- Illinois Route 99
Infobox Illinois state route
article_route = 99
length_mi = 32.08
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 = North-south
starting_terminus =
ending_terminus =
counties = Scott, Brown, Schuyler
cities = Mount Sterling
established =1936 Carlson, 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 = 98
next_route = 100
see_also =Illinois Route 99 is a north-south state road in western
Illinois . It runs fromIllinois Route 104 across theIllinois River and Meredosia, north toIllinois Route 101 in Brooklyn (Schuyler County). This is a distance of convert|32.08|mi|km|2.Route description
Illinois 99 runs northwest from Meredosia to Mount Sterling. It enters the Mount Sterling area on Pittsfield Road north of
Illinois Route 107 . It then overlapsU.S. Route 24 and runs west on Main Street. After about a half mile (.8 km), Illinois 99 then turns north on Cross Street, west on Washington Street, and then back north on Camden Road en route to Camden and Brooklyn.History
SBI Route 99 had been a route from West Point to Tennessee on local roads,
Illinois Route 91 ,Illinois Route 61 andU.S. Route 136 . In1935 Illinois 99 was dropped from those routes. The next year, it replacedIllinois Route 104 on its current route; in1941 , Illinois 99 was extended north to Brooklyn.References
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