U.S. Route 136 in Illinois

U.S. Route 136
U.S. Route 136
	US 136 highlighted in red
Route information
	Maintained by IDOT
Length	225.5 mi (362.9 km)
Existed	1950–present
Major junctions
West end	US 136 in Hamilton
	US 67 in Macomb; US 24 / IL 100 at Duncan Mills; I-155 near Emden; I-55 near McLean; US 51 in Heyworth; I-74 near Le Roy; US 150 near Le Roy; I-57 in Rantoul; US 45 in Rantoul; US 150 / IL 1 in Danville;
East end	US 136 near Danville
Location
Country	United States
State	Illinois
Counties	Hancock, McDonough, Fulton, Mason, Logan, McLean, Champaign, Vermilion
Highway system
	United States Numbered Highway System; List; Special; Divided; Illinois State Highway System; Interstate; US; State; Tollways; Scenic;

U.S. Route 136 (US 136) runs east–west across central Illinois for 225.5 miles (362.9 km). US 136 enters the state from Iowa across the Keokuk–Hamilton Bridge over the Mississippi River between Keokuk, Iowa, and Hamilton, Illinois, and exits into Indiana east of Danville. The largest population centers along the route are Macomb, Rantoul, and Danville.

For nearly its entire route, US 136 is two-lane and rural, with the exception of portions in and around major towns and cities and its overlap with the Chicago–Kansas City Expressway. Despite the highway's rural routing, it has junctions into four Interstates: Interstate 155 (I-155), I-55, I-74, and I-57. Additionally, US 136 contains what is perhaps one of the longest straight stretches of a U.S. Highway east of the Mississippi River, running nearly 86 miles (138 km) without any deviations from north of Easton to just west of Rantoul.^[6]

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^ Illinois Secretary of State; Rand McNally (1950). Illinois Road Map (Map). c. 1:918,720. Springfield: Illinois Secretary of State. Retrieved November 6, 2020 – via Illinois Digital Archives.
^ Greenberger, David; et al. (October 5, 2020). "End of US Highway 136". USEnds.com. Retrieved November 5, 2020.^{[self-published source]}
^ "US Hwy 136, Rantoul, IL 61866 to 27998-27840 US Hwy 136, Easton, IL 62633" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved November 5, 2020.

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[1950HwyMap-4] Illinois Secretary of State; Rand McNally (1950). Illinois Road Map (Map). c. 1:918,720. Springfield: Illinois Secretary of State. Retrieved November 6, 2020 – via Illinois Digital Archives.

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[6] "US Hwy 136, Rantoul, IL 61866 to 27998-27840 US Hwy 136, Easton, IL 62633" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved November 5, 2020.

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