U.S. Route 66 In Illinois
Illinois state highway system
Illinois Tollway system
| ← IL 65 | IL 66 → |
U.S. Route 66 (US 66, Route 66) connected St. Louis, Missouri and Chicago, Illinois. The highway had previously been Illinois Route 4 and the road has now been largely replaced with Interstate 55 (I-55). Parts of the road still carry traffic and six separate portions of the roadbed have been listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places.
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