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Truncated 1976 to Gardner, 1978 to Normal, 1979 into Missouri
A 1973 IDOT map has US 66 on I-55 wherever I-55 exists except at Springfield, Bloomington and Chicago. This matches present I-55 from St. Louis to east of Staunton, north of Litchfield to south of Springfield, maybe around Pontiac and Dwight, and southwest of Gardner to Burr Ridge. At Springfield, US 66 runs via Adlai Stevenson Drive and Dirksen Parkway, merging with I-55 north of Sherman. At Bloomington, US 66 runs via prsent Business I-55. In Chiago, it looks like it ends at Michigan Avenue, which is the east end of US 14 (Michigan and Jackson).
So, except possibly at Lincoln, US 66 probably used I-55 everywhere except Springfield, Bloomington and Chicago at decommissioning. -- SPUI ( T - C - RFC) 10:26, 3 May 2006 (UTC)
no bridges
no bypass
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IvoShandor 01:13, 1 October 2007 (UTC)
IvoShandor 05:19, 1 October 2007 (UTC)
IvoShandor 01:09, 3 October 2007 (UTC)
IvoShandor 01:36, 1 October 2007 (UTC)
IvoShandor 05:18, 1 October 2007 (UTC)
The correct designation for roads in the U.S. Route System is U.S. Route XX, *not* US XX as many people here have written it. I know it's tempting to use shortened route names on second mention, but it's just plain WRONG. Look to the route shield itself for the information: Route 66's formal former name (I say former because it's no longer officially part of the U.S. Route System) is U.S. Route 66 -- or, more specifically, the former U.S. Route 66, or Historic U.S. Route 66 as the newer signs now indicate, or just plain Route 66. But it's never correct to write US 66. Please don't change my edits once I've corrected text to reflect this formal usage. I am a professional journalist and book editor, and I prefer to use the correct terminology, which bows to standard English usage (BTW, the AP Stylebook agrees with me: it, too, uses the formal designation). Thank you. Mrtraska ( talk) 17:53, 4 August 2014 (UTC)
highway designations Use these forms, as appropriate in the contest, for highways identified by number: U.S. Highway 1, U.S. Route 1, U.S. 1, State Route 34, Route 34, Interstate Highway 495, Interstate 495. On second reference only for Interstate: I-495.
When a letter is appended to a number, capitalized it but not don't use a hyphen: Route 1A. (italics and bold heading in original, other bolding added) [1]
9.51 Numbered highways. State, federal [ sic] and interstate highways are designated by arabic numerals. Names for state routes vary from state to state. See also 8.55
US Route 41 (or US 41)
Illinois Route 50 (or Illinois 50; IL 50); Route 50
Interstate 90 (or I-90)
M6 motorway (England) [2]
References
A fact from U.S. Route 66 in Illinois appeared on Wikipedia's
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Did you know column on 8 October 2007. The text of the entry was as follows:
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Truncated 1976 to Gardner, 1978 to Normal, 1979 into Missouri
A 1973 IDOT map has US 66 on I-55 wherever I-55 exists except at Springfield, Bloomington and Chicago. This matches present I-55 from St. Louis to east of Staunton, north of Litchfield to south of Springfield, maybe around Pontiac and Dwight, and southwest of Gardner to Burr Ridge. At Springfield, US 66 runs via Adlai Stevenson Drive and Dirksen Parkway, merging with I-55 north of Sherman. At Bloomington, US 66 runs via prsent Business I-55. In Chiago, it looks like it ends at Michigan Avenue, which is the east end of US 14 (Michigan and Jackson).
So, except possibly at Lincoln, US 66 probably used I-55 everywhere except Springfield, Bloomington and Chicago at decommissioning. -- SPUI ( T - C - RFC) 10:26, 3 May 2006 (UTC)
no bridges
no bypass
no bridges
no bridges
no bridges
no bridges
no bridges
References
IvoShandor 01:13, 1 October 2007 (UTC)
IvoShandor 05:19, 1 October 2007 (UTC)
IvoShandor 01:09, 3 October 2007 (UTC)
IvoShandor 01:36, 1 October 2007 (UTC)
IvoShandor 05:18, 1 October 2007 (UTC)
The correct designation for roads in the U.S. Route System is U.S. Route XX, *not* US XX as many people here have written it. I know it's tempting to use shortened route names on second mention, but it's just plain WRONG. Look to the route shield itself for the information: Route 66's formal former name (I say former because it's no longer officially part of the U.S. Route System) is U.S. Route 66 -- or, more specifically, the former U.S. Route 66, or Historic U.S. Route 66 as the newer signs now indicate, or just plain Route 66. But it's never correct to write US 66. Please don't change my edits once I've corrected text to reflect this formal usage. I am a professional journalist and book editor, and I prefer to use the correct terminology, which bows to standard English usage (BTW, the AP Stylebook agrees with me: it, too, uses the formal designation). Thank you. Mrtraska ( talk) 17:53, 4 August 2014 (UTC)
highway designations Use these forms, as appropriate in the contest, for highways identified by number: U.S. Highway 1, U.S. Route 1, U.S. 1, State Route 34, Route 34, Interstate Highway 495, Interstate 495. On second reference only for Interstate: I-495.
When a letter is appended to a number, capitalized it but not don't use a hyphen: Route 1A. (italics and bold heading in original, other bolding added) [1]
9.51 Numbered highways. State, federal [ sic] and interstate highways are designated by arabic numerals. Names for state routes vary from state to state. See also 8.55
US Route 41 (or US 41)
Illinois Route 50 (or Illinois 50; IL 50); Route 50
Interstate 90 (or I-90)
M6 motorway (England) [2]
References