Illinois Route 47 (IL 47) is a 169.76-mile-long (273.20 km) largely rural north–south state highway that runs from the Wisconsin state border at Highway 120 near Hebron, to IL 10, just south of Interstate 72 (I-72) near Seymour.[1] IL 47 is in primarily rural areas but in several suburbs of Chicago, such as Woodstock and Huntley, traffic can be heavily congested.
 Illinois Route 47 | ||||
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 IL 47 highlighted in red | ||||
| Route information | ||||
| Maintained by IDOT | ||||
| Length | 169.76 mi[1] (273.20 km) | |||
| Existed | 1924[2]–present | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| South end |  IL 10 in Seymour | |||
 I-72 in Seymour I-74 in Mahomet I-55 in Dwight I-80 in Morris    I-88 Toll / IL 110 (CKC) in Sugar Grove I-90 Toll in Huntley | ||||
| North end |  WIS 120 in Hebron | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | United States | |||
| State | Illinois | |||
| Counties | Champaign, Ford, Livingston, Grundy, Kendall, Kane, McHenry | |||
| Highway system | ||||
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IL 47 crosses most interstate highways in northern and central Illinois, but the largest towns that it serves are Woodstock (at US 14), Huntley (at I-90), Lily Lake at (IL 64), Elburn (at IL 38), Sugar Grove (at US 30), Yorkville (at US 34), Morris (at I-80), Dwight (at I-55), Forrest (at US 24), Gibson City (at IL 54), and Mahomet (at I-74).
Route description
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Illinois 47 overlaps Illinois Route 72 and U.S. Route 20 at Pingree Grove, a village approximately 60 miles (97 km) from Chicago; this concurrency is part of a so-called wrong-way concurrency, where one can be driving both “south” on Illinois 72 and “north” on U.S. 20 at the same time. Route 47 also shares concurrencies with Illinois Route 9 and Illinois 54 in Gibson City, U.S. Route 30 in Sugar Grove, U.S. Route 6 in Morris, Historic U.S. Route 66 in Dwight, and U.S. Route 150 in Mahomet.
History
editThe original route ended near where it ends today, however, in 1937, it was extended to Decatur via portions of modern day IL 10 and IL 105. Only eight years later (in 1945) was it shortened back to Monticello (the old route became IL 105). One final change came in 1980 when IL 47 was moved back to its current southern terminus at IL 10 after I-72 was built in the area.[2]
Widenings started occurring further north as early as 2009. A project to reconstruct the road to 4 lanes from Kreutzer Road to Reed Road through Huntley was completed in October 2011, including completing all ramps at the I-90 interchange.[3] IL 47 was widened from I-80 in Morris to Caton Farm Road south of Yorkville as part of the Prairie Parkway study–work was completed in 2015.[4] In 2015, the project to expand the section between IL 71 and Kennedy Road in Yorkville to 4-lanes was completed.[5] The partial interchange with I-88 between Sugar Grove and Elburn was made full with the completion of the missing ramps (using electronic toll collection) in 2019.[6]
Future
editThe Illinois Department of Transportation is proposing to add lanes to several portions of Illinois Route 47, which eventually would make it a 4-lane road from I-80 in Morris to I-88 in Sugar Grove, and from I-90 in Huntley to north of Woodstock.
Major intersections
edit| County | Location | mi[7] | km | Destinations | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Champaign | | 0.0 | 0.0 | IL 10 – Champaign, Seymour | |
| | 0.5 | 0.80 | I-72 – Decatur, Champaign | I-72 exit 176 | |
| Mahomet | 5.4 | 8.7 |   US 150 west (Oak Street) – Farmer City | South end of US 150 overlap | |
| 5.8 | 9.3 |  US 150 east (Oak Street) – Champaign | North end of US 150 overlap | ||
| 6.3 | 10.1 | I-74 – Bloomington, Champaign | I-74 exit 172 | ||
| | 14.3 | 23.0 |  US 136 – Bloomington, Havana, Fisher | ||
| Ford | Gibson City | 24.6 | 39.6 |   IL 9 east / IL 54 east (1st Street) – Paxton, Onarga | South end of IL 9 / IL 54 overlap |
| 25.1 | 40.4 | IL 54 west – Farmer City | North end of IL 54 overlap | ||
