Illinois Route 97

Infobox Illinois state route
article_route = 97
length_mi = 104.43
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 = Knox, Fulton, Mason, Menard, Sangamon
cities = Havana, Lewistown, Petersburg
established = 1937Carlson, Rich. [http://www.n9jig.com/81-100.html Illinois Highways Page: Routes 81 thru 100] . Last updated March 15, 2005. Retrieved April 20, 2006.]
prev_route = 96
next_route = 98
see_also =

Illinois Route 97 is an east-west state highway in the central and western portions of the U.S. state of Illinois. It extends from Exit #98 A-B on Interstate 55 in Springfield northwest to U.S. Highway 150 near Galesburg. It crosses over the Illinois River on a bridge west of Havana. This is a distance of convert|104.43|mi|km|2.

Route description

Points of interest

Points of interest along the road include:
* New Salem (Menard County), Illinois, containing Lincoln's New Salem State Historic Site near Petersburg, the home of Abraham Lincoln in the 1830s.

* The Emiquon Project, an Illinois River wetlands restoration project near Lewistown in Fulton County, adjacent to Dickson Mounds.

* The Dickson Mounds State Memorial, also in Fulton County near Lewistown, a museum of the Native American culture of the Illinois River valley. Adjacent to the Emiquon Project.

Major Junctions

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