Illinois 116 was a popular agricultural and commercial truck route from Burlington, Iowa (on the Mississippi River) to Peoria, Illinois (on the Illinois River) during World War II and through the late 1960s.
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U.S. Route 124 (abbreviated US 124) was a U.S. Highway that was commissioned from 1926 to 1938, and was located in Illinois, running from Peoria through Biggsville.
Illinois | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | Peoria, Illinois | Rockford, Illinois | Evanston, Illinois | Springfield, Illinois | Northern Illinois University | Cook County, Illinois | U.S. Route 66 | U.S. Route 1 | Illinois Institute of Technology | Joliet, Illinois | U.S. Route 6 | U.S. Route 101 | Route 66 | Rock Island, Illinois | Belleville, Illinois | Aurora, Illinois | U.S. Route 30 | Southern Illinois University | Quincy, Illinois | New Jersey Route 4 | Illinois River | European route E65 | U.S. Route 40 | Governor of Illinois | California State Route 1 | Wheaton, Illinois | Waukegan, Illinois | Naperville, Illinois |
The Peoria-to-Macomb corridor being studied (DOT Job No. P94-025-00 URS Job No. 25364560; July 7, 2003) closely parallels U.S. 136 to Marietta, and then Illinois Route 95 to Cuba, along Hickory Road to Canton, north on Illinois Route 78 to Farmington, then turning east along Illinois Route 116 to the Peoria area.