Chicago–Kansas City Expressway

The Chicago–Kansas City Expressway is a highway that runs between Chicago, Illinois, and Claycomo, Missouri. The road is known as Route 110 in Missouri and Illinois Route 110 (IL 110) in Illinois. IL 110 was created through legislation on May 27, 2010, as the designated route for the Illinois portion of the Chicago–Kansas City Expressway.

Chicago–Kansas City Expressway
Route 110
Chicago–Kansas City Expressway highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by IDOT and MoDOT
Length	527.6 mi[1][2] (849.1 km) Missouri: 199.561 mi (321.162 km) Illinois: 328 mi (528 km)
Existed	May 27, 2010–present
Component highways	Route 110 in Missouri IL 110 in Illinois
Major junctions
West end	I-35 / I-435 in Claycomo, MO
	I-35 / US 36 in Cameron, MO I-72 / US 36 in Hannibal, MO I-72 / I-172 / US 36 in Hull, IL I-172 / US 24 / IL 336 in Quincy, IL I-74 / US 34 in Galesburg, IL I-74 / I-80 / I-280 in Colona, IL I-80 / I-88 / IL 5 / IL 92 in East Moline, IL I-39 / US 51 in Rochelle, IL I-355 in Downers Grove, IL I-88 / I-290 / I-294 in Hillside, IL
East end	I-90 / I-94 / I-290 in Chicago, IL
Highway system
Missouri State Highway System Interstate U.S. State Supplemental Illinois State Highway System Interstate U.S. State Tollways ← Route 109 MO → Route 111 ← IL 109 IL → IL 111

Route description

Missouri

The Expressway starts in downtown Claycomo on I-35 and leaves the city in a northeast direction. In Cameron, the route turns east on US 36 and crosses the state via Chillicothe and Macon. East of Hannibal, the route continues east on I-72 through Hannibal and across the Mississippi River.[3]

US 36 and I-35 in Missouri are now in the process to have the comprehensive sign package similar to Illinois along the Chicago–Kansas City Expressway, including the Route 110 designation and the "CKC" logo on every route marker between Hannibal and Kansas City.[4]

Illinois

IL 110 heading east from IL 61 with US 136 and IL 336

IL 110 crosses into Illinois from the Mark Twain Memorial Bridge east of Hannibal. It follows Interstate 72 (I-72) east to I-172, then runs north with I-172 to IL 336 around the city of Quincy. Both routes run north to Carthage, where IL 110 and IL 336 join with US 136. All three routes run east to Macomb, where IL 110 then continues north with US 67 to Monmouth. There is a two-mile (3.2 km) stretch of the route in Good Hope, where it is reduced from a four-lane divided highway to a three-lane undivided street with a center turn lane.

At Monmouth, IL 110 joins US 34 and runs east to I-74. IL 110 then joins I-74 and runs north to near the Quad Cities, joining with I-80 before joining I-88 eastbound. The two highways continue east to I-88's eastern terminus in Hillside, where IL 110 continues on I-290, terminating at the Circle Interchange near the Chicago Loop.

History

Cannon Ball Route

The Cannon Ball Route was a historic auto trail that ran from Hannibal, Missouri east-northeast to Chicago, Illinois.[5] The route was included in the 1917 Map of Marked Routes provided by the Illinois State Highway Department, a precursor to the modern-day Illinois Department of Transportation.

This highway routing closely parallels the Hannibal-Quincy to Chicago branch of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad. This route stayed west and north of the Illinois River, so this route never had to cross the limited number of Illinois River bridges in 1917.

Southern Illinois

IL 110 was the designation for what is present-day IL 15 from St. Libory, Illinois to just south of Addieville, where it meets up with IL 160. During the World War II years, IL 15 was part of what is now IL 160, and the section from St. Libory to Addieville was IL 110. The number was dropped in favor of US 460; the present IL 15 and IL 160 routings came in the mid-1960s.

Raven Road in Washington County is a stub of the former IL 15, and that intersection was the eastern terminus of IL 110.

