Illinois Route 13
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| Route information | ||||
| Maintained by IDOT | ||||
| Length: | 151.54 mi[1] (243.88 km) | |||
| Existed: | November 5, 1918[2] – present | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| West end: |
  IL 157 / IL 163 in Centreville | |||
 US 51 in Carbondale I-57 in Marion  US 45 / IL 34 in Harrisburg | ||||
| East end: |
 KY 56 in Old Shawneetown | |||
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| Counties: | St. Clair, Washington, Randolph, Perry, Jackson, Williamson, Saline, Gallatin | |||
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Illinois Route 13 is a major east–west state route in southern Illinois. Illinois 13 has its western terminus at Centreville at Illinois Route 157 and its eastern terminus at the Kentucky state line and the Ohio River, at Kentucky Route 56. This is a distance of 151.54 miles (243.88 km).[1]
Route description
Illinois 13 runs southeast from the St. Louis, Missouri area to Carbondale. It is the main highway between these two cities.
Route 13 becomes the main east–west road through Carbondale, running from there to Marion and Harrisburg. Route 13 skirts the northern edge of the Shawnee Hills, and the Shawnee National Forest.
History
The state of Illinois was founded in 1818. One of its first governmental tasks was the construction of primitive dirt roads between the three pioneer villages of Cahokia, Kaskaskia, and Shawneetown. Illinois Route 13 is a distant descendant of most of the Cahokia-Shawneetown route, and has a claim to be one of the oldest state highways in Illinois.
Illinois Route 13 did not take its current physical form, though, until after the enactment of the Good Roads Movement paving program in 1918. The statewide plan standardized the alignment of this road and numbered it Illinois 13.
Except for a few alignment changes, Illinois 13 has remained the same since its inception in 1918. In 1937 it was rerouted around Sparta (now Illinois Route 4 and Illinois Route 154), replacing Illinois Route 152 in the process.
The other reroute took place between 1944 and 1947, when Illinois 13 took over a new highway (then called U.S. Route 460) in and around Belleville. The old route became Alternate Illinois 13. In 1947 it was moved back to Bond Avenue. Later, U.S. 460 would be dropped and replaced with Illinois Route 15.[2]
Major intersections
| County | Location | mi | km | Destinations | Notes |
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| St. Clair | Centreville |  IL 157 south / IL 163 (Camp Jackson Road) – Cahokia, East St. Louis, St. Louis Downtown Airport | West end of IL 157 overlap | ||
| IL 157 north – Caseyville | roundabout; east end of IL 157 overlap | ||||
| Belleville |  IL 15 – East St. Louis, Mount Vernon | interchange; no access from IL 13 east to IL 15 west or IL 15 east to IL 13 west | |||
 IL 158 west (Centreville Avenue) to IL 15 – Columbia | roundabout; west end of IL 158 overlap | ||||
 IL 159 (South Illinois Street) – Collinsville, Red Bud | |||||
 IL 158 east / IL 177 east – Scott AFB | East end of IL 158 overlap | ||||
| | IL 15 west – East St. Louis | interchange; west end of IL 15 overlap; westbound exit and eastbound entrance | |||
| Freeburg | IL 15 east (Urbanna Drive) – Mount Vernon | East end of IL 15 overlap | |||
| |  IL 156 west – Hecker | ||||
| Marissa |  IL 4 north – Mascoutah, St. Libory | West end of IL 4 overlap | |||
| Randolph | | IL 4 south – Sparta | East end of IL 4 overlap | ||
| Coulterville |  IL 153 north to IL 15 | West end of IL 153 overlap | |||
| IL 153 south – Eden | East end of IL 153 overlap | ||||
| Perry | Pinckneyville |  IL 154 west – Sparta | West end of IL 154 overlap | ||
 IL 127 north (Main Street) / IL 154 east (Water Street) – Nashville | East end of IL 154 overlap; west end of IL 127 overlap | ||||
| |  IL 152 east – Du Quoin, Pyramid State Park | ||||
| Jackson | | IL 4 north / Truax Traer Road – Ava | |||
| Murphysboro |  IL 149 east (Sixth Street) – De Soto | West end of IL 149 overlap | |||
 IL 127 south / IL 149 west / Lincoln Heritage Trail (Southern Branch) (Walnut Street) – Jonesboro, Chester | East end of IL 127 / IL 149 overlap; west end of Lincoln Heritage Trail overlap | ||||
| Carbondale | US 51 south (University Avenue) – SIU, Anna | ||||
| US 51 north (Illinois Avenue) – Du Quoin | |||||
| Williamson | Herrin–Marion line |  IL 148 – Herrin, Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge Information | |||
| Marion | I-57 – Mount Vernon, Cairo | I-57 exit 54 | |||
 IL 37 (Court Street) / Lincoln Heritage Trail (Southern Branch) – Johnston City, Cairo | east end of Lincoln Heritage Trail overlap | ||||
| |  IL 166 south / Pittsburg Road – Pittsburg, Creal Springs | ||||
| Saline | Harrisburg | IL 34 north (North Main Street) – Harrisburg-Raleigh Airport, Business District | West end of IL 34 overlap | ||
| US 45 / IL 34 south (Commercial Street) | East end of IL 34 overlap | ||||
| Gallatin | |  IL 142 / Lincoln Heritage Trail (Southern Branch) – Eldorado, Equality, Saline County Fish and Wildlife Area, Garden of the Gods | west end of Lincoln Heritage Trail overlap | ||
| |  IL 1 – Omaha, Cave in Rock, Shawnee National Forest Recreation Areas, Cave in Rock State Park | ||||
| Old Shawneetown | Lincoln Heritage Trail (Southern Branch) – Old Shawneetown, Shawneetown Bank State Historic Site | east end of Lincoln Heritage Trail overlap | |||
| KY 56 east – Morganfield | Kentucky state line (Shawneetown Bridge over Ohio River) | ||||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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External links
References
- 1 2 Illinois Technology Transfer Center (2007). "T2 GIS Data". Retrieved 2007-11-08.
- 1 2 Carlson, Rich. Illinois Highways Page: Routes 1 thru 20. Last updated March 15, 2005. Retrieved April 1, 2006.