Jump to content

Illinois Route 47

Route map:
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Illinois Route 47 marker
Illinois Route 47
Map
IL 47 highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by IDOT
Length169.76 mi[1] (273.20 km)
Existed1924[2]–present
Major junctions
South end IL 10 in Seymour
Major intersections I-72 in Seymour
I-74 in Mahomet
I-55 in Dwight
I-80 in Morris


 I-88 Toll / IL 110 (CKC) in Sugar Grove

 I-90 Toll in Huntley
North end WIS 120 in Hebron
Location
CountryUnited States
StateIllinois
CountiesChampaign, Ford, Livingston, Grundy, Kendall, Kane, McHenry
Highway system
← US 45→ IL 48

Illinois Route 47 (IL 47) is a 169.76-mile-long (273.20 km) largely rural north–south state highway that runs from the Wisconsin state border at Highway 120 near Hebron, to IL 10, just south of Interstate 72 (I-72) near Seymour.[1] IL 47 is in primarily rural areas but in several suburbs of Chicago, such as Woodstock and Huntley, traffic can be heavily congested.

IL 47 crosses most interstate highways in northern and central Illinois, but the largest towns that it serves are Woodstock (at US 14), Huntley (at I-90), Lily Lake at (IL 64), Elburn (at IL 38), Sugar Grove (at US 30), Yorkville (at US 34), Morris (at I-80), Dwight (at I-55), Forrest (at US 24), Gibson City (at IL 54), and Mahomet (at I-74).

Route description

[edit]
IL 17/IL 47 intersection in Dwight

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 “south” on Illinois 72 and “north” 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.

History

[edit]

The original route ended near where it ends today, however, in 1937, it was extended to Decatur via portions of modern day IL 10 and IL 105. Only eight years later (in 1945) was it shortened back to Monticello (the old route became IL 105). One final change came in 1980 when IL 47 was moved back to its current southern terminus at IL 10 after I-72 was built in the area.[2]

Widenings started occurring further north as early as 2009. A project to reconstruct the road to 4 lanes from Kreutzer Road to Reed Road through Huntley was completed in October 2011, including completing all ramps at the I-90 interchange.[3] IL 47 was widened from I-80 in Morris to Caton Farm Road south of Yorkville as part of the Prairie Parkway study–work was completed in 2015.[4] In 2015, the project to expand the section between IL 71 and Kennedy Road in Yorkville to 4-lanes was completed.[5] The partial interchange with I-88 between Sugar Grove and Elburn was made full with the completion of the missing ramps (using electronic toll collection) in 2019.[6]

Future

[edit]

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.

Major intersections

[edit]
CountyLocationmi[7]kmDestinationsNotes
ChampaignSeymour0.00.0 IL 10 – Champaign, Seymour
0.50.80 I-72 – Decatur, ChampaignI-72 exit 176
Mahomet5.48.7
 US 150 west (Oak Street) – Farmer City		South end of US 150 overlap
5.89.3
 US 150 east (Oak Street) – Champaign		North end of US 150 overlap
6.310.1 I-74 – Bloomington, ChampaignI-74 exit 172
Fisher14.323.0 US 136 – Bloomington, Havana, Fisher
FordGibson City24.639.6

