Illinois Route 47

Illinois Route 47
Illinois Route 47
	IL 47 highlighted in red
Route information
	Maintained by IDOT
Length	169.76 mi (273.20 km)
Existed	1924–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
	Illinois State Highway System; Interstate; US; State; Tollways; Scenic;

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.

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

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

The 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

The 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

County	Location	mi^[7]	km	Destinations	Notes
Champaign	Seymour	0.0	0.0	IL 10 – Champaign, Seymour
	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
	Fisher	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
	Mazon	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	Lisbon	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
	Lily Lake	128.5	206.8	CR 23 west (Beith Road)
		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	Lakewood	152.0	244.6	IL 176 east – Crystal Lake	South end of IL 176 overlap
	Lakewood	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
	Woodstock	157.4	253.3	IL 120 (McHenry Avenue)
	Hebron	168.1	270.5	IL 173 (Maple Avenue)
	Hebron	169.76	273.20	WIS 120 north – Lake Geneva	Wisconsin state line
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi Concurrency terminus Electronic toll collection

References

^ ^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]

External links

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[t2-1] Illinois Technology Transfer Center (2006). "T2 GIS Data". Retrieved 2007-11-08.

[n9jig-2] Carlson, Rick. Illinois Highways Page: Routes 41 thru 60. Last updated March 15, 2006. Retrieved March 28, 2006.

[Huntley_IL_47_website-3] Village of Huntley IL 47 website [1] Retrieved 3-9-11

[morris_exhibits-4] "Exhibits" (PDF). Illinois Department of Transportation. Retrieved May 19, 2022.

[route_47_yorkville-5] Scott, Tony (August 31, 2015). "Route 47 widening in Yorkville hits milestone". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved May 19, 2022.

[route_47_i-88-6] 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_Distances-7] Google Maps, [2]

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