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| direction_b = East
| direction_b = East
|direction_a=West
|direction_a=West
| starting_terminus = South Meyer Avenue & C Road in [[Valmeyer, Illinois|Valmeyer]]
| starting_terminus = Walnut Road, South Meyer Avenue & C Road in [[Valmeyer, Illinois|Valmeyer]]
| ending_terminus = [[Image:Illinois 13.svg|20px]] [[Illinois Route 13]] west of [[New Athens, Illinois|New Athens]]
| ending_terminus = [[Image:Illinois 13.svg|20px]] [[Illinois Route 13]] west of [[New Athens, Illinois|New Athens]]
| counties = [[Monroe County, Illinois|Monroe]], [[St. Clair County, Illinois|St. Clair]]
| counties = [[Monroe County, Illinois|Monroe]], [[St. Clair County, Illinois|St. Clair]]

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Illinois Route 156 is an east-west state road in southwestern Illinois. It runs from South Meyer Avenue & C Road in Valmeyer to just west of New Athens. This is a distance of 22.95 miles (36.93 km).[1]

Route description

Illinois 156 runs through rural southwestern Illinois. It is the main east-west state road through Waterloo. Illinois 156 overlaps Illinois Route 159 from Hecker north for a short distance, when 156 leaves 159 and turns back toward its eastern terminus.

History

SBI Route 156 is the same as Illinois 156 is now. There have been no changes since 1926.[2]

Communities

A few small communities line Illinois Route 156. From West to East they are:

Valmeyer

Foster Pond

Waterloo

Hecker

New Athens

References

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