ILLINOIS ROUTE 97

'Illinois Route 97' is an east-west state highway in the central and western portions of the U.S. state of Illinois. It extends from Exit #98 A-B on Interstate 55 in Springfield northwest to U.S. Highway 150 near Galesburg. It crosses over the Illinois River on a bridge west of Havana. This is a distance of 103 miles (165 km).

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Route description

Points of interest

History

References

Route description

Points of interest

Points of interest along the road include:

★ New Salem (Menard County), Illinois, containing Lincoln's New Salem State Historic Site near Petersburg, the home of Abraham Lincoln in the 1830s.


★ The Emiquon Project, an Illinois River wetlands restoration project near Lewistown in Fulton County, adjacent to Dickson Mounds.

★ The Dickson Mounds State Memorial, also in Fulton County near Lewistown, a museum of the Native American culture of the Illinois River valley. Adjacent to the Emiquon Project.

History

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