Illinois Route 40

Illinois Route 40
Route information
Maintained by IDOT
Length:	112.05 mi (180.33 km)
Existed:	November 5, 1918 – present
Major junctions
South end:	I-74 in East Peoria
	US 24 / IL 29 in Peoria I-74 in Peoria US 150 in Peoria US 6 / US 34 in Sheffield I-80 in Sheffield I-88 / IL 110 (CKC) in Rock Falls US 30 in Rock Falls
North end:	IL 78 in Mount Carroll
Location
Counties:	Tazewell, Peoria, Marshall, Stark, Bureau, Whiteside, Carroll
Highway system
Illinois State Highway System Interstate U.S. State Tollways ← US 40 I-41 → ← I-88 IL 89 →

Illinois Route 40 is a north–south route in central portion of the U.S. state of Illinois. It runs from Interstate 74 in East Peoria north to Illinois Route 78 at Mt. Carroll, just south of U.S. Route 52 and Illinois Route 64. This is a distance of 112.05 miles (180.33 km).

Illinois 40 is known as Knoxville Avenue in the Peoria area, generally south of Illinois Route 6. Route 40 crosses over Interstate 74 north of downtown, and then grows complex in the downtown area, as there are three turns in a one-block length. Illinois 40 then emerges onto William Kumpf Boulevard and crosses over the Illinois River using the Bob Michel Bridge. On the other side of the river, Illinois 40 is briefly called Washington Street. It then is routed onto an onramp to Interstate 74, where there is an exit to Camp Street before terminating at I-74.

Illinois 40 was previously designated Illinois Route 88. In 1992, Illinois Route 5, a four-lane freeway which crosses Illinois 40, was designated Interstate 88. To prevent confusion, IDOT redesignated Illinois 88 as Illinois 40. Although the new number is also the number of a Federal Highway that passes through Illinois (U.S. Route 40), a great enough distance exists between them that the possibility of confusing one for the other is negligible.

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