Current route

Efforts to construct a direct route from Chicago to Kansas City have been in the planning stages since its exclusion from the Interstate Highway System in the 1950s. These efforts have been led by the Tri-State Development Summit, an economic development group for western Illinois, southeastern Iowa, and northern Missouri.[6][7] The proposed highway took different forms over time: a 1989 study found that a full, limited-access tollway running from Kansas Turnpike at Kansas City to the Indiana Toll Road at Gary or Tri-State Tollway near the Joliet area would cost $2–$2.5 billion, if funded entirely by private investors.[8]

In a joint resolution between the Illinois House and Senate in late May 2010,[9] an expressway project connecting Chicago-to-Kansas City was named Illinois Route 110 (IL 110). The path, 532 miles (856 km) in total,[10] follows parts of the existing IL 336, I-88, I-172, I-72, I-74, US 136, US 67 and connect the cities of Quincy, Macomb, Galesburg, a number of communities of the Chicago metropolitan area, including Chicago itself on I-290.[6][7][11]

In 2010, signs were posted with the "CKC" banner above the IL 110 sign. The Illinois Department of Transportation erected 470 IL 110 (CKC) signs at a cost of $94,000.[3][12]

Junction list

State	County	Location[13]	mi[2]	km	Exit	Destinations	Notes
Missouri	Clay	Claycomo	0.00	0.00		I-35 south / I-435 south – Kansas City, St. Louis	Western terminus of Route 110/CKC Expwy.; western end of I-35 overlap; exit 12A on I-35; exit 52B on I-435
		Pleasant Valley	1.2	1.9	13	US 69 south – Pleasant Valley, Liberty, Glenaire, Claycomo	Southern end of US 69 overlap; exit numbers follow I-35; signed as exit 14 southbound
		Liberty	3.4	5.5	16	Route 152 – Liberty, Kansas City International Airport
			4.9	7.9	17	Route 291 to I-435 – Liberty, Kansas City International Airport
			7.0	11.3	20	US 69 north / Route 33 – Excelsior Springs, Lawson	Northern end of US 69 overlap
		Kearney	13.3	21.4	26	Route 92 – Excelsior Springs, Kearney
	Clinton	Holt	20.2	32.5	33	Route PP – Holt, Lawson
		​	27.1	43.6	40	Route 116 – Polo, Lathrop
		​	35.3	56.8	48	US 69 – Cameron, Lawson
		Cameron	39.8	64.1	52	I-35 BL north / Route BB – Cameron
	DeKalb		41.4	66.6	54	US 36 west / I-35 BL south / I-35 north – Cameron, Hamilton	Northern end of I-35 overlap; western end of US 36 overlap; exit 54 on I-35
	Caldwell	Hamilton Township	51.1	82.2		US 36 Bus. east – Hamilton
		Hamilton	53.2	85.6		US 36 Bus. west / Route 13 – Gallatin, Kingston	Interchange
	Livingston	Chillicothe	78.3	126.0		US 65 east / US 36 Bus.	Interchange
			79.0	127.1		US 36 Bus. west
	Linn	Parson Creek Township	91.6	147.4		Route 139 north – Meadville	Western end of Route 139 overlap
		Jefferson Township	96.5	155.3		Route 130 south
		Laclede	98.4	158.4		Route 5 north / Route 139 south	Eastern end of Route 139 overlap; western end of Route 5 overlap
		Brookfield	102	164		US 36 Bus. east
			104	167		US 36 Bus. west / Route 11
		Marceline–Bucklin township line	111	179		Route 5 south / Route U – Keytesville	Interchange; eastern end of Route 5 overlap
		Bucklin Township	114	183		Route 129 north – Bucklin	Western end of Route 129 overlap
	Macon	Lingo Township	119	192		Route 129 south – Salisbury	Eastern end of Route 129 overlap
			121	195		Route 149 north – New Cambria	Interchange
		Callao Township	128	206		Route 3 – Callao	Interchange
		Bevier Township	131	211		Route C / Route O – Bevier	Interchange
		Hudson Township	135	217		Long Branch Lake Road	Interchange
		Macon	137	220		US 63 – Kirksville, Macon	Interchange
		Hudson Township	139	224		US 36 Bus. east
	Shelby	Clarence	148	238		US 36 Bus. east / Route 151 – Clarence	Interchange
			149	240		US 36 Bus. west
		Shelbina	159	256		US 36 Bus. east
			160	260		Route 15 – Shelbina, Paris, Shelbyville	Interchange
			161	259		US 36 Bus. west
	Marion	Monroe City	177	285		US 36 Bus. east
	Ralls		179	288		US 24 west / US 36 Bus. west / Route Z	Interchange, western end of US 24 overlap
	Marion	Miller Township	190	310		US 24 east – Palmyra	Interchange, eastern end of US 24 overlap; western end of freeway section
		Hannibal	194	312		Shinn Lane
			196	315		Veterans Road
			197	317		I-72 begins / US 61 / US 36 Bus. east – Palmyra, New London	Western end of I-72 overlap
