Illinois Route 178

Infobox Illinois state route
article_route = 178
length_mi = 8.49
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=2007]
direction_b = North
direction_a=South
starting_terminus = Ed Lambert Road in Lowell
ending_terminus =
counties = LaSalle
cities = North Utica
established = 1924Carlson, Rich. [http://www.n9jig.com/161-180.html Illinois Highways Page: Routes 161 thru 180] . Last updated April 15, 2005. Retrieved April 16, 2006.]
prev_route = 177
next_route = 180
next_type = Interstate

Illinois Route 178 is a minor north-south state highway in north central Illinois. It runs north from the unincorporated area of Lowell to Interstate 80 about 3 miles (5 km) north of North Utica, which is better known as simply Utica. This is a distance of convert|8.49|mi|km|2.

Route description

Illinois 178 is a short state road that connects two of Illinois' more popular state parks to Interstate 80; Starved Rock State Park and Matthiessen State Park. Starting at Interstate 80, Illinois 178 intersects U.S. Route 6 at a rural intersection, and then descends into the Illinois River valley to the town of Utica.

South of Utica, Illinois 178 crosses the Illinois River via a cantilever bridge, where it meets a western entrance into Starved Rock State Park. About a mile (1.6 km) south of Illinois Route 71 is the entrance to Matthiesen State Park. The route terminates at rural intersection in Lowell.

History

SBI Route 178 ran along the existing Illinois 178, and southwest from Lowell to what was then U.S. Route 51 in Tonica. This was dropped in the 1950s.

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