U.S. Route 60 in Illinois

U.S. Route 60/U.S. Route 62
Ohio River Scenic Byway
Route information
Maintained by IDOT
Length:	0.92 mi (1.48 km)
Major junctions
South end:	US 60 / US 62
North end:	US 51 / US 60 / US 62
Location
Counties:	Alexander
Highway system
United States Numbered Highway System List Special Divided Replaced Illinois State Highway System Interstate U.S. State Tollways ← IL 59 US 60 IL 60 → ← IL 61 US 62 IL 62 →

U.S. Route 60 and U.S. Route 62 (US 60/US 62) run for a very short distance within the state of Illinois. They follow the same road for their entire existence within the state. They run around Fort Defiance in Cairo. It runs from the Cairo Mississippi River Bridge over the Mississippi River east to the Cairo Ohio River Bridge over the Ohio River; the Ohio River Bridge also carries US 51. The bridges cross the two rivers just north of the mouth of the Ohio.

US 60/US 62 enter Illinois via the Cairo Mississippi River Bridge, a narrow, through truss bridge. The bridge deposits the two highways onto a viaduct which rises above farmland in the alluvial plain. At the northern end of the causeway is the entrance to Fort Defiance Park, a former Civil War military post and later state park. Fort Defiance marks the confluence of the Mississippi and Ohio Rivers and Illinois' southernmost and lowest points. The lone intersection for US 60/US 62 is with US 51, which joins from the north. The three highways come together to head northeast and rise onto the Cairo Ohio River Bridge and into Kentucky.

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