Illinois Route 111 (IL 111) is an north–south
state highway
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in the southwestern part of the U.S. state of
Illinois
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. It travels from Short Street (near Lake Drive and northwest of
Interstate 255) in
Centreville to
IL 104 in
Waverly.
Route description
IL 111 has
concurrencies with
IL 3 in
Alton
Alton may refer to:
People
*Alton (given name)
*Alton (surname)
Places Australia
*Alton National Park, Queensland
* Alton, Queensland, a town in the Shire of Balonne
Canada
* Alton, Ontario
*Alton, Nova Scotia
New Zealand
* Alton, New Zealand, ...
,
U.S. Route 67 (US 67) in
Godfrey, and
IL 267 from Godfrey to
Medora.
History
In August 1960, a new alignment in Alton on what is now the Homer M. Adams Parkway opened to traffic from
IL 100 to
IL 140.
[Alton Telegraph, November 26, 1987] A second new alignment, Bellwood Road Extension in
Bethalto, opened a few years later that would link IL 111 up with Vaughn and Central in Wood River. The original alignment of IL 111 in Alton had it cut up Sixth Street in
Wood River Wood River may refer to:
Rivers In Canada
* Wood River (British Columbia), a tributary of the Columbia River via Kinbasket Lake
* Wood River (Saskatchewan), a river in south-west Saskatchewan
In Ireland
* Wood River (County Clare), Kilru ...
, Old Alton–Edwardsville Road (with a concurrency with then-
IL 159), and up Broadway in Alton until its concurrency with US 67 using Belle Street.
SBI Route 111 originally traveled from Waverly to
Alton
Alton may refer to:
People
*Alton (given name)
*Alton (surname)
Places Australia
*Alton National Park, Queensland
* Alton, Queensland, a town in the Shire of Balonne
Canada
* Alton, Ontario
*Alton, Nova Scotia
New Zealand
* Alton, New Zealand, ...
on modern-day IL 111. In 1942, it was extended south to
Fairmont City. In 1953, it was extended further south to near
East Saint Louis
East St. Louis is a city in St. Clair County, Illinois. It is directly across the Mississippi River from Downtown St. Louis, Missouri and the Gateway Arch National Park. East St. Louis is in the Metro-East region of Southern Illinois. Once a b ...
, which became Centreville. In 2001, when US 67 was moved west through
Jerseyville,
IL 267 took its place north of Medora. Some time after, IL 267 was applied south along with IL 111 on a concurrency.
Major intersections
See also
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References
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Transportation in St. Clair County, Illinois
Transportation in Madison County, Illinois
Transportation in Jersey County, Illinois
Transportation in Macoupin County, Illinois
Transportation in Morgan County, Illinois
Alton, Illinois