Illinois Route 157 (IL 157) is a north–south
state highway
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in the southwestern part of the U.S. state of
Illinois
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. The southern terminus of the highway is at an intersection with
IL 3 in
Cahokia
The Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site ( 11 MS 2) is the site of a pre-Columbian Native American city (which existed 1050–1350 CE) directly across the Mississippi River from modern St. Louis, Missouri. This historic park lies in south- ...
. The northern terminus of the highway is at an intersection with
IL 140 in
Hamel.
Route description
![Illinois Route 157 at Interstate 55](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/44/Illinois_Route_157_at_Interstate_55.jpg)
IL 157 travels
concurrent
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Law
* Concurrence, in jurisprudence, the need to prove both ''actus reus'' and ''mens rea''
* Concurring opinion (also called a "concurrence"), a ...
with
IL 13 and
IL 163 in
Centreville and
IL 159 and
IL 143 in
Edwardsville. IL 157 is the major north–south road through the busiest towns in
Madison County – Collinsville and Edwardsville.
The segment of the highway within the villages of Cahokia and Centreville from IL 3 to IL 13 is known as Camp Jackson Road.
The segment of the highway north from IL 13 to approximately
Interstate 270 (I-270) is known as Bluff Road, because it roughly follows the eastern bluffs of the Mississippi River which define the
American Bottom
The American Bottom is the flood plain of the Mississippi River in the Metro-East region of Southern Illinois, extending from Alton, Illinois, south to the Kaskaskia River. It is also sometimes called "American Bottoms". The area is about , most ...
s in Madison and St. Clair counties.
History
State Bond Issue Route (SBI) Route 157 originally traveled from Cahokia to
Glen Carbon. It was then extended to the
Missouri
Missouri is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. Ranking List of U.S. states and territories by area, 21st in land area, it is bordered by eight states (tied for the most with Tennessee ...
state line at the
Jefferson Barracks Bridge
The Jefferson Barracks Bridge, officially the Jefferson Barracks Memorial Arch Bridge, is a pair of bridges across the Mississippi River on the south side of St. Louis, Missouri metropolitan area. Each bridge is long with a long arch bridge span ...
in 1946; this was undone by 1958. In 1965, the northern terminus was moved to Hamel, replacing
U.S. Route 66 Bypass (US 66 Byp.), which itself was the
US 66 mainline prior to 1957.
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Major intersections
See also
* List of state routes in Illinois
The Illinois Routes are the highways in the State Highway System of the U.S. state of Illinois that are not simultaneously part of the Interstate Highway System or the United States Numbered Highway System. These highways are maintained by the ...
References
External links
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157
Transportation in St. Clair County, Illinois
Transportation in Madison County, Illinois
Edwardsville, Illinois
U.S. Route 66 in Illinois