			198	319	157	US 36 Bus. west / Route 79 south – Louisiana, Downtown Hannibal	Exit numbers follow I-72
Mississippi River			199.561 0.00	321.162 0.00	Mark Twain Memorial Bridge
Illinois	Pike	Levee Township	1.2	1.9	1	IL 106 – Hull
			4.3	6.9		I-172 begins / I-72 east / US 36 east – Springfield	Eastern end of I-72/US 36 overlap; southern end of I-172 overlap; exit 4 on I-72; exit 0 on I-172
	Adams	Fall Creek Township	7.5	12.1	2	IL 57 – Marblehead, Quincy	Exit numbers follow I-172
		Melrose Township	14.9	24.0	10	IL 96 (Payson Street, 36th Street) – Quincy
		Quincy	18.8	30.3	14	IL 104 / Broadway – Quincy	Serves Quincy Airport
		Ellington Township	20.2	32.5	15	Columbus Road, Wismann Lane
			24.0	38.6	19	I-172 ends / IL 336 begins / US 24 to IL 96 – Mount Sterling, Keokuk	Northern end of I-172 overlap; southern end of IL 336 overlap; northern end freeway section
		​	30.6	49.2		IL 61 south – Mendon, Ursa	Interchange; southern end of IL 61 overlap
		​	35.0	56.3		IL 61 north	Northern end of IL 61 overlap
	Hancock	​	45.4	73.1		IL 94 south (400 North) – West Point, Bowen	Southern end of IL 94 overlap
		​	56.5	90.9		US 136 west / IL 94 north – Carthage, Keokuk, Macomb	Northern end of IL 94 overlap; southern end of US 136 overlap
	McDonough	​	68.7	110.6		IL 61 south
		Tennessee	70.5	113.5		US 136 east – Macomb	Northern end of US 136 overlap
		​	78.7	126.7		US 136 west / IL 336 ends	Northern end of IL 336 overlap; southern end of US 136 overlap
		Macomb	82.4	132.6		US 136 east / US 67 south	Northern end of US 136 overlap; southern end of US 67 overlap
		Good Hope	88.5	142.4		IL 9
	Warren	​	99.9	160.8		US 67 Bus. north
		Roseville	101.4	163.2		IL 116
		​	103.8	167.0		US 67 Bus. south
		​	112.9	181.7		US 34 west (Walter Payton Memorial Highway) – Burlington, Monmouth	Southern end of US 34 overlap
		Monmouth	114.3	183.9		IL 164 west (Broadway)	Southern end of IL 164 overlap
			115.8	186.4		US 67 north – Moline	Northern end of US 67 overlap
		​	118.0	189.9		IL 164 east	Northern end of IL 164 overlap
		​	122.8	197.6		Cameron Road	Interchange
	Knox	Galesburg	129.4	208.2		IL 41 south / IL 164 west (Main Street)	Interchange
			132.2	212.8		US 150 (Henderson Street) – Alpha	Cloverleaf interchange
			133.3	214.5		Seminary Street	Interchange
		​	134.7	216.8		I-74 east (Everett McKinley Dirksen Memorial Highway) / US 34 east (Walter Payton Memorial Highway) – Wataga, Peoria	Northern end of US 34 overlap; southern end of I-74 overlap; exit 46 on I-74
	Henry	Woodhull	148.6	239.1	32	IL 17 – Woodhull, Alpha	Exit numbers follow I-74
		Lynn Township	156.6	252.0	24	IL 81 – Kewanee, Cambridge
		Colona Township	166.7	268.3		I-80 east / I-74 / I-280 west – Chicago, Des Moines	Northern end of I-74 overlap; southern end of I-80 overlap
		Colona	167.7	269.9	9	US 6	Exit numbers follow I-80
			169.8	273.3	7	Colona
	Rock Island	​	173.3	278.9		I-80 west / I-88 begins / IL 92 east – Des Moines IL 5 / IL 92 west – Moline, Rock Island	Northern end of I-80 overlap; western end of I-88/IL 92 overlap; exit 4B on I-80; exits 1A-B on I-88
		​	174.0	280.0	2	Old IL 2	Exit numbers follow I-88
		Joslin	179.0	288.1	6	IL 92 east – Joslin	Eastern end of IL 92 overlap
		Hillsdale	183.5	295.3	10	Hillsdale, Port Byron
	Whiteside	Erie	191.7	308.5	18	Erie, Albany	To IL 84
		Lyndon	199.0	320.3	26	IL 78 – Morrison, Prophetstown	Former IL 2
		Rock Falls	209.5	337.2	36	US 30 – Clinton, Rock Falls, Sterling
			214.4	345.0	41	IL 40 – Rock Falls, Sterling
			217.3	349.7	44	US 30 – Joliet, Rock Falls
	Lee	​			Western end of Ronald Reagan Memorial Tollway
		Dixon	227.0	365.3	54	IL 26 – Dixon
			229.5	369.3	Dixon Toll Plaza
	Ogle	Rochelle	249.2	401.0	76	IL 251 – Rochelle, Mendota
			251.6	404.9	78	I-39 / US 51 – Rockford, Bloomington, Normal	Signed as Exit 78A (south) and Exit 78B (north)
	DeKalb	DeKalb	259.3	417.3	DeKalb Toll Plaza
			264.4	425.5	91	To IL 38 / IL 23 / Lincoln Highway / Annie Glidden Road – DeKalb
			266.2	428.4	DeKalb Oasis
			267.0	429.7	94	To IL 38 / Lincoln Highway / Peace Road
	Kane	Sugar Grove	282.3	454.3	109	IL 47	Electronic tolling only on eastbound entrance and westbound exit ramps
		Aurora	286.4	460.9	113	IL 56 west to US 30 / IL 47 – Sugar Grove	Western end of IL 56 overlap; westbound exit and eastbound entrance
