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The Durham–Perry Farmstead is a park and open-air museum in Bourbonnais, Illinois on the grounds of the former Thomas Durham farm. The buildings reflect the agricultural practices of Illinois farmers in the 19th and early 20th centuries.
IL 102 runs parallel to and north of the Kankakee River for its entire length. For two miles (3.2 km), IL 102 is located next to the Kankakee River State Park. Entrances to the park's two major campgrounds are located off Illinois 102. IL 113 takes a mostly parallel route, but on the south side of the river.
The original French pronunciation of Bourbonnais came to be Anglicized over time to / b ər ˈ b oʊ n ɪ s / bər-BOH-nis. In 1974, a state representative from Bourbonnais introduced a resolution "correcting" the pronunciation of the town's name to / b ɜːr b ə ˈ n eɪ / bur-bə-NAY, closer to the French. [10]
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The oldest segment of I-57 is a 6.2-mile (10.0 km) strip running east of Bradley to Kankakee labeled on the 1959 Illinois state highway map. [5] Two years later, a 33-mile (53 km) stretch of I-57 from Dongola north to Marion opened on September 26, 1961. [ 6 ]
Northfield Square opened on August 1, 1990, at the intersection of Illinois Route 50 and Larry Power Road, just north of the Interstate 57 interchange. The original anchors were Carson Pirie Scott, JCPenney, Sears, and Venture. When the mall opened in 1990, it was 40 percent vacant. [3] In 2012, the mall was 11.7 percent vacant. [2]
Formerly IL 70A and IL 186; originally Red Bud to Sparta IL 171 — — — — 1924: 1936 Thomson to IL 78 IL 171: 38.61: 62.14 US 6 in Joliet: IL 72 in Chicago: 1946: current Formerly IL 4A and IL 213; originally Thomson to IL 78 IL 172 — — — — 1924: 1936 Libertyville to Gurnee; replaced by IL 63 and now is part of IL 21