U.S. Route 34 in Illinois - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

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of Illinois

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, U.S. Route 34

U.S. Route 34

U.S. Route 34 is an east–west United States highway that runs for 1,122 miles from north-central Colorado to the western suburbs of Chicago. Through Rocky Mountain National Park it is known as the Trail Ridge Road where it reaches 12,183 ft , making it the highest paved through highway in...

is an east–west highway that runs from the Iowa

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state line at Gulport west of Galesburg

Galesburg, Illinois

Galesburg is a city in Knox County, Illinois, in the United States. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 32,195. It is the county seat of Knox County....

to Illinois Route 43

Illinois Route 43

Illinois Route 43 is a major north–south state road in the U.S. state of Illinois. It runs from U.S. Route 30 in Frankfort north to the large intersection of Illinois Route 120 and U.S...

and Historic US 66 at Harlem Avenue in Berwyn

Berwyn, Illinois

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. The entire highway in Illinois is named the "Walter Payton

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Memorial Highway". The highway is 211.37 miles (340.17 km) long within the state.

The bridge into Iowa over the Mississippi River

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is called the Great River Bridge

Great River Bridge

The Great River Bridge is an asymmetrical, one-tower cable-stayed bridge over the Mississippi River. It carries U.S. Route 34 from Burlington, Iowa to the town of Gulf Port, Illinois.-History:...

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Between Monmouth

Monmouth, Illinois

Monmouth is a city in and the county seat of Warren County in the U.S. state of Illinois. It is the home of Monmouth College and contains Monmouth Park, Harmon Park, North Park, Warfield Park, West Park, South Park, Garwood Park, Buster White Park and the Citizens Lake & Campground. It is the host...

and Galesburg

Galesburg, Illinois

Galesburg is a city in Knox County, Illinois, in the United States. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 32,195. It is the county seat of Knox County....

the highway is up to interstate standards with exits at Main Street, Henderson Street, and Seminary Street in Galesburg.

History

In 1934 US 34 absorbed what had been the last remaining section of US 32.

US 34 formerly overlapped US 66 all the way to its endpoint in Downtown Chicago, but was truncated to its intersection with US 66 and IL 43 in Berwyn in 1970. When US 66 was subsequently eliminated, the endpoint of US 34 was left at that location, the intersection of Ogden and Harlem Avenues in Berwyn. Due to the elimination of US 66, it is one of the few US highways that ends at a state highway. With the re-signing of much of Historic US 66, the history of US 34's eastern endpoint is becoming much more clear.

Future

The proposed Prairie Parkway

Prairie Parkway

The Prairie Parkway is a transportation project by the Illinois Department of Transportation to connect Interstate 80 to Interstate 88 in the outer western and southwestern suburbs of Chicago, Illinois.- Corridor protection :...

limited access highway will interchange with U.S. Route 34 between Needham Road and Waubonsee Drive in the city of Plano.

Major intersections

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Des Moines County, Iowa

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Mississippi River

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Great River Bridge

The Great River Bridge is an asymmetrical, one-tower cable-stayed bridge over the Mississippi River. It carries U.S. Route 34 from Burlington, Iowa to the town of Gulf Port, Illinois.-History:...

Biggsville, Illinois

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Warren County, Illinois

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Monmouth, Illinois

Knox County, Illinois

Knox County is a county located in the U.S. state of Illinois. According to the 2010 census, it has a population of 52,919, which is a decrease of 5.2% from 55,836 in 2000...

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Galesburg, Illinois

Galesburg is a city in Knox County, Illinois, in the United States. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 32,195. It is the county seat of Knox County....

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Wataga, Illinois

Wataga is a village in Knox County, Illinois, United States. The population was 857 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Galesburg Micropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:Wataga is located at ....

Henry County, Illinois

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Galva, Illinois

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Kewanee, Illinois

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Bureau County, Illinois

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Princeton, Illinois

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La Moille, Illinois

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Mendota, Illinois

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Kendall County, Illinois

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Oswego, Illinois

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DuPage County, Illinois

As of the 2010 Census, the population of the county was 916,924, White Americans made up 77.9% of Dupage County's population; non-Hispanic whites represented 70.5% of the population. Black Americans made up 4.6% of the population. Native Americans made up 0.3% of Dupage County's population...

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Aurora, Illinois

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Lisle, Illinois

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Lisle, Illinois

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Westmont, Illinois

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, Hinsdale

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Cook County, Illinois

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Berwyn, Illinois

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