Illinois Route 117

Illinois Route 117
Route information
Maintained by IDOT
Length:	33.85 mi[1] (54.48 km)
Existed:	1924[2] – present
Major junctions
South end:	I-74 in Goodfield
	US 24 in Eureka
North end:	IL 17 in Toluca
Location
Counties:	Woodford, Marshall
Highway system
Illinois State Highway System Interstate U.S. State Tollways ← IL 116 IL 119 →

Illinois Route 117 is a rural north–south state road in north central Illinois. It travels from Interstate 74 in the small community of Goodfield to Illinois Route 17 in Toluca. Illinois 117 covers a distance of about 33.85 miles (54.48 km).^[1]

Route description

Illinois 117 is a rural, two lane surface road for its entire length. The main cities of service on Illinois 117 are Eureka and Roanoke. In Eureka, Illinois 117 is known as Main Street, and intersects with U.S. Route 24 (Center Street).

Illinois 117 then overlaps Illinois Route 116 from four miles (6 km) west of Roanoke to Benson, a distance of about nine miles (14 km). Through Roanoke, Illinois 117 is called Front Street. Northeast of Roanoke, Illinois 116/117 runs on top of an abandoned rail line until it turns north towards Toluca.

History

Though Illinois 117 now connects to Illinois 17, they were originally unconnected, and each were separately planned in State Bond Issue sequence. SBI Route 117 originally ran from U.S. Route 150 (just north of current I-74) in Goodfield to Illinois 116 north of Eureka. In 1994, it was extended north through Roanoke and north to Toluca to renumber Illinois Route 116A, the last surviving letter route in Illinois.^[2]

Major intersections

County	Location	mi	km	Destinations	Notes
Woodford	Goodfield			I-74 – Bloomington, Peoria
				US 150 (Peoria Street)
	Eureka			US 24 (Center Street)
	​			IL 116 west
	Benson			IL 116 east
Marshall	Toluca			IL 17
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

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