 IL 9 east / IL 54 east (1st Street) – Paxton, Onarga		South end of IL 9 / IL 54 overlap
25.140.4
 IL 54 west – Farmer City		North end of IL 54 overlap
25.741.4
 IL 9 west – Bloomington		North end of IL 9 overlap
Sibley34.355.2
 IL 165 west – Anchor, Colfax
LivingstonForrest45.773.5 US 24 (Wabash Avenue) – Chenoa, Gilman
Saunemin55.589.3 IL 116 (Main Street) – Pontiac, Saunemin
Dwight69.6112.0 IL 17 (Mazon Avenue) – Wenona, Kankakee, Business District
69.9112.5
 Historic US 66 west (McNamara Avenue)		South end of Historic US 66 overlap
70.4113.3
 Historic US 66 east (Dwight Road)		North end of Historic US 66 overlap
Grundy71.3114.7 I-55 – Bloomington, JolietI-55 exit 220
Mazon82.9133.4
 IL 113 east – Coal City
Morris87.7141.1Morris Bridge over Illinois River
89.0143.2
 US 6 west (Bedford Road)		South end of US 6 overlap
89.7144.4
 US 6 east – Channahon		North end of US 6 overlap
90.1145.0 I-80 – Moline, Rock Island, JolietI-80 exit 112
KendallLisbon98.6158.7 US 52 – Mendota, Joliet
Yorkville106.5171.4 IL 71 (Stagecoach Trail, Cleng Peerson Memorial Highway) – Newark, Ottawa, Oswego
107.5173.0
 IL 126 east (Schoolhouse Road) – Plainfield
109.1175.6 US 34 (Veterans Parkway, Walter Payton Memorial Highway) – Plano, Oswego
Kendall–Kane
county line		113.6182.8
 US 30 east (Baseline Road) – Montgomery, Joliet		South end of US 30 overlap
KaneSugar Grove114.0183.5 CR 24 (Jericho Road) – Aurora, Hinckley
116.7187.8




 US 30 west / IL 56 east to I-88 Toll east – Hinckley, Chicago		Interchange; north end of US 30 overlap
117.6189.3
 CR 78 north (Bliss Road)
119.0191.5
 CR 4 west (Harter Road) – Kaneville
120.8194.4

 I-88 Toll / IL 110 (CKC) (Ronald Reagan Memorial Tollway) – Chicago, DeKalb		I-Pass only on ramps to I-88 east and from I-88 west; I-88 exit 109
Elburn122.5197.1 CR 10 (Main Street Road) – Batavia, Kaneville
125.0201.2
 CR 26 east (Hughes Road)
125.4201.8 CR 41 / Lincoln Highway (Keslinger Road) – Geneva
126.9204.2 IL 38 (Lincoln Highway) – DeKalb, Geneva
Lily Lake128.5206.8
 CR 23 west (Beith Road)
129.5208.4 IL 64 – Sycamore, St. Charles
130.1209.4
 CR 69 east (Empire Road)
Campton Hills133.1214.2 CR 2 (Burlington Road)Roundabout intersection
Pingree Grove139.9225.1

 US 20 east / IL 72 west – Hampshire, Elgin		South end of US 20 / IL 72 overlap
Starks140.4226.0

 US 20 west / IL 72 east (Higgins Road) – Marengo, West Dundee		North end of US 20 / IL 72 overlap
Huntley143.3230.6
 I-90 Toll (Jane Addams Memorial Tollway) – Rockford, Chicago		I-Pass only; I-90 exit 47
McHenryLakewood152.0244.6
 IL 176 east – Crystal Lake		South end of IL 176 overlap
152.7245.7
 IL 176 west – Marengo		North end of IL 176 overlap
Woodstock155.5250.3 US 14 (Northwest Highway, Ronald Reagan Highway) – Harvard, Crystal Lake
157.4253.3 IL 120 (McHenry Avenue)
Hebron168.1270.5 IL 173 (Maple Avenue)
169.76273.20
 WIS 120 north – Lake Geneva		Wisconsin state line
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References

[edit]
  1. ^ a b Illinois Technology Transfer Center (2006). "T2 GIS Data". Retrieved 2007-11-08.
  2. ^ a b 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 [1] Retrieved 3-9-11
  4. ^ "Exhibits" (PDF). Illinois Department of Transportation. Retrieved May 19, 2022.
  5. ^ Scott, Tony (August 31, 2015). "Route 47 widening in Yorkville hits milestone". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved May 19, 2022.
  6. ^ Bachman, Tyler (December 9, 2019). "Full Interchange at I-88 and Route 47 in Sugar Grove to Open Next Week". WSPY News. Retrieved May 19, 2022.
  7. ^ Google Maps, [2]
[edit]
KML file (edit • help)
Template:Attached KML/Illinois Route 47
KML is from Wikidata
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Illinois Route 47.
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Illinois_Route_47&oldid=1260969099"