U.S. Route 52 in Illinois

U.S. Route 52 marker
U.S. Route 52
U.S. Route 52 marker U.S. Route 52
	US 52 highlighted in red
Route information
	Maintained by IDOT
Length	215.78 mi (347.26 km)
Major junctions
West end	File:US 52.svgFile:Elongated circle 64.svg US 52 / Iowa 64 at Savanna
	File:US 30.svg US 30 near Amboy; File:US 34.svg US 34 in Mendota; File:I-39.svgFile:US 51.svg I-39 / US 51 in Troy Grove; File:I-55.svg I-55 in Shorewood; File:US 6.svgFile:Illinois 53.svg US 6 / IL 53 in Joliet; File:I-80.svg I-80 in Joliet; File:US 45.svg US 45 near Andres; File:US 45.svgFile:Illinois 49.svg US 45 / IL 49 near L'Erable; File:Illinois 1.svg IL 1 near Martinton; File:US 24.svg US 24 in Sheldon;
East end	File:US 24.svgFile:US 52.svg US 24 / US 52 east of Sheldon
Location
Country	United States
State	Illinois
Counties	Carroll, Ogle, Lee, LaSalle, Kendall, Will, Kankakee, Iroquois
Highway system
	United States Numbered Highway System; List; Special; Divided; Illinois State Highway System; Interstate; US; State; Tollways; Scenic;

U.S. Route 52 (US 52) in the state of Illinois is a surface road that traverses the north central and eastern portions of the state. It runs from the Dale Gardner Veterans Memorial Bridge over the Mississippi River between Sabula, Iowa, and Savanna with Illinois Route 64 (IL 64) southeast to the Indiana state line near Sheldon with US 24. This is a distance of 215.78 miles (347.26 km).

Route description

File:US 6 at US 52.jpg

US 52 near the split with US 6 in Joliet

US 52 travels southeast from the Dale Gardner Veterans Memorial Bridge at the terminus of Iowa Highway 64 (Iowa 64) and IL 64 in Savanna, going through the cities of Dixon, Amboy and Mendota. US 52 then turns due south and then east, crossing Interstate 39 (I-39) and US 51 near Troy Grove. It continues east, traveling through Shorewood and then through the southern portion of Joliet, where it is a major thoroughfare in the city of Joliet (Jefferson Street), avoiding the city of Chicago proper. It joins with US 45 through Kankakee, and then travels concurrently with US 24, east of Watseka to the Indiana state line.

History

In 1936, much of IL 27, IL 44, and IL 69 were replaced by current US 52 as well as portions of IL 2 south of Dixon, IL 49 south of Kankakee, and IL 116 east of L'Erable.^[2]^[3] Between 1936 and 1940, US 52 originally bypassed Joliet via parts of present-day IL 47 and IL 113.^[4] In 1940, US 52 was rerouted through Joliet to Kankakee. Subsequently, IL 44 and IL 69 were entirely decommissioned.^[5]

