National Road | ||||
US 40 highlighted in red | ||||
Route information | ||||
Maintained by IDOT | ||||
Length | 159.8 mi[1][2] (257.2 km) | |||
Existed | 1926 | –present|||
Tourist routes | ||||
Major junctions | ||||
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Location | ||||
Country | United States | |||
State | Illinois | |||
Counties | St. Clair, Madison, Bond, Fayette, Effingham, Cumberland, Clark | |||
Highway system | ||||
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U.S. Route 40 (US 40) runs east–west across south central Illinois for 159.8 miles (257.2 km). US 40 enters the state from Missouri across the Poplar Street Bridge over the Mississippi River at East St. Louis concurrent with Interstate 55 (I-55) and I-64 and exits just south of State Line, Indiana, running concurrently with I-70. For the majority of its route through Illinois, US 40 follows the National Road, including the route's initial western terminus at Vandalia.
For nearly its entire route, US 40 is two-lane and rural, with the exception of portions in and around major towns and cities. For its entire length, US 40 closely aligns with I-70. Not only does the route intersect with the Interstate six times, but also has three concurrencies with the highway; both highways exit into Indiana on the same road.
Route description
[edit]East St. Louis to Highland
[edit]Starting from the Poplar Street Bridge, US 40, as well as I-55 and I-64, enters East St. Louis. Just east of the bridge, the three routes run concurrently with IL 3 as well as the Great River Road. After a series of interchanges, both I-64 and IL 3 branches off while I-70 joins the I-55/US 40 concurrencies. From then on, they meet IL 203 at a combination interchange, IL 111 at a diamond interchange, Black Lane at an incomplete interchange, I-255 at another combination interchange, IL 157 at a parclo interchange, and IL 159 at a cloverleaf interchange. At a trumpet interchange 17 miles (27 km) from the Missouri state line, US 40 branches off from I-55 and I-70. From then on, it meets IL 162 and then IL 4 at a one-quadrant interchange.[1]
Highland to Vandalia
[edit]Starting at Highland, US 40 runs concurrently with IL 143. Then, at the roundabout, IL 160 joins the concurrency. IL 160 soon leaves the concurrency around a mile east of the roundabout. IL 143 then also leaves US 40. US 40 then joins I-70 again from exit 30 to the next exit, exit 36. After US 40 leaves I-70, it parallels I-70 for most of the length through Illinois. At a parclo interchange on exit 41 for I-70, US 40 turns south and then east from the northern part of the interchange. It then meets IL 127 at Greenville, IL 140 east of Mulberry Grove, and I-70 at another diamond interchange (exit 61).[1]
Vandalia to Indiana state line
[edit]In Vandalia, IL 185 joins US 40 eastward. Then, the two routes run concurrently with US 51 all the way to downtown. US 51 then leaves the concurrency of two routes. Then, IL 185 also leaves from US 40 just west of another diamond interchange of I-70 (exit 68). IL 128 joins US 40 up to Altamont where IL 128 branches south to I-70. As US 40 reaches Effingham, it briefly bends north until it reaches the intersection of US 40/IL 32/IL 33. At that point, only IL 33 carries on eastward with US 40.[1] At downtown Effingham, US 45 briefly joins from the south and then leaves northward. Soon, IL 33 branches off eastward. From then on, US 40 intersects IL 130, IL 49, and IL 1. US 40 then joins I-70 at another diamond interchange for the third time as the two are about to enter Indiana.[2]
History
[edit]Up until 1935, Illinois Route 11 (IL 11) roughly followed the old alignment of US 40 from St. Louis to near Terre Haute, Indiana.[3] After 1935, IL 11 was decommissioned.[4] But in the mid-1940s, IL 11 was reused after US 40 was realigned south of downtown Greenville and Mulberry Grove, Illinois.[5] In 1947, IL 11 was extended to Vandalia via US 40's old alignment after US 40 bypassed Hagarstown.[6] It followed a part of the original alignment of US 40 between IL 127 in Greenville and US 51 in Vandalia.[6] By 1948, IL 11 was partially replaced by US 40 Alternate; later acquired by IL 140 in 1967.[7][8]
Major intersections
[edit]County | Location | mi[1][2] | km | Exit | Destinations | Notes |
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Mississippi River | 0.0 | 0.0 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Continuation into Missouri | ||
0.0– 0.3 | 0.0– 0.48 | Poplar Street Bridge | ||||
St. Clair | East St. Louis | 0.6 | 0.97 | 1 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Western end of IL 3/GRR concurrency |
0.9 | 1.4 | — | 13th Street/Tudor Avenue | Entrance ramp from Piggott Avenue; no exit number | ||
1.3 | 2.1 | — | ![]() ![]() | Eastbound exit and westbound entrance; to Broadway Avenue | ||
1.8 | 2.9 | 2A | Third Street – Eads Bridge | Westbound exit and eastbound entrance | ||
1.9 | 3.1 | 2B-C | Martin Luther King Bridge – Downtown St. Louis | Westbound exit and eastbound entrance; left exit is signed as exit 2B and right exit as 2C | ||
