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Byway: Illinois - Meeting of the Great Rivers Scenic Route
Byway Description: Within a 25-mile expanse, the Missouri, Mississippi, and Illinois Rivers meet to form a 35,000-acre floodplain. The Mississippi, a working river, is also an environmental treasure. Historic 18th-century river towns, islands, bars, points, and bends create beautiful scenery beneath limestone bluffs that are covered by forests that extend over nearly 20,000 acres.
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Oldenburg, Illinois
Altitude: 440 feet
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Just north of Oldenburg, Illinois on State Highway #3 at the Lewis and Clark State Memorial Park, starts Byway Meeting of the Great River Scenic Route. This byway traverses along the points where the Great Rivers, Missouri, Mississippi and Illinois Rivers meet and form a floodplain. The byway passes along 18th Century river towns, islands, bars, points, scenic limestone bluffs, forests and bends that lie along the Mississippi River.
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2.7
(55.8) |
1.7
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Hartford, Illinois
Altitude: 430 feet
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Hartford, Illinois, a village in Madison County, Illinois, near the mouth of the Missouri River. Lewis and Clark State Historic Site is located near here.
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3.4
(55.1) |
2.1
(34.2) |
Roxana, Illinois
Altitude: 430 feet
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hawthorne Street, Roxana, Illinois, a community in Madison County, Illinois, South Roxana, a Village in Madison County, Illinois
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6.3
(52.2) |
3.9
(32.4) |
Junction
Altitude: 427 feet
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Junction State Highway #143, Wood River, Illinois, a city in Madison County, Illinois,
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8.0
(50.5) |
5.0
(31.4) |
Old Channel Wood River
Altitude: 446 feet
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Old Channel Wood River,
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9.5
(49.0) |
5.9
(30.4) |
Lock and Dam Way
Altitude: 443 feet
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Lock and Dam Way, Melvin Price Locks and Dam, a dam and two locks on the Upper Mississippi River, The collocated National Great Rivers Museum, at 1 Lock and Dam Way, East Alton, Illinois, explains the structure and its engineering.
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12.9
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8.0
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East Alton, Illinois
Altitude: 443 feet
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Broadway, East Alton, Illinois, a village in Madison County, Illinois, Melvin Price Locks and Dam is a major touristic point of interests among others in the area. St. Louis Regional Airport, a public airport located in the village of Bethalto, Illinois close to East Alton, Illinois.
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13.1
(45.4) |
8.1
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Junction
Altitude: 453 feet
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Junction USA Highway #67, runs across Mississipi River over Clark Bridge, a cable-stayed bridge between West Alton, Missouri and Alton, Illinois. River Front Drive, to River Front Park, Lock and Dam No. 26 (historical), It was demolished in 1990 and replaced by the Melvin Price Locks and Dam.
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14.4
(44.1) |
8.9
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Martin Luther King Drive
Altitude: 433 feet
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Martin Luther King Drive, USA Highway #67, Alton Square Mall, Godfrey, Illinois, a village in Madison County, Illinois
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19.0
(39.5) |
11.8
(24.5) |
The Piasa Bird
Altitude: 420 feet
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The Piasa or Piasa Bird, a legendary creature that was depicted in one of two murals painted by Native Americans on bluffs above the Mississippi River. Original Piasa Bird at its original location, near Alton, Illinois does not exist.
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21.8
(36.7) |
13.5
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Clifton Terrace, Illinois
Altitude: 427 feet
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Clifton Terrace Road, connects with State Route #3, Clifton Terrace, Illinois, Community of Melville, Illinois
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25.1
(33.4) |
15.6
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Lockhaven, Illinois
Altitude: 436 feet
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Lockhaven Road, Community of Lockhaven, Illinois,
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32.1
(26.4) |
19.9
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Elsah, Illinois
Altitude: 433 feet
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Beltrees Road, Elsah, Illinois, a village in Jersey County, Illinois,
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34.5
(24.0) |
21.4
(14.9) |
Chautauqua, Illinois
Altitude: 433 feet
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Alton Avenue, Chautauqua Road, Community of Chautauqua, Illinois,
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38.7
(19.8) |
24.0
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Grafton, Illinois
Altitude: 430 feet
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Grafton, Illinois, the oldest city in Jersey County, Illinois, located near the confluence of the Illinois and Mississippi Rivers. A Ferry Crossing service of the Mississippi River and on to Illinois between Grafton, Illinois and St. Charles County of Missouri, near St. Charles County Smartt Airport, is operated here.
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41.2
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25.6
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Pere Marquette State Park
Altitude: 430 feet
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Pere Marquette State Park, located in Quarry Township, one of eleven townships in Jersey County, Illinois, along the Mississippi River,
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42.7
(15.8) |
26.5
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Pere Marquette State Park
Altitude: 433 feet
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Graham Hollow Road, Pere Marquette State Park,
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44.1
(14.4) |
27.4
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Grafton Ferry Terminal
Altitude: 433 feet
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Grafton Ferry Terminal, a Ferry service between Grafton, Illinois and Brussels, Missouri is operated from this location across the River. Gilbert Lake is located nearby between the Byway Meeting of the Great Rivers Scenic Route, and the Mississippi River.
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48.4
(10.1) |
30.1
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Pere Marquette State Park
Altitude: 433 feet
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Pere Marquette State Park, a protected area in Jersey County, Illinois, located near the city of Grafton, Illinois, at the confluence of the Mississippi River and the Illinois River.
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54.3
(4.2) |
33.7
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Long Lake
Altitude: 436 feet
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Long Lake Road, Long Lake, Deep Lake, Eagle Lake, these lakes located on the eastern bank of the Mississippi River along State Highway #10 which is a part of the byway Meeting of the Great Rivers Scenic Route, Illinois,
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56.7
(1.8) |
35.2
(1.1) |
Rosedale, Illinois
Altitude: 443 feet
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Fieldon Hollow Road, Community of Rosedale, Illinois, located within Rosedale Township, in Jersey County, Illinois.
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58.5
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36.4
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State Route #100
Altitude: 449 feet
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Just north of Rosedale, Illinois, on State Highway #100 ends the Byway Meeting of the Great Rivers Scenic Route, Illinois.
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