- Illinois Route 138
Infobox Illinois state route
article_route=138
length_mi=14.95
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
starting_terminus=
direction_b=East
ending_terminus=Illinois Street in Mount Olive
counties=Macoupin
cities=
established=1942 Carlson, Rich. [http://www.n9jig.com/121-140.html Illinois Highways Page: Routes 121-140] . Last updated April 15, 2005. Retrieved May 30, 2006.]
prev_route=137
next_route=139Illinois Route 138 is a state highway in southwestern
Illinois . It runs fromIllinois Route 159 north of Bunker Hill to the city of Mount Olive at Illinois Street, a former alignment of "U.S. Route 66 ". This is a distance of convert|14.95|mi|km|2.Route description
Illinois 138 runs east-west, with a bend north through the city of Benld. It is a two-lane surface road for its entire length. South of Benld, it also overlaps
Illinois Route 4 for a few miles.History
SBI Route 138 ran from Mount Carmel to Grayville; in 1937, this became
Illinois Route 1 . It was put on its current alignment in 1942, replacing parts ofIllinois Route 38 .Communities
Several small communities line Route 138. From West to East they are:
*
Wilsonville
*Mt. Clare
*Benld
*Sawyerville
*White City
*Mt. Olive References
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