Illinois Route 115 is a minor north–south road in northeastern Illinois

Illinois

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. It runs from Illinois Route 9

Illinois Route 9

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 near Perdueville to the concurrent

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 U.S. Routes 45

U.S. Route 45

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/52

U.S. Route 52

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 in Kankakee

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. This is a distance of 63.37 miles (101.98 km).

Route description

Illinois 115 is a north–south highway from Perdueville to Buckingham

Buckingham, Illinois

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; at Buckingham, it turns east but is still marked north–south. South of Kankakee, Illinois 115 turns north again on its way into Kankakee.

Illinois 115 is an undivided two-lane surface road for its entire length.

History

SBI Route 115 ran from near Kankakee to Perdueville along what is Illinois 115 now. In 1954, when U.S. 45 was moved onto a new road, Illinois 115 was extended north into Kankakee onto old U.S. 45.