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Illinois State Route 40Illinois State Route 40 is the new name for Illinois State Route 88. Illinois 88 was renamed to Illinois 40 in 1992 when Illinois State Route 5, a four-lane freeway which crosses Illinois 40, was designated Interstate 88. Illinois 40 runs south from the junction with Illinois State Route 78 at Mt. Carroll, just south of U.S. Highway 52 and Illinois State Route 64, to Interstate 74 in East Peoria, a distance of about 95 miles. Peoria Area Illinois 40 is known as Knoxville Avenue in the Peoria area, generally south of Illinois State Route 6. Route 40 crosses over Interstate 74 north of downtown, and then grows complex in the downtown area, as there are three turns in a one-block length. Illinois 40 then emerges onto William Kumpf Boulevard and crosses over the Illinois River using the Bob Michel Bridge. On the other side of the river, Illinois 40 is briefly called Washington Street. It then is routed onto an onramp to Interstate 74, where there is an exit to Camp Street before terminating at I-74. This southern end of Illinois 40 is most likely still in existence today because of the impending closure of the Murray Baker Bridge carrying Interstate 74 through downtown, due to major reconstruction of the Interstate 74-Illinois 29-U.S. 24 interchange at the foot of the western end of the bridge. 40
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