Interstate 80 in Illinois

Infobox road
state=IL
route=80
type=I
maint=Illinois DOT

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alternate_name=Moline Expresswaycite web |url=http://www.il50.com/stories.html |title=IL50: Interstate Stories |author=Illinois Department of Transportation |date=2006 |accessdate=2007-03-09]
length_mi=163.52
length_round=2
length_ref=Federal Highway Administration Route Log and Finder List, [http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/reports/routefinder/table1.htm Main Routes of the Dwight D. Eisenhower National System Of Interstate and Defense Highways as of October 31, 2002] ]
year_established=1967
direction_a=West
terminus_a=Jct|state=IA|I|80 at Iowa state line
junction=Jct|state=IL|I|88|IL|5|IL|92 near Colona
Jct|state=IL|I|74|I|280 near Geneseo
Jct|state=IL|I|180 near Ladd
Jct|state=IL|I|39|US|51 near North Utica
Jct|state=IL|I|55 near Joliet
Jct|state=IL|I|355 near New Lenox
Jct|state=IL|I|57 in Country Club Hills
Jct|state=IL|I|294 in Hazel Crest
Jct|state=IL|I|94|IL|394 in South Holland
Jct|state=IL|US|6|IL|83 in Lansing
direction_b=East
terminus_b=Jct|state=IN|I|80 at Indiana state line
previous_type=IL
previous_route=78
next_type=IL
next_route=81In the U.S. state of Illinois, Interstate 80 is an Interstate highway that runs from the Quad Cities east to south of Chicago. It is a main east-west route for trafficcoming and going through Illinois, especially for cross-country truckers.

After crossing the Mississippi River near Rapids City, Illinois, Interstate 80 runs south for about 10 miles (16 km) to a junction with Interstate 74. There is an interchange with Interstate 88 along this leg. At the I-74/I-80 junction, Interstate 80 continues east, while Interstate 74 continues west and south. Interstate 80 then roughly parallels U.S. 6 near such cities as Geneseo, Princeton, Peru, LaSalle (near which it intersects Interstate 39), Ottawa, Morris, and Joliet (west of which it has a junction with Interstate 55). At New Lenox, I-80 intersects the Veterans Memorial Tollway (I-355), which heads North into the Western Suburbs of Chicago. I-80 continues into the South Suburbs of Chicago, picking up a third lane each way just west of LaGrange Road. At Tinley Park, I-80 meets I-57. Near Hazel Crest, I-80 merges into the busy eight-lane Tri-State Tollway, and remains part of the Tollway for about 5 miles (8 km) until it becomes the Kingery Expressway, a freeway that connects with the Borman Expressway in Indiana.

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