		North Aurora	287.4	462.5	114	CR 83 (Orchard Road) – Aurora, Batavia, North Aurora
			290.0	466.7	117	IL 31 / IL 56 east / Lincoln Highway (Lincolnway Street) – Aurora, Batavia, Geneva, North Aurora	Eastern end of IL 56 overlap; toll on eastbound exit and westbound entrance ramps
		Aurora	290.8	468.0	Aurora Toll Plaza
			292.2	470.3	119	Farnsworth Avenue	Toll on westbound exit and eastbound entrance ramps; Exit 119A-B on I-88
	DuPage		294.2	473.5	121	To CR 14 (Eola Road) to Bilter Road	I-PASS only on westbound exit and eastbound entrance ramps
		Naperville	296.2	476.7	123	IL 59 – Naperville, Warrenville, Plainfield, West Chicago	Diverging diamond interchange as of October 2015
		Warrenville	298.1	479.7	125	CR 13 (Winfield Road) – Naperville, Warrenville	Toll on eastbound exit and westbound entrance ramps
		Naperville	300.4	483.4	127	To Naperville Road	Toll on eastbound exit and westbound entrance ramps
		Lisle	303.0	487.6	130	IL 53 (Lincoln Avenue)	Westbound exit and eastbound entrance
		Downers Grove	305.0	490.8	131	I-355 (Veterans Memorial Tollway) – Joliet, Northwest Suburbs	Signed as exits 131A (south) and 131B (north) westbound; signed as exit 131 (south) and exit 132 (north) eastbound
			307.2	494.4	134	CR 9 (Highland Avenue)	Toll on eastbound exit and westbound entrance ramps
Oak Brook		308.0	495.7	Meyers Road Toll Plaza (eastbound)
		309.4	497.9	136	CR 15 (Midwest Road)	Eastbound exit and entrance only; toll on eastbound entrance ramp
		310.1	499.1	137	IL 83 south (Kingery Highway)	No westbound entrance; toll on eastbound entrance ramp
		310.7	500.0	138	To IL 83 north (Kingery Highway) / 22nd Street (Cermak Road)	Westbound entrance and exit only; toll on westbound entrance ramp
		311.1	500.7	York Road Toll Plaza (westbound)
		311.6	501.5	—	I-294 south (Tri-State Tollway) – Indiana	Eastbound exit and westbound entrance; exit includes direct exit ramp onto York Road
Cook	Hillside	312.9	503.6	—	I-294 north (Tri-State Tollway) / I-290 west – Milwaukee, Rockford	Eastbound exit and westbound entrance
		313.2	504.0	—	I-294 south (Tri-State Tollway) / IL 38 west (Roosevelt Road) – Indiana	Westbound exit and eastbound entrance
		313.4	504.4	—	I-290 east (All trucks) to US 12 / US 20 / US 45 (Mannheim Road) – Chicago	Eastbound exit only
		313.8	505.0		I-88 ends / I-290 west – Rockford	Eastern end of I-88 overlap; western end of I-290 overlap; westbound exit and eastbound entrance; eastern end of Ronald Reagan Memorial Tollway.; exit 15A on I-290
		314.2	505.7	16	Wolf Road	Exit numbers follow I-290; westbound exit only
	Hillside–Maywood line	314.9	506.8	17	US 12 / US 20 / US 45 (Mannheim Road)	No eastbound exit
	Maywood	315.9	508.4	18	25th Avenue
		316.4	509.2	19A	17th Avenue
		316.9	510.0	19B	9th Avenue	Westbound exit and eastbound entrance only
		317.4	510.8	20	IL 171 (1st Avenue)
	Forest Park	318.4	512.4	21A	Des Plaines Avenue	Westbound entrance and eastbound exit only
	Oak Park	319.0	513.4	21B	IL 43 (Harlem Avenue)
		320.5	515.8	23A	Austin Boulevard
	Chicago	321.0	516.6	23B	Central Avenue
		321.5	517.4	24A	Laramie Avenue	Westbound exit and eastbound entrance only
		322.0	518.2	24B	IL 50 (Cicero Avenue) – Midway Airport	Eastbound exit and westbound entrance only
		322.6	519.2	25	Kostner Avenue	Westbound exit and eastbound entrance only
		323.3	520.3	26A	Independence Boulevard
		323.8	521.1	26B	Homan Avenue	Westbound exit and eastbound entrance only
		324.3	521.9	27A	Sacramento Avenue	Eastbound exit and westbound entrance only
		324.6	522.4	27B	California Avenue	Westbound exit and eastbound entrance only
		325.1	523.2	27C	Western Avenue, Oakley Boulevard
		325.6	524.0	28A	Damen Avenue	To United Center
		326.1	524.8	28B	Paulina Street, Ashland Boulevard
		326.6	525.6	29A	Racine Avenue	Eastbound exit and westbound entrance only
		326.9	526.1	29B	Morgan Street	Westbound exit only
		328	528		I-90 / I-94 east (Dan Ryan Expressway) – Indiana I-90 / I-94 west (Kennedy Expressway) – Wisconsin I-290 ends	Circle interchange; eastern terminus of IL 110/CKC Expwy.; eastern end of I-290 overlap
					Ida B. Wells Drive – Chicago Loop	Continuation beyond I-90/I-94
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Concurrency terminus       Incomplete access       Tolled       Route transition

