ILLINOIS ROUTE 126

'Illinois Route 126' is an east-west state road in northern Illinois. It runs from Illinois Route 47 in Yorkville to Interstate 55 between Plainfield and Bolingbrook. This is a distance of 15 miles (24 km).

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Route description

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Route description

Illinois 126 serves downtown Plainfield, overlapping briefly with U.S. Highway 30 there. In Plainfield, Illinois 126 is called Main Street. Congestion in Plainfield is increasing substantially on this highway, Illinois Route 59, and U.S. 30 because of near-explosive growth in Plainfield, a southwest suburb of Chicago.
There is no access to Illinois 126 from northbound Interstate 55. Likewise, there is no southbound Interstate 55 access from Illinois 126. For most of its length, Illinois 126 is an undivided two-lane surface road, until a short expressway is used to access Interstate 55 at its east end.

History

SBI Route 126 was old ''U.S. Route 66'' from Springfield to Litchfield. In 1935 it was reassigned to its current routing. Before 1935, it was SBI Route 66, which hasn't been used since the late 1920's.

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