Major intersections

County	Location	mi^[6]	km	Destinations	Notes
Mississippi River		0.00	0.00	File:North plate.svg File:US 52.svgFile:West plate.svg File:Elongated circle 64.svg US 52 north / Iowa 64 west – Sabula	Continuation into Iowa
Mississippi River		0.00	0.00	Dale Gardner Veterans Memorial Bridge
Carroll	Savanna	0.13	0.21	File:North plate.svg File:Illinois 84.svgFile:North plate Vermont.svg File:National Route plate.svg File:GreatRiverRoad.svg IL 84 north / Great River Road (National Route) north (Main Street) – Galena	Western ends of IL 84 and Great River Road overlaps
	Savanna	2.19	3.52	File:South plate.svg File:Illinois 84.svgFile:South plate Vermont.svg File:National Route plate.svg File:GreatRiverRoad.svg IL 84 south / Great River Road (National Route) south (Viaduct Road) – East Moline	Eastern ends of IL 84 and Great River Road overlaps
	Mount Carroll	11.09	17.85	File:Illinois 78.svgFile:To plate.svg File:Illinois 40.svg IL 78 (Clay Street) to IL 40 – Morrison
	Lanark	18.69	30.08	File:North plate.svg File:Illinois 73.svg IL 73 north (Broad Street) – Pearl City, Lena
	Rock Creek–Lima Township	28.62	46.06	File:East plate.svg File:Illinois 64.svg IL 64 east – Dixon	Eastern end of IL 64 overlap
Ogle	Buffalo Township	35.0	56.3	File:North plate.svg File:Illinois 26.svg IL 26 north – Forreston	Western end of IL 26 overlap
Lee	Dixon	49.3	79.3	File:South plate.svg File:Illinois 2.svgFile:LincolnHighwayMarker.svg IL 2 south (Everett Street) / Lincoln Highway – Sterling	Western end of IL 2 overlap
		49.8	80.1	File:North plate.svg File:Illinois 2.svg IL 2 north (2nd Street) – Rockford	Eastern end of IL 2 overlap
		50.1	80.6	File:South plate.svg File:Illinois 26.svgFile:To plate blue.svg File:Toll plate yellow.svg File:I-88.svgFile:To plate.svg File:Chicago-Kansas City Expressway plate.svg File:Illinois 110.svg IL 26 south (Galena Avenue) to I-88 Toll / IL 110 (CKC) – Princeton, Ronald Reagan Boyhood Home	Eastern end of IL 26 overlap
		50.5	81.3	File:East plate.svg File:Illinois 38.svgFile:LincolnHighwayMarker.svg IL 38 east (Franklin Grove Road) / Lincoln Highway – Rochelle
	Franklin Grove–Amboy township line	60.1	96.7	File:US 30.svgFile:To plate blue.svg File:I-39.svg US 30 to I-39 – Rock Falls, Aurora
LaSalle	Mendota	78.0	125.5	File:North plate.svg File:Illinois 251.svg IL 251 north (East 2nd Road, 13th Avenue) – Rochelle	Northern end of IL 251 overlap
	Mendota	79.0	127.1	File:US 34.svg US 34 (Washington Street) – La Moille, Earlville
	Troy Grove Township	84.4	135.8	File:South plate.svg File:Illinois 251.svg IL 251 south (East 2nd Road) – Peru	Southern end of IL 251 overlap
	Troy Grove–Ophir township line	88.5	142.4	File:I-39.svgFile:US 51.svg I-39 / US 51 – LaSalle, Peru, Rockford
	Freedom Township	99.4	160.0	File:South plate.svg File:Illinois 23.svg IL 23 south (E. 17th Road) – Ottawa	Western end of IL 23 overlap
	Freedom–Serena township line	101.6	163.5	File:North plate.svg File:Illinois 23.svg IL 23 north (E. 18th Road) – DeKalb	Eastern end of IL 23 overlap
	Mission Township	110.3	177.5	File:Illinois 71.svg IL 71
Kendall	Lisbon Township	122.2	196.7	File:Illinois 47.svg IL 47 – Morris, Yorkville
Will	Shorewood	134.7	216.8	File:Illinois 59.svgFile:US 66 (IL historic).svg IL 59 / Historic US 66 (Will Rogers Highway)	Alternate route of Historic US 66
	Shorewood	135.2	217.6	File:I-55.svg I-55 – Chicago, Bloomington, Normal
	Joliet	138.5	222.9	File:Illinois 7.svg IL 7 (Larkin Avenue)
		140.7	226.4	File:West plate.svg File:US 6.svg US 6 west (Railroad Street)	Western end of US 6 overlap
		141.2	227.2	File:East plate.svg File:US 6.svgFile:North plate.svg File:Illinois 53.svgFile:US 66 (IL historic).svg US 6 east / IL 53 north / Historic US 66	Eastern end of US 6 overlap; northern end of IL 53 overlap
		141.6	227.9	File:I-80.svg I-80 – Gary, Indiana, Moline, Rock Island
		142.0	228.5	File:South plate.svg File:Illinois 53.svgFile:US 66 (IL historic).svg IL 53 south / Historic US 66 – Wilmington	Southern end of IL 53 overlap
	Peotone Township	159.4	256.5	File:North plate.svg File:US 45.svg US 45 north – Frankfort	Northern end of US 45 overlap
Kankakee	Bourbonnais	173.1	278.6	File:West plate.svg File:Illinois 102.svg IL 102 west (Main Street NW) – Wilmington
	Kankakee	175.5	282.4	File:West plate.svg File:Illinois 17.svg IL 17 west (Court Street) – Dwight	Western end of IL 17 overlap
		175.9	283.1	File:East plate.svg File:Illinois 17.svg IL 17 east (Court Street)	Eastern end of IL 17 overlap
		176.5	284.0	File:South plate.svg File:Illinois 115.svg IL 115 south (McCullin Drive)
		177.2	285.2	File:North plate.svg File:Illinois 50.svg IL 50 north (Schuyler Avenue)
		179.1	288.2	File:I-57.svg I-57 – Chicago, Champaign
Iroquois	Ashkum Township	192.2	309.3	File:South plate.svg File:US 45.svgFile:South plate.svg File:Illinois 49.svg US 45 south / IL 49 south – Ashkum, Crescent City	Southern end of US 45 overlap
	Martinton Township	199.3	320.7	File:Illinois 1.svg IL 1 – Martinton, Watseka
	Sheldon	213.8	344.1	File:West plate.svg File:US 24.svg US 24 west – Watseka	Western end of US 24 overlap
	Sheldon Township	215.78	347.26	File:East plate.svg File:US 24.svgFile:East plate.svg File:US 52.svg US 24 east / US 52 east – Kentland	Continuation into Indiana
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi Concurrency terminus