| 25.7 | 41.4 | IL 9 west – Bloomington | North end of IL 9 overlap | ||
| Sibley | 34.3 | 55.2 |  IL 165 west – Anchor, Colfax | ||
| Livingston | Forrest | 45.7 | 73.5 |  US 24 (Wabash Avenue) – Chenoa, Gilman | |
| Saunemin | 55.5 | 89.3 |  IL 116 (Main Street) – Pontiac, Saunemin | ||
| Dwight | 69.6 | 112.0 |  IL 17 (Mazon Avenue) – Wenona, Kankakee, Business District | ||
| 69.9 | 112.5 |   Historic US 66 west (McNamara Avenue) | South end of Historic US 66 overlap | ||
| 70.4 | 113.3 |  Historic US 66 east (Dwight Road) | North end of Historic US 66 overlap | ||
| Grundy | 71.3 | 114.7 | I-55 – Bloomington, Joliet | I-55 exit 220 | |
| | 82.9 | 133.4 |  IL 113 east – Coal City | ||
| Morris | 87.7 | 141.1 | Morris Bridge over Illinois River | ||
| 89.0 | 143.2 |  US 6 west (Bedford Road) | South end of US 6 overlap | ||
| 89.7 | 144.4 | US 6 east – Channahon | North end of US 6 overlap | ||
| 90.1 | 145.0 | I-80 – Moline, Rock Island, Joliet | I-80 exit 112 | ||
| Kendall | | 98.6 | 158.7 |  US 52 – Mendota, Joliet | |
| Yorkville | 106.5 | 171.4 |  IL 71 (Stagecoach Trail, Cleng Peerson Memorial Highway) – Newark, Ottawa, Oswego | ||
| 107.5 | 173.0 |  IL 126 east (Schoolhouse Road) – Plainfield | |||
| 109.1 | 175.6 |  US 34 (Veterans Parkway, Walter Payton Memorial Highway) – Plano, Oswego | |||
| Kendall–Kane county line | 113.6 | 182.8 |  US 30 east (Baseline Road) – Montgomery, Joliet | South end of US 30 overlap | |
| Kane | Sugar Grove | 114.0 | 183.5 |  CR 24 (Jericho Road) – Aurora, Hinckley | |
| 116.7 | 187.8 |    US 30 west / IL 56 east to I-88 Toll east – Hinckley, Chicago | Interchange; north end of US 30 overlap | ||
| 117.6 | 189.3 |   CR 78 north (Bliss Road) | |||
| 119.0 | 191.5 |   CR 4 west (Harter Road) – Kaneville | |||
| 120.8 | 194.4 | I-88 Toll / IL 110 (CKC) (Ronald Reagan Memorial Tollway) – Chicago, DeKalb | I-Pass only on ramps to I-88 east and from I-88 west; I-88 exit 109 | ||
| Elburn | 122.5 | 197.1 |  CR 10 (Main Street Road) – Batavia, Kaneville | ||
| 125.0 | 201.2 |   CR 26 east (Hughes Road) | |||
| 125.4 | 201.8 |   CR 41 / Lincoln Highway (Keslinger Road) – Geneva | |||
| 126.9 | 204.2 |  IL 38 (Lincoln Highway) – DeKalb, Geneva | |||
| | 128.5 | 206.8 |  CR 23 west (Beith Road) | ||
| Lily Lake | 129.5 | 208.4 |  IL 64 – Sycamore, St. Charles | ||
| 130.1 | 209.4 |  CR 69 east (Empire Road) | |||
| Campton Hills | 133.1 | 214.2 |  CR 2 (Burlington Road) | Roundabout intersection | |
| Pingree Grove | 139.9 | 225.1 |   US 20 east / IL 72 west – Hampshire, Elgin | South end of US 20 / IL 72 overlap | |
| Starks | 140.4 | 226.0 | US 20 west / IL 72 east (Higgins Road) – Marengo, West Dundee | North end of US 20 / IL 72 overlap | |
| Huntley | 143.3 | 230.6 | I-90 Toll (Jane Addams Memorial Tollway) – Rockford, Chicago | I-Pass only; I-90 exit 47 | |
| McHenry | | 152.0 | 244.6 |  IL 176 east – Crystal Lake | South end of IL 176 overlap |
| | 152.7 | 245.7 | IL 176 west – Marengo | North end of IL 176 overlap | |
| Woodstock | 155.5 | 250.3 |  US 14 (Northwest Highway, Ronald Reagan Highway) – Harvard, Crystal Lake | ||
| 157.4 | 253.3 |  IL 120 (McHenry Avenue) | |||
| Hebron | 168.1 | 270.5 |  IL 173 (Maple Avenue) | ||
| | 169.76 | 273.20 |  WIS 120 north – Lake Geneva | Wisconsin state line | |
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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References
edit- ^ a b Illinois Technology Transfer Center (2006). "T2 GIS Data". Retrieved 2007-11-08.
- ^ a b Carlson, Rick. Illinois Highways Page: Routes 41 thru 60. Last updated March 15, 2006. Retrieved March 28, 2006.
- ^ Village of Huntley IL 47 website [1] Retrieved 3-9-11
- ^ "Exhibits" (PDF). Illinois Department of Transportation. Retrieved May 19, 2022.
- ^ Scott, Tony (August 31, 2015). "Route 47 widening in Yorkville hits milestone". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved May 19, 2022.
- ^ Bachman, Tyler (December 9, 2019). "Full Interchange at I-88 and Route 47 in Sugar Grove to Open Next Week". WSPY News. Retrieved May 19, 2022.
- ^ Google Maps, [2]
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