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U.S. Route 6 in Illinois

section of U.S. Numbered Highway in Illinois, United States
Place road Q1073200
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Summary

U.S. Route 6 in Illinois is a road[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of road entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (171 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Illinois[3]
  • Country: United States[4]
  • Transport network: United States Numbered Highway System[5], Illinois State Highway System[6]
  • Maintained by: Illinois Department of Transportation[7]
  • Owned by: Illinois Department of Transportation[8]
  • Commons category: U.S. Route 6 in Illinois[9]
  • Inception: 1932[10]
  • Coordinate location: 41.360898, -89.01897[11]
  • Road number: 6[12]
  • Length: 179.88[13]
  • KML file: Template:Attached KML/U.S. Route 6 in Illinois[14]

Why It Matters

U.S. Route 6 in Illinois is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.[15]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [15] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 6w ago · IdeasMagnet · 2026-09-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Inception → +1932-00-00T00:00:00Z
    Maintained by → Illinois Department of Transportation
    Openstreetmap relation id → 1593678
    Located in the administrative territorial entity → Illinois
    + 13 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Openstreetmap relation id: 1593678, Adding OSM relation id claim from wikidata tag on relation/1593678"
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