Illinois Route 34

Infobox Illinois state route
article_route = 34
length_mi = 61.74
length_round = 2
length_ref = cite web |author=Illinois Technology Transfer Center |url=http://www.dot.state.il.us/gist2/select.html |title=T2 GIS Data |accessdate=2007-11-08 |date=2006]
direction_b = North
direction_a=South
starting_terminus = Ohio River at Rosiclare
ending_terminus =
counties = Hardin, Pope, Saline, Franklin
cities = Harrisburg
established = 1918Carlson, Rich. [http://www.n9jig.com/21-40.html Illinois Highways Page: Routes 21 thru 40] . Last updated March 15, 2006. Retrieved April 4, 2006.]
prev_route = 34
prev_type = US
next_route = 35

Illinois Route 34 is a north-south state road in southern Illinois. It runs from a former ferry crossing to Kentucky Route 297 across the Ohio River in Rosiclare to Illinois Routes 14/37 in Benton. This is a distance of convert|61.74|mi|km|2.

Route description

Illinois 34 overlaps Illinois Route 146 and Illinois Route 145 between Rosiclare and Harrisburg. In Harrisburg, Illinois 34 runs the length of Main Street where it at one time sharply turned at Raymond St, then crossed a five way stop between U.S. Route 45, Sloan St, and Illinois Route 145 where it overlapped. Congestion in this area was greatly reduced when the concurrent highway was re-routed farther south to connect and is now concurrent with U.S. Route 45, then jogs west to overlap Illinois Route 13, and then again jogs north onto Main st. Illinois 34 serves as a main north-south road for towns located in the eastern portion of the Shawnee National Forest.

History

SBI Route 37 ran from Harrisburg to Elizabethtown, currently located northeast of Rosiclare on Illinois 146. There was also a spur west to Golconda, which is located southwest of Rosiclare on modern-day Illinois 146. In 1937, the road was extended northwest to Benton and its southern end moved to the Rosiclare ferry, which stopped operating in the mid 1960s.

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