Illinois Route 123

Infobox Illinois state route
article_route = 123
length_mi = 33.72
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_a = West
direction_b=East
starting_terminus =
ending_terminus =
counties = Sangamon, Menard
cities = Petersburg
established = 1924Carlson, Rich. [http://www.n9jig.com/121-140.html Illinois Highways Page: Routes 121 thru 140] . Last updated March 15, 2005. Retrieved May 9, 2006.]
prev_route = 122
next_route = 124
next_type=U.S.

Illinois Route 123 (IL-123) is an east-west state highway in central Illinois, USA. convert|33.72|mi|km|2 long, it stretches from Interstate 55 exit #109 at Williamsville to Illinois Route 125 near Pleasant Plains.

Route description

All of IL-123's route is contained within Sangamon and Menard counties. Major towns located on or adjacent to IL-123 include Athens, Petersburg, and Williamsville.

New Salem, the home of Abraham Lincoln in the 1830s, has been reconstructed as Lincoln's New Salem State Historic Site near Petersburg on IL-123.

History

SBI Route 123 was what Illinois 123 is now, plus a road from Ashland south to Alexander at Interstate 72/U.S. Route 36. In 1999, Illinois 123 was truncated on its southern end to Illinois 125. In October 2003, Illinois 123 was extended east to Williamsville, replacing some of Illinois Route 124 in the process.

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