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Map of Route 66 across Illinois

Interactive U.S. 66 maps for Illinois

Last Updated: . By Austin Whittall

written by human, not by AI

Route 66 in Illinois crosses the state from its eastern terminus in Chicago near Lake Michigan, and then takes a northeast to soutwhest course across the Grand Prairie of Illinois, grassland with farms that has small islands of forest groves. In the state capital city of Springifeld the 1926-30 alignment forks from the later one, both meet further south near Staunton and Hamel. Then there are several courses it took over the years to reach the Mississippi River and cross it to enter Missouri and the city of St Louis.

This page includes an Interactive Map of Route 66 in Illinois with the alignment of Route 66 across the state and each of the towns and cities that is passes through plus five additional interactive maps with these alignments and links to our detailed pages with in-depth information on each leg across the state with their own collections of maps.

Enjoy your Route 66 road trip in Illinois

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Interactive Maps of Route 66 in Illinois

Our Illinois maps

Display Map

Click Button and Map will appear below

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Color key to the Map

Pale Blue line: Historic Route 66.
Red line and gaps in alignment: is where it is buried under the Interstate.
Blue, Green, Pink, Salmon, Violet: different courses taken by US 66; check the respective towns for an exact detail on these color keys.
Brown: Bypass or Beltway 66 in Springfield
Orange: the 1926-32 alignment near St. Louis and the 1926-30 alignment from Springfield through Staunton.
Black: missing segments, "Gaps" in the lines show where the original roadbed is now buried beneath the interstate highway (I-55).

towns

Click on any town icon and follow the link to that town's web page, you will find plenty of useful information (weather, history, interesting spots, landmarks, hotels and motels and directions on the alignment of Route 66 close to it).

If you can't see the button, refresh the page and "map button" will reappear.

More Interactive maps of Route 66 in Illinois

We divided the course of the highway across Illinois into the starting city (Chicago) and five legs, from Chicago to St. Louis MO.

Below are these five interactive maps

Chicago to Pontiac

Pontiac to Springfield

Springfield to Staunton (1926-30)

Springfield to Staunton - Hamel (1926-77)

Hamel to St Louis

Chicago to Pontiac

Pontiac to Springfield

Springfield to Staunton (1926-30)

Springfield to Staunton - Hamel (1926-77)

Hamel to St Louis

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Credits

Banner image: Hackberry General Store, Hackberry, Arizona by Perla Eichenblat.

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