Illinois Route 41 (IL 41) is a north–south highway in rural west-central

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. It runs from

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near Macomb north to

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and

Illinois Route 164 Illinois Route 164 is a state road in rural western Illinois. It runs from U.S. Route 34 in Gladstone to U.S. Route 34 and Illinois Route 41 in Galesburg. This distance is . Route description Illinois 164 is the main access road from Monm ...

in Galesburg, a distance of . Illinois 41 is maintained by the

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Route description

Illinois 41 begins at a junction with

in eastern McDonough County, east of Macomb and north of Adair. The route heads north and intersects

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east of Bardolph. Illinois 41 continues north to Bushnell, where it becomes

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with

Illinois 9 Illinois Route 9 (IL 9) is a cross-state, east–west rural State highway (US), state highway in the Central Illinois, central part of the U.S. state of Illinois. It travels from Niota, Illinois, Niota at the Fort Madison Toll Bridge, that crosse ...

. The two highways run northeast until Illinois 41 splits off of Illinois 9 and heads north into Prairie City. The highway leaves Prairie City to the east and enters

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. In Fulton County, Illinois 41 heads north and passes through Avon before entering Knox County. The highway enters St. Augustine in southern Knox County, intersecting

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along the village's northern edge. Illinois 41 continues north through Abingdon before entering western Galesburg, where it terminates at a junction with

and

Illinois 164 Illinois Route 164 is a state road in rural western Illinois. It runs from U.S. Route 34 in Gladstone to U.S. Route 34 and Illinois Route 41 in Galesburg. This distance is . Route description Illinois 164 is the main access road from Monmouth ...

. Illinois 41 closely follows the Quincy Line south of Galesburg of the

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to the Bushnell wye (Quincy–Hannibal line and Beardstown–Paducah line). Four daily Amtrak trains travel this rail line section.

History

Illinois 41 is exactly the same route as SBI Route 41, as instituted in 1918. There have been only minor routing changes, largely at its northern terminus in Galesburg, since its inception. This route parallels the

CB&Q The Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad was a railroad that operated in the Midwestern United States. Commonly referred to as the Burlington Route, the Burlington, or as the Q, it operated extensive trackage in the states of Colorado, Illin ...

railroad from Galesburg to its southern terminus at U.S. 136. This route crosses over the CB&Q right-of-way (Galesburg to Beardstown) twice along its distance. The southern terminus in McDonough County at U.S. Route 136 is referred to (locally) as the ''Nine-Mile Y''. The ''Y'' in reference to an interchange road architecture historically used on Illinois state routes. While a few of these still remain throughout the state, most of these ''Y'' intersections have been replaced with the safer ''T''-style intersections and stop signs.

Galesburg alignment change

IL-41 enters Galesburg from the south on Linwood Road. The historic alignment turned northeast on Monmouth Blvd. through an industrial section between the former Santa Fe mainline to the north and the former CB&Q connector to the south. At South Henderson, the historic route turned north, crossing the old Santa Fe mainline and terminating at West Main Street U.S. 150 and

. This alignment moved west with the completion of U.S. 34 as a four-lane expressway to Monmouth. IL-41 now proceeds north on an upgraded and wider Linwood Road to West Main Street

where it terminates at the nearby access interchange for U.S. 34.

Major intersections

References

External links

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