Illinois 61 is a minor route in rural western Illinois. Though signed as a north-south route, the route runs more northeast-southwest. It connects a number of small towns to each other.
Intersections from northeast to southwest:
IL61 begins at US136, west of Tennessee and just east of the McDonough/Hancock County line
Then it turns westerly at Augusta as it intersects IL101
IL61 joins IL94 south at Bowen
The 2 routes split, leaving IL61 heading west again
IL61 joins IL336 south near Loraine
Then it leaves toward the west yet again, near Mendon
IL61 ends in the west at IL96 at Ursa.
It passes through these towns: Plymouth, Augusta, Bowen, Mendon, and Ursa.
