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State highway in southwestern Illinois, US
Illinois Route 111
(
IL 111
) is an 82.18-mile-long (132.26 km) north?south
state highway
in the southwestern part of the U.S. state of
Illinois
. It travels from Short Street (near Lake Drive and
1
⁄
4
mile (0.40 km) northwest of
Interstate 255
) in
Centreville
to
IL 104
in
Waverly
.
Route description
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IL 111 has
concurrencies
with
IL 3
in
Alton
,
U.S. Route 67
(US 67) in
Godfrey
, and
IL 267
from Godfrey to
Medora
.
History
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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
.
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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
, 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
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
, 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
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See also
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