Illinois Route 1
IL 1 highlighted in red | ||||
| Route information | ||||
| Maintained by IDOT and CDOT | ||||
| Length | 323.06 mi (519.91 km) | |||
| Existed | 1918–present | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| South end | KY 91 / Cave-in-Rock Ferry in Cave-in-Rock | |||
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| North end | I-57 in Chicago | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | United States | |||
| State | Illinois | |||
| Counties | Clark, Cook, Crawford, Edgar, Edwards, Gallatin, Hardin, Iroquois, Kankakee, Lawrence, Vermilion, Wabash, White, Will | |||
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Illinois Route 1 (IL 1) is a state highway in the U.S. state of Illinois. Running parallel to the Indiana border, the highway starts at the free ferry crossing to Kentucky at Cave-in-Rock on the Ohio River and runs north to the south side of Chicago as Halsted Street at an intersection with Interstate 57. This is a distance of 325.59 miles (523.99 km).