Illinois Route 15 Explained

State:IL
Type:IL
Maint:IDOT
Route:15
Map Custom:yes
Map Notes:IL 15 highlighted in red
Length Mi:149.64
Length Round:2
Length Ref:[1]
Direction B:East
Direction A:West
Terminus A: I-55 / I-64 / US 40 / IL 3 in East St. Louis
Junction:
Terminus B: in Mt. Carmel
Counties:St. Clair, Washington, Jefferson, Wayne, Edwards, Wabash
Established:November 5, 1918[2]
Previous Route:14
Previous Type:IL
Next Type:IL
Next Route:16

Illinois Route 15 (IL 15) is a 149.64-longNaN-long east - west highway in southern Illinois with its western terminus at Illinois Route 3, U.S. Route 40, I-55, and I-64, and its eastern terminus at Wabash River at the Illinois/Indiana Border where it meets State Road 64.

History

West of Mt. Vernon, IL 15 was part of US 460. Until the 1960s, IL 15 went on the IL 160 corridor from Addieville to Okawville, then west on the present IL 177 corridor to Belleville. The section from Nashville to St. Libory was once IL 110, but this was back in the 1940s before US 460 was signed.

The current route was determined in 1967. US 460 was truncated in 1974.[2]

In 2011, the old Parker truss bridge crossing the Wabash River was replaced by a beam bridge.[3]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Illinois Technology Transfer Center . T2 GIS Data . 2007-11-08 . 2007 . 2007-08-10 . https://web.archive.org/web/20070810103329/http://dot.state.il.us/gist2/select.html . dead .
  2. Carlson, Rich. Illinois Highways Page: Routes 1 thru 20. Last updated March 15, 2006. Retrieved April 2, 2006.
  3. Web site: Mount Carmel Bridge . Bridgehunter.com . November 18, 2020.