Illinois Route 56

Infobox Illinois state route
article_route = 56
prev_route = 55
prev_type = Interstate
next_route = 57
next_type = Interstate
length_mi = 32.52
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_b = East
direction_a=West
established = 1924Carlson, Rick. [http://www.n9jig.com/41-60.html Illinois State Highways Page: Routes 41 thru 60] . Last updated April 15, 2005. Retrieved March 31, 2006.]
starting_terminus =
ending_terminus =
cities = Aurora, Naperville, Wheaton, Oak Brook
counties = Kane, DuPage, Cook

Illinois Route 56 is an east-west state road in northern and northeastern Illinois. It runs from the interchange of Illinois Route 47 at U.S. Route 30 in Sugar Grove east to US 12/US 20/US 45 (Mannheim Road) by Bellwood. This is a distance of convert|32.52|mi|km|2.

Route description

Illinois 56 parallels Interstate 88 (Ronald Reagan Memorial Tollway) for its entire length and merges with it at Illinois Route 31, making it the only state road to be marked as a toll road. Only Illinois Route 190 and Illinois Route 5 have ever had this distinction. After crossing the Fox River, Illinois 56 exits the tollway and terminates in Sugar Grove. (That section is a Freeway).

Route 56 is called Butterfield Road for its entire length east of Illinois 31. It serves the major cities of Wheaton, Downers Grove and Oak Brook, and runs within the Illinois Technology and Research Corridor. It also forms the southern border of Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory in Batavia.

History

SBI Route 56 was the current Illinois 56 from Oak Brook to Bellwood on Butterfield Road. In 1965 it was extended west to Sugar Grove over "Illinois Route 55". In 1972, the eastern end was truncated to its current location. The western end of Illinois 56 is part of the old alignment of the old East-West Tollway.

External links

* [http://illi-indi.com/il_EndsPage.php?id=1056&section=1 Illinois Highway Ends: Illinois Route 56]

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