U.S. Route 36 in Illinois

This article is about the section of U.S. Route 36 in Illinois. For the entire route, see U.S. Route 36.

U.S. Route 36
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Route information
Maintained by IDOT
Length:	216.47 mi (348.37 km)
Major junctions
West end:	I-72 / US 36 / Route 110 in Hull
	I-172 / IL 110 (CKC) in Hull US 54 / IL 107 in Pittsfield US 67 in Jacksonville I-55 in Springfield I-72 / US 51 in Decatur US 45 in Tuscola I-57 in Tuscola US 150 / IL 1 in Chrisman
East end:	US 36 in Chrisman
Highway system
United States Numbered Highways List Bannered Divided Replaced Illinois State Highway System Interstate U.S. State Tollways ← IL 35 IL 37 →

In the U.S. state of Illinois, U.S. Route 36 is an east–west highway that runs across the central portion of the state. It runs east from Missouri over the Mark Twain Memorial Bridge over the Mississippi River with Interstate 72. The eastern terminus of U.S. 36 in Illinois is located near the unincorporated area of Raven near the Illinois-Indiana state line. This is a distance of 216.47 miles (348.37 km).

Route description

See also: Interstate 72 in Illinois

U.S. 36 parallels the old Wabash Railroad from the Mississippi River at Hannibal, MO east to Decatur, IL. Norfolk Southern Railway operates on this route today.

U.S. 36 is overlapped with Interstate 72 for more than half its routing in Illinois, 133 miles (214 km). At Decatur, I-72 separates from it and travels around the city to the north, while US 36 enters the city passes through downtown on the four-lane Eldorado Street. Just beyond 19th Street, US 36 turns to the southeast on a four-lane divided alignment paralleling a railroad, exiting Decatur on the southeast side. The road crosses Lake Decatur and narrows to two lanes before turning due east. After turning east, U.S. 36 runs largely in a straight line, mostly through open country, until it exits the state.

Major intersections

County	Location	mi	km	Exit	Destinations	Notes
—	​	0	0	—	I-72 west / US 36 west / Route 110 (CKC) west – Hannibal	Continuation into Missouri
Pike	Levee Township	1	1.6	1	IL 106 – Hull
		4	6.4	4	I-172 north / IL 110 (CKC) east – Quincy	Left exit from both directions; I-172 exit 0.
	Kinderhook Township	10	16	10	IL 96 / IL 106 – Payson, Hull
	Barry	20	32	20	To IL 106 – Barry
	New Salem Township	31	50	31	Pittsfield, New Salem
	Griggsville Township	35	56	35	US 54 / IL 107 – Pittsfield, Griggsville
Scott	Bloomfield Precinct	46	74	46	IL 100 – Bluffs, Detroit	Detroit signed westbound only
	Winchester No. 2 Precinct	52	84	52	To IL 106 – Winchester
Morgan	Lynnville Precinct	60	97	60	I-72 Bus. east / US 67 – Alton, Beardstown, Jacksonville	Signed as exits 60A (south) and 60B (north)
	South Jacksonville	64	103	64	IL 267 – Alton, Jacksonville
	Pisgah Precinct	68	109	68	I-72 Bus. west to IL 104 – Jacksonville
	Alexander Precinct	76	122	76	Ashland, Alexander
Sangamon	Island Grove / New Berlin township line	82	132	82	New Berlin
	Springfield	91	146	91	Wabash Avenue
		93	150	93	IL 4 – Springfield, Chatham
		96	154	96	MacArthur Blvd
		97	156	92 97	I-55 south / I-55 Bus. north (6th Street) – Springfield, St. Louis	West end of I-55 overlap; signed as exit 97 (south). Signed as exit 92A (north) westbound. I-72 westbound exits I-55 via exit 92B.
		99	159	94	Stevenson Drive, East Lake Drive
		101	163	96	IL 29 (South Grand Avenue) – Taylorville	Signed as exits 96A (south) and 96B (north)
		103	166	98 103	I-55 north – Chicago IL 97 west (Clear Lake Avenue)	East end of I-55 overlap; I-72 eastbound exits I-55 via exit 98A, I-72 westbound exits itself via exit 103A. IL 97 signed as exit 98B eastbound. Northbound I-55 signed as exit 103B westbound.
	Clear Lake Township	104	167	104	Camp Butler
		108	174	108	Riverton, Dawson	Dawson signed eastbound only
	Mechanicsburg Township	114	183	114	Buffalo, Mechanicsburg, Dawson	Dawson signed westbound only
	Illiopolis Township	122	196	122	Mt. Auburn, Illiopolis
Macon	Niantic Township	128	206	128	Niantic
	Decatur			133	I-72 east / US 51 – Champaign, Urbana, Vandalia, Bloomington	Eastern end of I-72 concurrency
					IL 48
					IL 105 north / IL 121	Western end of IL 121 concurrency
					IL 121 south	Eastern end of IL 121 concurrency
Piatt	La Place				IL 32
Douglas	Tuscola				US 45
					I-57 – Urbana, Champaign, Effingham
	Camargo				IL 130 south	Western end of IL 130 concurrency
					IL 130 north	Eastern end of IL 130
Edgar	​				IL 49
	Chrisman				US 150 / IL 1
	​				US 36 east	Indiana state line
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Concurrency terminus

References

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