2005. Retrieved July 25, 2011.
6. Staff. "I-74 Corridor Overview". Iowa Department of Transportation. Retrieved July 25, 2011.

External links

Route map: Bing / Google