The Cannon Ball Route was a historic auto trail that ran from Kansas City, Missouri east-northeast to Chicago, Illinois by way of Hannibal, Missouri and Quincy, Illinois. A branch of the route connected the Missouri section of the highway to Des Moines, Iowa by way of Leon, Iowa. The route was included in the 1917 Map of Marked Routes provided by the Illinois State Highway Department, a precursor to the modern-day Illinois Department of Transportation.
This highway routing closely parallels the Hannibal-Quincy to Chicago branch of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad.
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