Editing Interstate 72 (section)

{{Short description|Interstate Highway in Illinois and Missouri}}
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{{Use mdy dates|date=December 2017}}
{{Use American English|date=April 2022}}
{{Infobox road
|country = USA
|type = I
|maint = [[Missouri Department of Transportation|MoDOT]] and [[Illinois Department of Transportation|IDOT]]
|route = 72
|map = {{MapframeForObjects|frame=yes|plain=yes|frame-align=center|frame-width=290|type=line|raw={{Wikipedia:Map data/Wikipedia KML/Interstate 72}}}}
|map_custom = yes
|map_notes = I-72 highlighted in red
|established = 1971
|length_mi = 179.29
|length_ref = <ref name=fhwa>{{cite web|url=https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/planning/national_highway_system/interstate_highway_system/routefinder/table01.cfm|title=FHWA Route Log and Finder List: Table 1|date=December 31, 2016|access-date=December 9, 2017|author=Federal Highway Administration}}</ref>
|direction_a = West
|direction_b = East
|terminus_a = {{Jct|state=MO|US|36|US-Bus|36|dab2=Hannibal|AOTS|61|name3=[[Avenue of the Saints]]|CKC}} in [[Hannibal, Missouri|Hannibal, MO]]
|terminus_b = Country Fair Drive in Champaign, IL
|counties = '''MO:''' [[Marion County, Missouri|Marion]]<br/>'''IL:''' [[Pike County, Illinois|Pike]], [[Scott County, Illinois|Scott]], [[Morgan County, Illinois|Morgan]], [[Sangamon County, Illinois|Sangamon]], [[Macon County, Illinois|Macon]], [[Piatt County, Illinois|Piatt]], [[Champaign County, Illinois|Champaign]]
|junction = <!-- Major junctions only; Only 5-8 most major intersections and cities belong here; please read [[WP:USRD/STDS]] for more info -->
*{{Jct|state=IL|I|172|CKC}} in [[Fall Creek, Illinois|Fall Creek, IL]]
*{{Jct|state=IL|US|54|IL|107}} in [[Griggsville, Illinois|Griggsville, IL]]
*{{Jct|state=IL|BL|72|US|67|dab1=Jacksonville}} in [[Jacksonville, Illinois|Jacksonville, IL]]
*{{Jct|state=IL|I|55}} in [[Springfield, Illinois|Springfield, IL]]
*{{Jct|state=IL|US|36|US|51}} in [[Decatur, Illinois|Decatur, IL]]
*{{Jct|state=IL|I|57}} in [[Champaign, Illinois|Champaign, IL]]
|states = [[Missouri]], [[Illinois]]
|system1 = {{infobox road/browselinks/USA|state=MO}}
|system2 = {{infobox road/browselinks/USA|state=IL}}
|browse = {{mo browse|previous_type=US|previous_route=71|route=MO|next_type=MO|next_route=72}}
{{il browse|previous_type=IL|previous_route=71|route=IL|next_type=IL|next_route=72}}
}}
'''Interstate&nbsp;72''' ('''I-72''') is an [[Interstate Highway]] in the [[Midwestern United States]]. Its western terminus is in [[Hannibal, Missouri]], at an intersection with [[U.S. Route 61 in Missouri|U.S. Route&nbsp;61]] (US&nbsp;61); its eastern terminus is at Country Fair Drive in [[Champaign, Illinois]]. The route runs through the major cities of [[Decatur, Illinois]], and [[Springfield, Illinois]]. In 2006, the [[Illinois General Assembly]] dedicated all of I-72 as '''Purple Heart Memorial Highway'''. The stretch between Springfield and [[Decatur, Illinois|Decatur]] is also called '''Penny Severns Memorial Expressway''', and the section between mile&nbsp;35 and the [[Mississippi River]] is known as the '''Free Frank McWorter Historic Highway'''.