References

↑ Illinois Technology Transfer Center (2007). "T2 GIS Data". Retrieved November 8, 2007.
↑ Illinois Secretary of State; H.M. Gousha (1935). Official Road Map Illinois (Map). [c. 1:950,000 and c. 1:1,110,000]. Springfield: Illinois Secretary of State – via Illinois Digital Archives.
↑ Illinois Secretary of State; Rand McNally (1936). Road Map Illinois (Map). [c. 1:950,000 and c. 1:1,110,000]. Springfield: Illinois Secretary of State – via Illinois Digital Archives.
↑ Illinois Secretary of State; Rand McNally (1939). Illinois Road Map (Map) (1939–1940 ed.). c. 1:918,720. Springfield: Illinois Secretary of State – via Illinois Digital Archives.
↑ Illinois Secretary of State; Rand McNally (1940). Illinois Road Map (Map). c. 1:918,720. Springfield: Illinois Secretary of State – via Illinois Digital Archives.
↑ "Overview Map of US 52" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved March 20, 2017.

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[t2-1] Illinois Technology Transfer Center (2007). "T2 GIS Data". Retrieved November 8, 2007.

[2] Illinois Secretary of State; H.M. Gousha (1935). Official Road Map Illinois (Map). [c. 1:950,000 and c. 1:1,110,000]. Springfield: Illinois Secretary of State – via Illinois Digital Archives.

[3] Illinois Secretary of State; Rand McNally (1936). Road Map Illinois (Map). [c. 1:950,000 and c. 1:1,110,000]. Springfield: Illinois Secretary of State – via Illinois Digital Archives.

[4] Illinois Secretary of State; Rand McNally (1939). Illinois Road Map (Map) (1939–1940 ed.). c. 1:918,720. Springfield: Illinois Secretary of State – via Illinois Digital Archives.

[5] Illinois Secretary of State; Rand McNally (1940). Illinois Road Map (Map). c. 1:918,720. Springfield: Illinois Secretary of State – via Illinois Digital Archives.

[Google_Maps-6] "Overview Map of US 52" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved March 20, 2017.

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