Illinois Route 154#Route description
{{Short description|State highway in southern Illinois, US}}
{{Use American English|date=April 2025}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}}
{{Infobox road
| state=IL
| type=IL
| maint=IDOT
| route = 154
| 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 154}}}}
| map_custom = yes
| map_notes = IL 154 highlighted in red
| length_mi = 63.63
| length_round = 2
| direction_b = East
|direction_a=West
| terminus_a = {{Jct|state=IL|IL|3|IL|159}} in Red Bud
| junction = {{Jct|state=IL|US|51}} in Sunfield
{{Jct|state=IL|I|57}} in Whittington
| terminus_b = {{Jct|state=IL|IL|37}} in Whittington
| counties = Randolph, Perry, Franklin
| established =1926Carlson, Rich. [http://www.n9jig.com/141-160.html Illinois Highways page: Routes 141 thru 160]. Last updated April 15, 2005. Retrieved June 29, 2006.
| previous_route = 153
| previous_type=IL
| next_route = 155
| next_type=I
}}
Illinois Route 154 is an east–west state road in southern Illinois. It runs from Illinois Route 3 in Red Bud to Illinois Route 37 in Whittington. This is a distance of {{convert|63.63|mi|km|2}}.
Route description
File:East Market in the Red Bud HD.jpg
Illinois 154 is the main east–west road through Pinckneyville. Just before intersecting Interstate 57 on the eastern end, it bridges Rend Lake. Illinois 154 has overlaps Illinois Route 13 and Illinois Route 148.
History
SBI Route 154 originally ran from Pinckneyville to U.S. Route 51 north of Sunfield. In 1937 it was extended west to Red Bud, replacing Illinois Route 170 and Illinois Route 13 in the process.{{cite news |last1=Foust |first1=Hal |title=24 Highways Renumbered as Tourist Aid |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/90765772/il-changes-march-28-1937/ |access-date=December 18, 2021 |work=The Chicago Tribune |date=March 28, 1937 |page=54|via=Newspapers.com}} {{open access}} In 1984, Illinois 154 was extended east on a new road over Rend Lake, replacing IL 183. The original 1926 routing of Illinois 183 is most likely underwater.Carlson, Rich. [http://www.n9jig.com/181-200.html Illinois Highways Page: Routes 181-200]. Last updated April 15, 2005. Retrieved June 30, 2006.
Major Intersections
{{ILint
|county=Randolph
|cspan=3
|location=Red Bud
|type=
|mile=0.0
|road={{jct|state=IL|IL|3|IL|159|GRR||dir2=north|name1=Market Street|name2=Main Street|city1=East St. Louis|city2=Chester|city3=Belleville}}
|notes=Western terminus of IL 154; southern terminus of IL 159
}}
{{ILint
|location=Sparta
|type=
|mile=17.8
|road={{jct|state=IL|IL|4|name1=Market Street|city1=Mascoutah|city2=Steeleville}}
|notes=
}}
{{ILint
|location=none
|type=
|mile=19.7
|road={{jct|state=IL|IL|153|dir1=north|city1=Coulterville}}
|notes=Southern terminus of IL 153
}}
{{ILint
|county=Perry
|cspan=4
|location=none
|type=
|mile=26.9
|road={{jct|state=IL|IL|150|dir1=west|city1=Cutler}}
|notes=Eastern terminus of IL 150
}}
{{ILint
|location=Pinckneyville
|lspan=2
|type=concur
|mile=35.8
|road={{jct|state=IL|IL|13|dir1=west|city1=Belleville}}
|notes=West end of IL 13 concurrency
}}
{{ILint
|type=concur
|mile=36.7
|road={{jct|state=IL|IL|13|IL|127|dir1=east|name2=Main Street|city1=Murphysboro|city2=Nashville}}
|notes=East end of IL 13 concurrency
}}
{{ILint
|location=none
|type=
|mile=44.4
|road={{jct|state=IL|US|51|city1=Centralia|city2=Du Quoin}}
|notes=
}}
{{ILint
|county=Franklin
|cspan=4
|location=Sesser
|lspan=2
|type=concur
|mile=54.6
|road={{jct|state=IL|IL|148|dir1=south|name1=Park Street}}
|notes=West end of IL 148 concurrency
}}
{{ILint
|type=concur
|mile=55.3
|road={{jct|state=IL|IL|148|dir2=north|name1=Park Street}}
|notes=East end of IL 148 concurrency
}}
{{ILint
|location=none
|type=
|mile=63.0
|road={{jct|state=IL|I|57|city1=Mt. Vernon|city2=Cairo}}
|notes=I-57 exit 77
}}
{{ILint
|location=none
|type=
|mile=63.63
|road={{jct|state=IL|IL|37|city1=Whittington|city2=Mt. Vernon|city3=Benton}}
|notes=Eastern terminus of IL 154
}}
{{jctbtm|keys=concur}}
References
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{{commons category|Illinois Route 154}}
Category:1926 establishments in Illinois
Category:Transportation in Perry County, Illinois