Illinois Route 114 is a rural east–west road that connects State Road 10 in Indiana

Indiana

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, USA, with Illinois Route 1

Illinois Route 1

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 and Illinois Route 17

Illinois Route 17

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 (Dixie Highway

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), which overlap in Momence

Momence, Illinois

Momence is a city in Kankakee County, Illinois, United States. The population was 3,171 at the 2000 census, and 3,063 in 2009. It is part of the Kankakee–Bradley Metropolitan Statistical Area and the Chicago–Naperville–Michigan City, IL-IN-WI Combined Statistical...

. This is a distance of 7.4 miles (11.91 km).

Route description

Illinois 114 follows the southern bank of the Kankakee River

Kankakee River

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for its entire length, and is the access road for the small camps on the Kankakee River east of Momence. It is a two-lane, undivided surface road.

History

SBI Route 114 was established in 1924. Its routing has not changed since it was initially designated.