Illinois Route 47
IL 47 highlighted in red | ||||
| Route information | ||||
| Maintained by IDOT | ||||
| Length | 169.76 mi (273.20 km) | |||
| Existed | 1924–present | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| South end | IL 10 in Seymour | |||
| I-72 in Seymour I-74 in Mahomet I-55 in Dwight I-80 in Morris I-88 Toll / IL 110 (CKC) in Sugar Grove I-90 Toll in Huntley | ||||
| North end | WIS 120 in Hebron | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | United States | |||
| State | Illinois | |||
| Counties | Champaign, Ford, Livingston, Grundy, Kendall, Kane, McHenry | |||
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Illinois Route 47 (IL 47) is a 169.76-mile-long (273.20 km) largely rural north–south state highway that runs from the Wisconsin state border at Highway 120 near Hebron, to IL 10, just south of Interstate 72 (I-72) near Seymour. IL 47 is in primarily rural areas but in several suburbs of Chicago, such as Woodstock and Huntley, traffic can be heavily congested.
IL 47 crosses most interstate highways in northern and central Illinois, but the largest towns that it serves are Woodstock (at US 14), Huntley (at I-90), Lily Lake at (IL 64), Elburn (at IL 38), Sugar Grove (at US 30), Yorkville (at US 34), Morris (at I-80), Dwight (at I-55), Forrest (at US 24), Gibson City (at IL 54), and Mahomet (at I-74).