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Illinois Route 149

Illinois Route 149 is an east–west state road in southern Illinois. It runs from Illinois Route 3
near Grimsby east to Illinois Route 34 in Thompsonville. This is a distance of 45.92 miles
(73.90 km).[1]

Illinois Route 149

Contents
Route description
History
Major intersections
References

Route description
Illinois 149 runs east–west through downtown Murphysboro and to the north of Carbondale. It also
runs to the north of Herrin. West of Carbondale, Illinois 149 overlaps Illinois Routes 13 and 127.
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Through West Frankfort, Illinois 149 doubles as "Main Street."
IL 149 highlighted in red
Route information
History
Maintained by IDOT
SBI Route 149 originally ran from Hurst to Thompsonville. On April 1, 1963, IL 149 was extended 21 Length 45.92 mi[1] (73.90 km)
miles (34 km) east over IL 144.[3] Existed 1926[2]–present
Major junctions
Major intersections West end IL 3 in Gorham
US 51 in DeSoto

I-57 in West Frankfort

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County Location mi[4] km Destinations Notes East end IL 34 in Thompsonville

Location
IL 3 / Great River Road (National Route) /
0.0 0.0 Country United States
Lincoln Heritage Trail (Southern Branch) – Cairo,
Chester State Illinois

West end of IL Counties Jackson, Williamson, Franklin
8.1 13.0 IL 127 south (5th Street) – Jonesboro, Cairo 127 overlap
Highway system
Jackson West end of IL
8.3 13.4 IL 13 east (Walnut Street) – Carbondale Illinois State Highway System
Murphysboro 13 overlap

East end of IL
Interstate · US · State · Tollways
9.2 14.8 IL 13 west (2nd Street) / IL 127 north – 13 / IL 127 ← IL 148 US 150 →
Pinckneyville overlap

De Soto 15.3 24.6 US 51 (Chestnut Street) – DuQuoin, Carbondale

25.9 41.7 IL 184 north (Main Street) – Mulkeytown

Zeigler 29.0 46.7 IL 148 – Christopher, Herrin

Franklin 35.5 57.1 I-57 – Mount Vernon, Cairo Exit 65 (I-57)

West
Frankfort IL 37 / Lincoln Heritage Trail (Southern
36.2 58.3
Branch) (Logan Street) – Benton, Johnston City

Thompsonville 45.92 73.90 IL 34 (Shawneetown Road) – Benton, Harrisburg

1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

      Concurrency terminus

References
1. Illinois Technology Transfer Center (2006). "T2 GIS Data" (http://www.dot.state.il.us/gist2/select.html). Retrieved 2007-11-08.
2. Carlson, Rich. Illinois Highways Page: Routes 141 through 160 (http://www.n9jig.com/141-160.html). Last updated April 15, 2005. Retrieved
June 28, 2006.
3. "Rt. 144 to Become Extension of Rt. 149" (https://www.newspapers.com/clip/3557220/il_149_extended_march_31_1963/). Southern
Illinoisan. March 31, 1961. p. 2. Retrieved November 4, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
4. Google (March 6, 2017). "Overview Map of IL 149" (https://www.google.com/maps/dir/37.7571416,-89.4632058/37.9181663,-88.7662402/@3
7.8608473,-89.3952833,10z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m2!4m1!3e0) (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved March 6, 2017.

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