Illinois Route 122
{{Short description|Highway in central Illinois}}
{{Use American English|date=April 2025}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=October 2019}}
{{Infobox road
| state=IL
| type=IL
| maint=IDOT
| route = 122
|map={{maplink|frame=yes|plain=yes|frame-align=center|frame-width=290|frame-height=260|type=line|raw={{Wikipedia:Map data/Wikipedia KML/Illinois Route 122}}}}
|map_custom=yes
|map_notes=IL 122 highlighted in red
| length_mi = 31.53
| length_round = 2
| direction_a = West
| terminus_a = {{Jct|state=IL|IL|29}} near Green Valley
| junction = {{Jct|state=IL|I|155}} in Hopedale
| direction_b = East
| terminus_b = {{Jct|state=IL|IL|9}} near Danvers
| established = 1924Carlson, Rich. [http://www.n9jig.com/121-140.html Illinois Highways Page: Routes 121 thru 140]. Last updated March 15, 2005. Retrieved May 9, 2006.
| previous_route = 121
| previous_type=IL
| next_type=IL
| next_route = 123
| see_also =
}}
Illinois Route 122 (IL 122) is a {{convert|31.53|mi|km|-long|adj=mid}} east–west highway in the U.S. state of Illinois. Its western terminus is at a junction with IL 29 west of Delavan. It runs east to a junction with IL 9 in McLean County west of Bloomington.
Route description
Illinois Route 122 begins at Illinois Route 29, 5 miles west of Delavan. The highway travels east through Delavan. Five miles east of Delavan, the highway makes a 3-mile northbound concurrency with Interstate 155. After its concurrency with Interstate 155, the highway travels mainly east, passing along the north sides of Hopedale, Minier, and Stanford. East of Stanford, the highway shifts direction and travels due north for 4 miles. The highway then continues east for less than one mile to its eastern terminus at Illinois Route 9.
This route serves the Tazewell County city of Delavan and the villages of Hopedale and Minier. It also serves the McLean County village of Stanford.
History
SBI Route 122 ran from Havana at the Illinois River to Bloomington on what was Illinois Route 9, Illinois 122, Illinois Route 29 and U.S. Route 136. By 1937, the routing of Illinois 122 had been settled.
Major intersections
{{ILint
|county=Tazewell
|cspan=3
|township=Malone
|ctdab=Tazewell
|mile=0.00
|road={{Jct|state=IL|IL|29|city1=Springfield|city2=Pekin}}
|notes=Western terminus of IL 122}}
{{ILint
|township=Boynton
|ctdab=Tazewell
|type=concur
|mile=10.0
|road={{Jct|state=IL|I|155|dir1=south|city1=Lincoln}}
|notes=Southern end of I-155 concurrency, exit 15.}}
{{ILint
|location=Hopedale
|type=concur
|mile=13.3
|road={{Jct|state=IL|I|155|dir1=north|city1=Peoria}}
|notes=Northern end of I-155 concurrency, exit 19.}}
{{ILint
|county=McLean
|township1=Allin
|township2=Danvers
|ctdab=McLean
|mile=31.53
|road={{Jct|state=IL|IL|9|city1=Pekin|city2=Bloomington}}
|notes=Eastern terminus of IL 122}}
{{Jctbtm|keys=concur}}
References
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