Illinois Route 35 (IL 35) is a connector road between U.S. Route 20 (US 20) in

East Dubuque East Dubuque is a city in Jo Daviess County, Illinois, Jo Daviess County, Illinois, United States. The population was 1,505 at the 2020 census, down from 1,704 in 2010. East Dubuque is located alongside the Mississippi River. Across the river is t ...

and Highway 35 at the Wisconsin state line. It is currently the shortest state highway in Illinois, a stark contrast to the highway north of the state line, which is Wisconsin's longest highway.

Route description

IL 35 begins at a four-way urban intersection in East Dubuque. US 20 passes overhead and connects to the intersection via an exit ramp. From here, IL 35 heads northeast out of East Dubuque on a curving route. Within East Dubuque, IL 35 is locally known as Wisconsin Avenue. Once it leaves East Dubuque, IL 35 becomes a primarily rural road, which it remains for the rest of its route. The highway passes County Route 5W shortly before becoming WIS 35 at the Wisconsin state line. IL 35 is an undivided two-lane road for its entire length.

History

SBI Route 35 was originally a shorter road from Mound City to what is now U.S. Route 51. This road was (1.6 km) and served a federal cemetery. By 1934, Illinois Route 147 was extended all the way to US 51, replacing IL 35. By 1936, Illinois Route 37 entirely acquired IL 147 south of Marion. In 1938, the number was assigned to the modern-day routing, which had previously been IL 79. From 1971 to 1982, U.S. Route 61 and

U.S. Route 151 U.S. Highway 151 (US 151) is a United States Numbered Highway that runs through the states of Iowa and Wisconsin. The southern terminus for US 151 is at a junction with Interstate 80 (I-80) in Iowa County, Iowa, and its northern termin ...

ran on Illinois 35 due to the

Eagle Point Bridge The Eagle Point Bridge was a very narrow two-lane automobile bridge that connected urban Dubuque, Iowa, and rural Grant County, Wisconsin. It was part of the US 61/US 151 route, and was a toll bridge. After the new Dubuque–Wisconsin Bridge was bu ...

closure upstream on the Mississippi River. This is the only time that U.S. 61 and U.S. 151 have had alignments in Illinois.

Major intersections

References

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035 35 or XXXV may refer to: * 35 (number), the natural number following 34 and preceding 36 * one of the years 35 BC, AD 35, 1935, 2035 * ''XXXV'' (album), a 2002 album by Fairport Convention * ''35xxxv'', a 2015 album by One Ok Rock * "35" (song), ...

U.S. Route 61 Transportation in Jo Daviess County, Illinois