Freeport business loop U.S. Route 20 Business (
US 20 Bus.) is a business route of US 20 around
Freeport, Illinois. In 1988, US 20 was rerouted away from Freeport after a bypass was completed.
Elgin business loop U.S. Route 20 Business (
US 20 Bus.) was a business loop along a former route of US 20 in
Elgin, Illinois. The route began as Villa Street at a junction with US 20 Elgin Bypass in Southeast Elgin. Following Villa Street into downtown, it turned north briefly as Villa Court. Through downtown, westbound traffic followed Center Street for one block to take Highland Avenue across the
Fox River. Eastbound traffic turned from Highland Avenue onto State Street for one block to take Chicago Street across the river to Villa Court. West of State Street, both directions of traffic followed Highland Avenue and Larkin Avenue to the other end of the Elgin Bypass. This special route was created when US 20 was rerouted to the Elgin Bypass in 1962. The route was decommissioned in 1984.
Chicago business loop City U.S. Route 20 (
City US 20) was created in 1938 to roughly follow the former alignment of US 20 through Chicago while the main highway was routed around the city. From US 20 at the intersection of
Lake Street and
Mannheim Road, the city route went east on Lake Street. At
Harlem Avenue, it turned south to continue east on Washington Boulevard. At
Garfield Park the route split, eastbound traffic followed Warren Boulevard while westbound traffic followed Washington Boulevard. Initially, opposing traffic traveled together on Washington Boulevard from
Union Park to the
South Branch Chicago River where it followed
Wacker Drive to
Michigan Avenue. When Chicago changed many downtown streets to one-way in 1955, eastbound traffic followed Washington Boulevard while westbound traffic followed
Randolph Street. The route followed both streets to Michigan Avenue for four years before returning to Wacker Drive. At Michigan Avenue, the route joined
City US 12 to head south. The original route took 16th Street one block east to Indiana Avenue and thence to
Cermak Road. In 1958, eastbound traffic continued on Michigan to Cermak Road while westbound traffic followed Indiana Avenue to 14th Street. The route followed Cermak Road to a short diagonal named Silverton Way to South Parkway (now Martin Luther King Drive). From there, the route followed Oakwood, Drexel, and Hyde Park boulevards to
Jackson Park. Traversing the park on what came to be known as part of Cornell Drive (Avenue), the route continued South on
Stony Island Avenue, rejoining US 20 at
95th Street. In 1960, this route was redesignated as
U.S. Route 20 Business (
US 20 Bus.). The eastern end of the route was moved in 1963 to the
Chicago Skyway as
Toll Business U.S. Route 20 (
Toll Bus. US 20) to rejoin the main highway at Indianapolis Boulevard at the state line. The route was decommissioned in 1968.
South Bend bypass route U.S. Route 20 Bypass (
US 20 Byp.) was the designation for the portion of the
St. Joseph Valley Parkway during the period when it was only open between
US 31 south of
South Bend, Indiana, and US 20 to the west in
Elkhart. When the freeway was extended north and US 31 was rerouted onto it, the US 20 Byp. designation was removed. When the freeway was completed to the east reconnecting to US 20, the mainline US 20 designation was transferred to it, rather than the US 20 Byp. designation being reapplied to it.
Osceola–Elkhart truck route ==Ohio==