U.S. Route 52 in Illinois

U.S. Route 52
Route information
Maintained by IDOT
Length:	215.78 mi[1] (347.26 km)
Major junctions
West end:	US 52 / Iowa 64 at Savanna
	US 30 near Amboy US 34 in Mendota I-39 / US 51 in Troy Grove I-55 in Shorewood US 6 / IL 53 in Joliet I-80 in Joliet US 45 near Andres US 45 / IL 49 near L'Erable US 24 in Sheldon
East end:	US 24 / US 52 east of Sheldon
Location
Counties:	Carroll, Iroquois, Kankakee, Kendall, LaSalle, Lee, Ogle, Will
Highway system
United States Numbered Highway System List Bannered Divided Replaced Illinois State Highway System Interstate U.S. State Tollways ← US 51 IL 53 →

U.S. Route 52 (US 52) in the state of Illinois, is a surface road that traverses the north central and eastern portions of the state. It runs from the Savanna-Sabula Bridge over the Mississippi River between Sabula, Iowa, and Savanna with Illinois Route 64 (IL 64) southeast to the Indiana state line near Sheldon with US 24. This is a distance of 215.78 miles (347.26 km).

Route description

US 52 near the split with US 6 in Joliet

US 52 travels southeast from the Savanna–Sabula Bridge at the terminus of Iowa Highway 64 (Iowa 64) and IL 64 in Savanna, going through the cities of Dixon, Amboy and Mendota.

US 52 then turns due south and then east, crossing Interstate 39 (I-29) and US 51 near Troy Grove. It continues east, traveling through Shorewood and then through the southern portion of Joliet, where it is a major thoroughfare in the city of Joliet (Jefferson Street), avoiding the city of Chicago proper. It joins with US 45 through Kankakee, and then travels concurrently with US 24, east of Watseka to the Indiana state line.

Major intersections

County	Location	mi	km	Destinations	Notes
Jackson	Union Township			US 52 north / Iowa 64 west – Clinton, Bellevue	Continuation into Iowa
Mississippi River		0.00	0.00	Savanna–Sabula Bridge
Carroll	Savanna	0.13	0.21	IL 84 north / Great River Road (National Route) north (Main Street) – Galena	Western ends of IL 84 and Great River Road overlaps
		2.19	3.52	IL 84 south / Great River Road (National Route) south (Viaduct Road) – East Moline	Eastern ends of IL 84 and Great River Road overlaps
	Mount Carroll	11.09	17.85	IL 78 (Clay Street) to IL 40 – Morrison
	Lanark	18.69	30.08	IL 73 north (Broad Street) – Pearl City, Lena
	Rock Creek–Lima Township	28.62	46.06	IL 64 east – Dixon	Eastern end of IL 64 overlap
Ogle	Buffalo Township			IL 26 north – Forreston	Western end of IL 26 overlap
Lee	Dixon			IL 2 south (Everett Street) / Lincoln Highway – Sterling	Western end of IL 2 overlap
				IL 2 north (2nd Street) – Rockford	Eastern end of IL 2 overlap
				IL 26 south (Galena Avenue) to I-88 / IL 110 (CKC) – Princeton, Ronald Reagan Boyhood Home	Eastern end of IL 2 overlap
				IL 38 east (Franklin Grove Road) / Lincoln Highway – Rochelle
	Franklin–Amboy township line			US 30 to I-39 – Rock Falls, Aurora
LaSalle	Mendota			IL 251 north (East 2nd Road, 13th Avenue) – Rochelle	Northern end of IL 251 overlap
				US 34 (Washington Street) – La Moille, Earlville
	Troy Grove Township			IL 251 south (East 2nd Road) – Peru	Southern end of IL 251 overlap
	Troy Grove–Ophir township line			I-39 / US 51 – LaSalle, Peru, Rockford
	Freedom Township			IL 23 south (E. 17th Road) – Ottawa	Western end of IL 23 overlap
	Freedom–Serena township line			IL 23 north (E. 18th Road) – DeKalb	Eastern end of IL 23 overlap
	Mission Township			IL 71
Kendall	Lisbon Township			IL 47 – Morris, Yorkville
Will	Shorewood			IL 59 (Brook Forest Drive, Cottage Street) / Historic US 66 (Will Rogers Highway)
				I-55 – Chicago, Bloomington, Normal
	Joliet			IL 7 (Larkin Avenue)
				US 6 west (Railroad Street)	Western end of US 6 overlap
				US 6 east / IL 53 north / Historic US 66	Eastern end of US 6 overlap; northern end of IL 53 overlap
				I-80 – Gary, Indiana, Moline, Rock Island
				IL 53 south / Historic US 66 – Wilmington	Southern end of IL 53 overlap
	Peotone Township			US 45 north – Frankfort	Northern end of US 45 overlap
Kankakee	Bourbonnais			IL 102 west (Main Street NW) – Wilmington
	Kankakee			IL 17 west (Court Street) – Dwight	Western end of IL 17 overlap
				IL 17 east (Court Street)	Eastern end of IL 17 overlap
				IL 115 south (McCullin Drive)
				IL 50 north (Schuyler Avenue)
				I-57 – Chicago, Champaign
Iroquois	Ashkum Township			US 45 south / IL 49 south – Ashkum, Crescent City	Southern end of US 45 overlap
	Martinton Township			IL 1 – Martinton, Watseka
	Sheldon			US 24 west – Watseka	Western end of US 24 overlap
	Sheldon Township			US 24 east / US 52 east – Kentland	Continuation into Indiana
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Concurrency terminus

References

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