See also

• Peoria-to-Chicago Highway

References

1. Missouri Department of Transportation (May 11, 2012). MoDOT HPMAPS (Map). Missouri Department of Transportation. Retrieved May 11, 2012.
2. Google (July 11, 2014). "Overview Map of Route 110" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved July 11, 2014.
3. Pyke, Marni (October 2, 2010). "Route 110 designation for Chicago to Kansas City expressway". Daily Herald. Retrieved January 12, 2011.
4. Wilson, Doug (January 4, 2012). "Missouri agrees to install full package of Chicago to Kansas City Expressway signs, clearing the way for promotion of the route". Herald-Whig. Retrieved January 26, 2018.
5. Current Events. Kansas City Southern Railway. 1914.
6. Wilson, Doug (June 30, 2010). "Chicago–Kansas City Expressway a reality after six-decade effort". Quincy Herald Whig. Archived from the original on August 26, 2010. Retrieved August 19, 2010.
7. "Transportation: Highways". Quincy, IL: Tri-State Development Summit. Retrieved September 11, 2019.
8. Krasnowski, Matt (December 22, 1989). "Chicago-Kansas City Expresway Cost Set At $2.5 Billion". The State Journal-Register (Springfield, IL). Retrieved August 19, 2010.
9. "Senate Joint Resolution 118" (PDF). May 27, 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 15, 2014. Retrieved July 11, 2014., 96th Illinois General Assembly.
10. Hilkevitch, John (August 22, 2010). "Getting Around: By the numbers". Chicago Tribune. Archived from the original on July 23, 2012. Retrieved August 23, 2010.
11. WGEM. "Connecting Quincy to the Country". WGEM.
12. Hilkevitch, John (August 22, 2010). "Getting Around: Chicago-K.C. corridor ready to roll". Chicago Tribune. Archived from the original on August 24, 2010. Retrieved August 23, 2010.
13. Coryat, John. "Town/City Boundary Map" (Map). USNaviguide. Cartography by Google. Retrieved July 11, 2014.

External links

• PDF of the entire route of the Chicago-Kansas City Expressway