{"id":3431,"date":"2016-11-22T04:39:33","date_gmt":"2016-11-22T04:39:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.corcohighways.org\/?p=3431"},"modified":"2016-11-22T04:39:33","modified_gmt":"2016-11-22T04:39:33","slug":"u-s-route-45-i-24-to-il-169","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/corcohighways.org\/?p=3431","title":{"rendered":"U.S. Route 45, I-24 to IL-169"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.corcohighways.org\/highways\/il\/45\/24to169\/1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"956\" height=\"567\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Location<\/strong>: US-45 and I-24, Massac Cty<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Reassurance shield after the I-24 junction.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.corcohighways.org\/highways\/il\/45\/24to169\/2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"852\" height=\"537\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Location<\/strong>: US-45 and 12th St, Metropolis<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Shortly thereafter, we&#8217;ll enter the mid-sized small town of Metropolis.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.corcohighways.org\/highways\/il\/45\/24to169\/3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"909\" height=\"586\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Location<\/strong>: 5th St and Yasoda St, Metropolis<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Metropolis&#8217; claim to fame is its giant Superman statue.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.corcohighways.org\/highways\/il\/45\/24to169\/4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"946\" height=\"557\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Location<\/strong>: 5th St and Ferry St, Metropolis<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">In downtown Metropolis, turn right for US-45 north.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.corcohighways.org\/highways\/il\/45\/24to169\/5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"792\" height=\"534\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Location<\/strong>: 5th St and Ferry St, Metropolis<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Turn right for 45 north.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.corcohighways.org\/highways\/il\/45\/24to169\/6.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"872\" height=\"481\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Location<\/strong>: Ferry St and 7th St, Metropolis<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Reassurance shield a couple blocks after the turn.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.corcohighways.org\/highways\/il\/45\/24to169\/7.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Location: Ferry St and 10th St, Metropolis<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">A couple blocks later, US-45 turns left.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.corcohighways.org\/highways\/il\/45\/24to169\/8.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"819\" height=\"567\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Location<\/strong>: Ferry St and 10th St, Metropolis<br \/>\nTurn left for US-45 north.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.corcohighways.org\/highways\/il\/45\/24to169\/9.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"684\" height=\"522\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Location<\/strong>: 10th St and Ferry St, Metropolis<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Reassurance shield after the turn.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.corcohighways.org\/highways\/il\/45\/24to169\/10.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"863\" height=\"457\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Location<\/strong>: US-45 and 19th St, Metropolis<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Reassurance shield a few blocks later as we head out of town.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.corcohighways.org\/highways\/il\/45\/24to169\/11.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"991\" height=\"547\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Location<\/strong>: US-45 and CR 1000, Massac Cty<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">As we head out of Metropolis, we&#8217;re 11 miles from Route 169.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.corcohighways.org\/highways\/il\/45\/24to169\/12.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"768\" height=\"444\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Location<\/strong>: US-45 and Joppa Rd, Massac Cty<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Reassurance shield after the turnoff to Joppa.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.corcohighways.org\/highways\/il\/45\/24to169\/13.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"769\" height=\"463\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Location<\/strong>: US-45 and Mermet Rd, Mermet, Massac Cty<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">A couple miles later, we&#8217;ll enter unincorporated Mermet.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.corcohighways.org\/highways\/il\/45\/24to169\/14.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"890\" height=\"527\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Location<\/strong>: US-45 and Route 169, Massac Cty<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Shortly after that, we&#8217;ll approach Route 169.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.corcohighways.org\/highways\/il\/45\/24to169\/15.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"794\" height=\"467\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Location<\/strong>: US-45 and Route 169, Massac Cty<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Follow 169 west to Karnak.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.corcohighways.org\/highways\/il\/45\/24to169\/16.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1022\" height=\"499\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Location<\/strong>: US-45 and Route 169, Massac Cty<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Turn left for Route 169 west.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.corcohighways.org\/highways\/generic\/us45.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"70\" height=\"70\" \/>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.corcohighways.org\/?p=3432\">N to IL-146<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.corcohighways.org\/?p=3430\">S to IL-145<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.corcohighways.org\/highways\/generic\/illinois169.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"88\" height=\"70\" \/>\u00a0W to IL-37<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.corcohighways.org\/highways\/generic\/i24.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"70\" height=\"70\" \/>\u00a0E to KY State Line, W to IL-146<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Location: US-45 and I-24, Massac Cty Reassurance shield after the I-24 junction. Location: US-45 and 12th St, Metropolis Shortly thereafter, we&#8217;ll enter the mid-sized small town of Metropolis. Location: 5th St and Yasoda St, Metropolis Metropolis&#8217; claim to fame is its giant Superman statue. Location: 5th St and Ferry St, Metropolis In downtown Metropolis, turn [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3431","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/corcohighways.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3431","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/corcohighways.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/corcohighways.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/corcohighways.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/corcohighways.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3431"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/corcohighways.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3431\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/corcohighways.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3431"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/corcohighways.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3431"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/corcohighways.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3431"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}