Route information | ||||
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Maintained by IDOT | ||||
Length | 218.31 mi[1] (351.34 km) | |||
Existed | November 5, 1918[2]–present | |||
Major junctions | ||||
West end | Fort Madison Toll Bridge at the Iowa state line in Niota | |||
East end | SR 26 / SR 352 in Hoopeston | |||
Location | ||||
Country | United States | |||
State | Illinois | |||
Counties | Hancock, McDonough, Fulton, Peoria, Tazewell, McLean, Ford, Vermilion | |||
Highway system | ||||
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Illinois Route 9 (IL 9) is a 218.31-mile-long (351.34 km) cross-state, east–west rural state highway in the central part of the U.S. state of Illinois. It travels from Niota at the Fort Madison Toll Bridge, that crosses the Mississippi River into Iowa, eastward across central Illinois to State Road 26 (SR 26) at the Indiana state line.