2.7 | 4.3 | 3A | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Eastern end of I-64/IL 3 concurrency; signed as exit 3 eastbound | ||
2.9 | 4.7 | 3B | ![]() ![]() | Western end of I-70 concurrency; westbound exit and eastbound entrance | ||
3.0 | 4.8 | 3C | Exchange Avenue | Westbound exit and eastbound entrance | ||
Madison–Fairmont City line | 4.0 | 6.4 | 4 | ![]() | Signed as exits 4A (south) & 4B (north) westbound | |
Madison | Fairmont City | 6.3 | 10.1 | 6 | ![]() ![]() ![]() | Eastern end of GRR concurrency |
Collinsville | 8.8 | 14.2 | 9 | Black Lane | Eastbound exit and westbound entrance | |
9.9 | 15.9 | 10 | ![]() ![]() ![]() | I-255 exit 25A/B | ||
11.0 | 17.7 | 11 | ![]() | |||
Maryville | 14.6 | 23.5 | 15 | ![]() | Signed as exits 15A (south) & 15B (north) | |
Troy | 16.9 | 27.2 | 17 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | East end of I-55 / I-70 overlap; I-55/70 exit 17 | |
Jarvis Township | 20.9 | 33.6 | ![]() ![]() | Eastern terminus of IL 162; Granite City signed westbound only | ||
St. Jacob Township | 23.2 | 37.3 | ![]() | One-quadrant interchange | ||
Highland | 30.1 | 48.4 | ![]() ![]() | West end of IL 143 overlap | ||
30.6 | 49.2 | ![]() ![]() ![]() | West end of IL 160 overlap | |||
Saline Township | 31.1 | 50.1 | ![]() ![]() | East end of IL 160 overlap; Trenton signed eastbound, Highland westbound | ||
33.7 | 54.2 | ![]() ![]() | East end of IL 143 overlap | |||
34.0 | 54.7 | 30 | ![]() ![]() | West end of I-70 overlap; I-70 exit 30 | ||
Bond | Old Ripley Township | 39.4– 39.7 | 63.4– 63.9 | 36 | ![]() ![]() | East end of I-70 overlap; I-70 exit 36 |
Pocahontas | ||||||
Central Township | 45.3 | 72.9 | ![]() | Direct access to/from I-70 east via Millersburg Road; destinations signed westbound only; I-70 exit 41 | ||
Greenville | 49.0 | 78.9 | ![]() | |||
Fayette | Bear Grove Township | Formerly IL 140 | ||||
57.2 | 92.1 | ![]() ![]() | Eastern terminus of IL 140 | |||
Vandalia | 64.4– 64.6 | 103.6– 104.0 | ![]() | I-70 exit 61 | ||
65.8 | 105.9 | ![]() ![]() | West end of IL 185 overlap | |||
66.9 | 107.7 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | West end of US 51 overlap; Pana signed eastbound only | |||
Formerly IL 140 | ||||||
Vandalia Township | 68.5 | 110.2 | ![]() ![]() ![]() | East end of US 51 overlap | ||
Otego Township | 72.6 | 116.8 | ![]() ![]() | East end of IL 185 overlap | ||
73.0– 73.2 | 117.5– 117.8 | ![]() | I-70 exit 68 | |||
Fayette–Effingham county line | Avena–Mound township line | 84.6 | 136.2 | ![]() ![]() | West end of IL 128 overlap; Lake Shelbyville signed eastbound only | |
Effingham | Altamont | 88.0 | 141.6 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | East end of IL 128 overlap | |
Effingham | 99.5 | 160.1 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | West end of IL 33 overlap; southern terminus of IL 32 | ||
100.2 | 161.3 | ![]() ![]() | West end of US 45 overlap | |||
100.4 | 161.6 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | East end of US 45 overlap | |||
100.6 | 161.9 | ![]() ![]() | East end of IL 33 overlap | |||
Cumberland | Union Township | |||||
Greenup | 123.2 | 198.3 | ![]() | |||
Clark | Casey | |||||
133.1 | 214.2 | ![]() ![]() ![]() | ||||
Martinsville Township | ||||||
Marshall Township | ||||||
Marshall | 150.5 | 242.2 | ![]() | |||
Wabash Township | 157.8 | 254.0 | 154 | ![]() ![]() | West end of I-70 overlap; I-70 exit 154 | |
159.8 | 257.2 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Continuation into Indiana | |||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e Google (November 3, 2020). "North America to US-40, Effingham, IL 62401" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved November 3, 2020.
- ^ a b c Google (November 4, 2020). "US-40, Effingham, IL 62401 to West Terre Haute, Indiana 47885" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved November 4, 2020.
- ^ Illinois Secretary of State; Rand McNally (1934). Official Road Map Illinois (Map). [c. 1:950,000 and c. 1:1,110,000]. Springfield: Illinois Secretary of State. OCLC 183709045 – via Illinois Digital Archives.
- ^ Illinois Secretary of State; H.M. Gousha (1935). Official Road Map Illinois (Map). [c. 1:950,000 and c. 1:1,110,000]. Springfield: Illinois Secretary of State – via Illinois Digital Archives.
- ^ Illinois Secretary of State; Rand McNally (1945). Illinois Road Map (Map). c. 1:918,720. Springfield: Illinois Secretary of State – via Illinois Digital Archives.
- ^ a b Illinois Secretary of State; Rand McNally (1947). Illinois Road Map (Map). c. 1:918,720. Springfield: Illinois Secretary of State – via Illinois Digital Archives.
- ^ Illinois Secretary of State; Rand McNally (1948). Illinois Road Map (Map). c. 1:918,720. Springfield: Illinois Secretary of State – via Illinois Digital Archives.
- ^ Illinois Division of Highways; Rand McNally (1967). Illinois Official Highway Map (Map). [1:772,500]. Springfield: Illinois Division of Highways – via Illinois Digital Archives.
External links
[edit]Media related to U.S. Route 40 in Illinois at Wikimedia Commons