Illinois Route 126 | |||||||
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Maintained by IDOT | |||||||
Length: | 17.25 mi (27.76 km) | ||||||
Existed: | 1934 – present | ||||||
Major junctions | |||||||
West end: | IL 47 in Yorkville | ||||||
US 30 / IL 59 in Plainfield | |||||||
East end: | I-55 near Plainfield | ||||||
Location | |||||||
Counties: | Kendall, Will | ||||||
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Illinois Route 126 (IL 126) is a 17.25-mile-long (27.76 km) east–west state highway in the northern part of the U.S. state of Illinois. It travels from IL 47 in Yorkville to Interstate 55 (I-55) between Plainfield and Bolingbrook.
IL 126 begins at an intersection with IL 47 in Yorkville, and travels as a rural two-lane road until it intersects historic Lincoln Highway and enters Plainfield as West Lockport Road. Immediately after crossing the DuPage River, it turns northeast onto Main Street, bypassing Downtown Plainfield, and intersects the concurrency of US 30 and IL 59 at North Division Street. It continues northeastward out of Plainfield on Main Street until it ends at an intersection with I-55. There is no access to IL 126 from northbound I-55. Likewise, there is no southbound I-55 access from IL 126.
For most of its length, IL 126 is an undivided two-lane surface road, until a high-speed ramp is used to access northbound I-55 at its eastern terminus.