Illinois Route 8 (IL 8) is an east–west state route in central

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. It runs east from

Illinois Route 97 Illinois Route 97 (IL 97) is a north–south state highway in the central and western portions of the U.S. state of Illinois. It extends from I-55 Business (Business Loop I-55) in Springfield northwest to U.S. Highway 150 (US ...

south of Maquon to the intersection of U.S. Route 24 (McClugage Avenue) and Business U.S. 24 near Washington. Illinois 8 is long.

Route description

Illinois 8 largely parallels

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from Maquon to Washington. After entering Peoria from the west, it crosses the

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with

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on the

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between Peoria and East Peoria. Illinois 8/116 stays joined until Camp Street, where U.S. Route 24 and

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/116 continue geographically northeast, and are signed east and north, respectively, with U.S. Route 150 westbound, forming a

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. Illinois 8 turns east onto Camp Street with U.S. 150 eastbound. In spite of this concurrency, up until 2005 the eastbound I-74 exit to Camp Street was only marked for U.S. 150, while the next eastbound exit to Washington Street was marked as "To Illinois 8" even though Washington Street is unnumbered in East Peoria. At the Washington Street intersection, U.S. 150 leaves Illinois 8 and runs east-southeast towards Morton, while Illinois 8 runs east-northeast through unincorporated Sunnyland. Near Washington, Illinois 8 turns westbound onto Business U.S. 24 (despite being signed as East Illinois 8) to terminate at U.S. 24.

History

SBI Route 8 ran from Gulfport on

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at the

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state line to Sheldon on U.S. Route 24 at the

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state line. It was truncated in 1965, with some of its segments moving to its modern alignment from Illinois Routes 78 and 116 West Farmington Road from

(West Plank Road) through West Peoria to Illinois Route 8 (West Southport Road) was marked as "Spur-IL-8" until 1970. This was a popular route to Bradley University area (West Main Street, North University Drive). Today, the route is marked as Farmington Road and not numbered.

Major intersections

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