Illinois Route 126

Infobox Illinois state route
article_route = 126
length_mi = 17.25
length_round = 2
length_ref = cite web |author=Illinois Technology Transfer Center |url=http://www.dot.state.il.us/gist2/select.html |title=T2 GIS Data |accessdate=2007-11-08 |date=2006]
direction = East-west
starting_terminus =
ending_terminus =
counties = Kendall, Will
cities = Plainfield
established = 1935Carlson, Rich. [http://www.n9jig.com/121-140.html Illinois Highways Page: Routes 121 thru 140] . Last updated April 15, 2005. Retrieved April 28, 2006.]
prev_route = 125
next_route = 127
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Illinois Route 126 is an east-west state road in northern Illinois. It runs from Illinois Route 47 in Yorkville to Interstate 55 between Plainfield and Bolingbrook. This is a distance of convert|17.25|mi|km|2.

Route description

Illinois 126 serves downtown Plainfield, overlapping briefly with U.S. Route 30 there. It carries U.S. Truck Route 30 from U.S. 30 to Illinois Route 59 northwest of downtown Plainfield. In Plainfield, Illinois 126 is called Main Street. Congestion in Plainfield is increasing substantially on this highway, Illinois 59, and U.S. 30 because of near-explosive growth in Plainfield, a southwest suburb of Chicago.

There is no access to Illinois 126 from northbound Interstate 55. Likewise, there is no southbound Interstate 55 access from Illinois 126. For most of its length, Illinois 126 is an undivided two-lane surface road, until a high-speed ramp is used to access Northbound Interstate 55 at its east end.

History

SBI Route 126 was old "U.S. Route 66" from Springfield to Litchfield. In 1935 it was reassigned to its current routing. Before 1935, it was SBI Route 66, which hasn't been used since the late 1920s.

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