U.S. Route 52 in Illinois

U.S. Route 52
US 52 highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by IDOT
Length	215.78 mi (347.26 km)
Major junctions
West end	US 52 / Iowa 64 at Savanna
Major intersections	US 30 near Amboy US 34 in Mendota I-39 / US 51 in Troy Grove I-55 in Shorewood US 6 / IL 53 in Joliet I-80 in Joliet US 45 near Andres US 45 / IL 49 near L'Erable IL 1 near Martinton US 24 in Sheldon
East end	US 24 / US 52 east of Sheldon
Location
Country	United States
State	Illinois
Counties	Carroll, Ogle, Lee, LaSalle, Kendall, Will, Kankakee, Iroquois
Highway system
United States Numbered Highway System List Special Divided Illinois State Highway System Interstate US State Tollways Scenic
← US 51 → IL 53
← IL 26 IL 27 → IL 28 ← IL 43 IL 44 → US 45 ← IL 68 IL 69 → I-70

U.S. Route 52 (US 52) in the state of Illinois is a surface road that traverses the north central and eastern portions of the state. It runs from the Dale Gardner Veterans Memorial Bridge over the Mississippi River between Sabula, Iowa, and Savanna with Illinois Route 64 (IL 64) southeast to the Indiana state line near Sheldon with US 24. This is a distance of 215.78 miles (347.26 km).

Route description

US 52 travels southeast from the Dale Gardner Veterans Memorial Bridge at the terminus of Iowa Highway 64 (Iowa 64) and IL 64 in Savanna, going through the cities of Dixon, Amboy and Mendota.

US 52 then turns due south and then east, crossing Interstate 39 (I-39) and US 51 near Troy Grove. It continues east, traveling through Shorewood and then through the southern portion of Joliet, where it is a major thoroughfare in the city of Joliet (Jefferson Street), avoiding the city of Chicago proper. It joins with US 45 through Kankakee, and then travels concurrently with US 24, east of Watseka to the Indiana state line.

History

In 1935, US 52 was extended northwest from Fowler, Indiana to an international border crossing at Portal, North Dakota. Subsequently in Illinois, the entirety of Illinois Route 27, which ran between Savanna and Polo, was replaced by US 52. Portions of the following routes were also replaced:

• Illinois Route 2 between Dixon and Mendota
• Illinois Route 69 (IL 69) between Troy Grove and Lisbon
• Illinois Routes 113 and 113S between Coal City and Kankakee
• Illinois Route 49 between Kankakee and L'Erable
• Illinois Route 116 between L'Erable and Sheldon.

In 1940, US 52 was rerouted to directly serve Joliet, having previously bypassed the city via the aforementioned routes, routing through what was then called Barr Highway. Subsequently, the rest of IL 69 and the entirety of Illinois Route 44 were decommissioned.

Major intersections

County	Location	mi	km	Destinations	Notes
Mississippi River		0.00	0.00	US 52 north / Iowa 64 west – Sabula	Continuation into Iowa
				Dale Gardner Veterans Memorial Bridge
Carroll	Savanna	0.13	0.21	IL 84 north / Great River Road (National Route) north (Main Street) – Galena	Western ends of IL 84 and Great River Road overlaps
		2.19	3.52	IL 84 south / Great River Road (National Route) south (Viaduct Road) – East Moline	Eastern ends of IL 84 and Great River Road overlaps
	Mount Carroll	11.09	17.85	IL 78 (Clay Street) to IL 40 – Morrison
	Lanark	18.69	30.08	IL 73 north (Broad Street) – Pearl City, Lena
	Rock Creek–Lima Township	28.62	46.06	IL 64 east – Dixon	Eastern end of IL 64 overlap
Ogle	Buffalo Township	35.0	56.3	IL 26 north – Forreston	Western end of IL 26 overlap
Lee	Dixon	49.3	79.3	IL 2 south (Everett Street) / Lincoln Highway – Sterling	Western end of IL 2 overlap
		49.8	80.1	IL 2 north (2nd Street) – Rockford	Eastern end of IL 2 overlap
		50.1	80.6	IL 26 south (Galena Avenue) to I-88 Toll / IL 110 (CKC) – Princeton, Ronald Reagan Boyhood Home	Eastern end of IL 26 overlap
		50.5	81.3	IL 38 east (Franklin Grove Road) / Lincoln Highway – Rochelle
	Franklin Grove–Amboy township line	60.1	96.7	US 30 to I-39 – Rock Falls, Aurora
LaSalle	Mendota	78.0	125.5	IL 251 north (East 2nd Road, 13th Avenue) – Rochelle	Northern end of IL 251 overlap
		79.0	127.1	US 34 (Washington Street) – La Moille, Earlville
	Troy Grove Township	84.4	135.8	IL 251 south (East 2nd Road) – Peru	Southern end of IL 251 overlap
	Troy Grove–Ophir township line	88.5	142.4	I-39 / US 51 – LaSalle–Peru, Rockford	Exit 66 on I-39
	Freedom Township	99.4	160.0	IL 23 south (E. 17th Road) – Ottawa	Western end of IL 23 overlap
	Freedom–Serena township line	101.6	163.5	IL 23 north (E. 18th Road) – DeKalb	Eastern end of IL 23 overlap
	Mission Township	110.3	177.5	IL 71
Kendall	Lisbon Township	122.2	196.7	IL 47 – Morris, Yorkville
Will	Shorewood	134.7	216.8	IL 59 / Historic US 66 (Will Rogers Highway)	Alternate route of Historic US 66
		135.2	217.6	I-55 – Chicago, Bloomington–Normal	Exit 253 on I-55
	Joliet	138.5	222.9	IL 7 (Larkin Avenue)
		140.7	226.4	US 6 west (Railroad Street)	Western end of US 6 overlap
		141.2	227.2	US 6 east / IL 53 north / Historic US 66	Eastern end of US 6 overlap; northern end of IL 53 overlap
		141.6	227.9	I-80 – Gary, Moline–Rock Island	Exit 132 on I-80
		142.0	228.5	IL 53 south / Historic US 66 – Wilmington	Southern end of IL 53 overlap
	Peotone Township	159.4	256.5	US 45 north – Frankfort	Northern end of US 45 overlap
Kankakee	Bourbonnais	173.1	278.6	IL 102 west (Main Street NW) – Wilmington
	Kankakee	175.5	282.4	IL 17 west (Court Street) – Dwight	Western end of IL 17 overlap
		175.9	283.1	IL 17 east (Court Street)	Eastern end of IL 17 overlap
		176.5	284.0	IL 115 south (McCullin Drive)
		177.2	285.2	IL 50 north (Schuyler Avenue)
		179.1	288.2	I-57 – Chicago, Champaign	Exit 308 on I-57
Iroquois	Ashkum Township	192.2	309.3	US 45 south / IL 49 south – Ashkum, Crescent City	Southern end of US 45 overlap
	Martinton Township	199.3	320.7	IL 1 – Martinton, Watseka
	Sheldon	213.8	344.1	US 24 west – Watseka	Western end of US 24 overlap
	Sheldon Township	215.78	347.26	US 24 east / US 52 east – Kentland	Continuation into Indiana
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Concurrency terminus

References

External links

• Media related to U.S. Route 52 in Illinois at Wikimedia Commons

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