Route information
Maintained by IDOT
Length
97.17 mi[1] (156.38 km)
Existed
November 5, 1918[3]–present
Major junctions
West end
Major intersections
South[2] end
Location
Country
State
Counties
Effingham, Jasper, Crawford, Lawrence
Highway system
Illinois Route 33 (IL 33) is a multidirectional highway in southeastern Illinois, with its western terminus at Illinois Route 128 on the Fayette–Effingham county line near Beecher City and its southern terminus at U.S. Route 50 east of Lawrenceville. It also overlaps Illinois Route 32 from Shumway to Effingham. The east–west portion of the highway is roughly 75 miles (121 km) long, and the north–south portion is about 22 miles (35 km) in length. This makes for a total distance of 97.17 miles (156.38 km).[1]
Illinois 33 is a largely rural state highway. It runs east from near Beecher City to meet Illinois Route 32inShumway. Through Effingham it is Fayette Avenue and Willow Street. Continuing to the southeast, it runs through the small towns of Dieterich and Wheeler. It then travel through Newton and joins with Illinois Route 130 and goes north. Two miles north of Newton it branches off and travels east through Oblong and then to Robinson. In Palestine, the road runs along Washington and Franklin Streets before turning south on Jackson Street and leaving the city.
Illinois 33 continues south, parallel to the Wabash River and beneath U.S. Route 50. There is no intersection at this point.[2] Illinois 33 then travels west (along the old alignment of U.S. 50) and then back north to meet its terminus at a full interchange with U.S. 50.
SBI Route 33 originally was Effingham to Gordon (near Robinson). In 1937,[4] 1941 and 1948, extensions were made east to Palestine, west to Beecher City, and then south to U.S. 50 to complete the route.[3]
County
Location
mi[5]
km
Destinations
Notes
0.0
0.0
Western terminus
10.4
16.7
IL 32 north
West end of IL 32 overlap
14.1
22.7
I-57 / I-70 – Mt. Vernon, East St. Louis, Champaign, Terre Haute
I-57 exit 160
15.2
24.5
US 40 west (Henrietta Street) / IL 32 ends
East end of IL 32 overlap; West end of US 40 overlap; Southern terminus of IL 32
15.8
25.4
US 45 south (Banker Street)
West end of US 45 overlap
16.0
25.7
US 45 north (3rd Street)
East end of US 45 overlap
16.2
26.1
US 40 east (Fayette Avenue)
East end of US 40 overlap
39.3
63.2
IL 130 south (Van Buren Street)
West end of IL 130 overlap
41.4
66.6
IL 130 north
East end of IL 130 overlap
47.8
76.9
IL 49 north
Southern terminus of IL 49
66.1
106.4
Lincoln Heritage Trail (Main Street)
North end of Lincoln Heritage Trail overlap
Lincoln Heritage Trail / Lincoln Heritage Trail (Eastern Branch) begins – Vincennes
South end of Lincoln Heritage Trail overlap; eastern terminus of Lincoln Heritage Trail Eastern Branch
Lincoln Heritage Trail (Eastern Branch) (Old Route 50)
South end of Lincoln Heritage Trail Eastern Branch overlap
97.17
156.38
US 50 – Lawrenceville, Vincennes
Southern terminus