Illinois Route 82 is a rural north–south state highway in west central Illinois

Illinois

Illinois is the fifth-most populous state of the United States of America, and is often noted for being a microcosm of the entire country. With Chicago in the northeast, small industrial cities and great agricultural productivity in central and northern Illinois, and natural resources like coal,...

. It currently runs from Illinois Route 17

Illinois Route 17

Illinois Route 17 is a rural, arterial east–west state road that runs east from a former ferry crossing in New Boston along the banks of the Mississippi River to State Road 2 west of Lowell, Indiana. It is long.- Route description :...

 in Nekoma

Nekoma, Illinois

Nekoma is an unincorporated town in Weller Township, Henry County, Illinois, USA....

 north to Illinois Route 92

Illinois Route 92

Illinois Route 92 is an east–west state highway in northwest Illinois. It runs from Iowa Highway 92 at the Norbert F. Beckey Bridge across the Mississippi River to Muscatine, Iowa east to U.S. Route 34 in La Moille. This is a distance of ....

 near Joslin

Joslin, Illinois

Joslin is an unincorporated community in Rock Island County, Illinois, United States. Joslin is located on Illinois Route 92 near Interstate 88....

. This is a distance of 28.84 miles (46.41 km).

Route description

Illinois 82 is an undivided, two-lane surface street for its entire length. It crosses the Edwards River

Edwards River (Illinois)

The Edwards River is a tributary of the Mississippi River in northwestern Illinois in the United States. It rises west of Kewanee in southeastern Henry County and flows generally westwardly into Mercer County, where it joins the Mississippi southeast of New Boston...

, Interstate 80

Interstate 80

Interstate 80 is the second-longest Interstate Highway in the United States, following Interstate 90. It is a transcontinental artery running from downtown San Francisco, California to Teaneck, New Jersey in the New York City Metropolitan Area...

, U.S. Route 6

U.S. Route 6

U.S. Route 6 , also called the Grand Army of the Republic Highway, a name that honors an American Civil War veterans association, is a main route of the U.S. Highway system, running east-northeast from Bishop, California to Provincetown, Massachusetts. Until 1964, it continued south from Bishop to...

, the Hennepin Canal

Hennepin Canal

The Hennepin Canal Parkway State Park, also just called the Hennepin Canal, is an abandoned waterway in northwest Illinois, between the Mississippi River at Rock Island and the Illinois River near Hennepin. The entire canal is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.Opened in 1907, the...

 and the Green River

Green River (Illinois)

The Green River is an tributary of the Rock River in northwestern Illinois in the United States. Via the Rock, it is part of the Mississippi River watershed. Much of the Green's course has been straightened and channelized.-Course:...

 along its route. It also overlaps Illinois Route 81

Illinois Route 81

Illinois Route 81 is an east–west state road in northwest Illinois. It runs from U.S. Route 150 by unincorporated Lynn Center to Illinois Route 78 in Kewanee. This is a distance of .- Route description :...

 in Cambridge

Cambridge, Illinois

Cambridge is a village in Henry County, Illinois, United States. The population was 2,160 at the 2010 census, down from 2,180 at the 2000 census...

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History

SBI Route 82 was existing Illinois 82, extended to Illinois Route 40

Illinois Route 40

Illinois Route 40 is a north–south route in central portion of the U.S. state of Illinois. It runs from Interstate 74 in East Peoria north to Illinois Route 78 at Mt. Carroll, just south of U.S. Route 52 and Illinois Route 64. This is a distance of ....

 via Illinois 92 and Illinois Route 172

Illinois Route 172

Illinois Route 172 is an inverted-'L' shaped highway in northwestern Illinois, though it is marked as being a north–south highway on signage. It runs from Illinois Route 40 to Illinois Route 92 by way of Tampico. This is a distance of . Illinois 172 is also a part of the Ronald Reagan Trail.-...

. This ended in the 1930s.