Joliet Road,

Three WB photos from the western section of Joliet Rd., courtesy Doug Kerr. This short stretch of US 66 links I-55 to Romeoville, while the rest of the photos are from the eastern section through Countryside, McCook, and Lyons. I-55 obliterated US 66 between Exits 269 and 276.


Approaching Chicago by dawn.


Joliet Rd. no longer exists in the southwest quadrant of small, industrial McCook. Traffic is diverted before this stub up East Ave. to 55th St. instead. I now know the reason for the closure is both structural and related to the industrial businesses on either side: They quarried too close to the road on both sides and undermined the integrity of its subsurface, so it cannot be safely traversed by anyone anymore. It was already closed for 13 years when I got here in 2011.


Looking west from the 55th St. end.


EB at 55th St. It's a poor idea to go 45 in this half-block.


IL 171 has a half-interchange with Joliet Rd. The other half is shared with 47th St. to the north, accessed via 1st Ave. Usually those little white plaques are for the street that the route is on, but in this case, IL 171 is above it.

Continue west on old US 66 to IL 53
Continue east on old US 66 to Chicago

Onto plain IL 53 north of Romeoville
To I-55
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