Interstate 72

Interstate 72
Interstate 72
	I-72 highlighted in red
Route information
	Maintained by MoDOT and IDOT
Length	179.29 mi (288.54 km)
Existed	1971–present
NHS	Entire route
Major junctions
West end	; ; ; US 36 / US 36 Bus. / US 61 (Avenue of the Saints) / Route 110 (CKC) in Hannibal, MO
	; I-172 / IL 110 (CKC) in Fall Creek, IL; US 54 / IL 107 in Griggsville, IL; I-72 BL / US 67 in Jacksonville, IL; I-55 in Springfield, IL; US 36 / US 51 in Decatur, IL; I-57 in Champaign, IL;
East end	Country Fair Drive in Champaign, IL
Location
Country	United States
States	Missouri, Illinois
Counties	MO: Marion; IL: Pike, Scott, Morgan, Sangamon, Macon, Piatt, Champaign
Highway system
	Interstate Highway System; Main; Auxiliary; Suffixed; Business; Future;
	Missouri State Highway System; Interstate; US; State; Supplemental;
	Illinois State Highway System; Interstate; US; State; Tollways; Scenic;

Interstate 72 (I-72) is an Interstate Highway in the Midwestern United States. Its western terminus is in Hannibal, Missouri, at an intersection with U.S. Route 61 (US 61); its eastern terminus is at Country Fair Drive in Champaign, Illinois. The route runs through the major cities of Decatur, Illinois, and Springfield, Illinois. In 2006, the Illinois General Assembly dedicated all of I-72 as Purple Heart Memorial Highway. The stretch between Springfield and Decatur is also called Penny Severns Memorial Expressway, and the section between mile 35 and the Mississippi River is known as the Free Frank McWorter Historic Highway.

^ Federal Highway Administration (December 31, 2016). "FHWA Route Log and Finder List: Table 1". Retrieved December 9, 2017.