Illinois Route 9 is a cross-state, east–west rural state highway in central Illinois. It runs from Niota at the Fort Madison Toll Bridge over the Mississippi River to Iowa eastward across central Illinois to State Road 26 at the Indiana border. This is a distance of 218.31 miles (351.34 km).
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