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Granite City

IL · 38.7014, -90.1486

Great River Road, Historic Route 66 and Historic National Road - Illinois are 3 of 6 signed byways within 30 miles of Granite City, Illinois.

Understand

Granite City is a city in Madison County, Illinois, United States, part of the Greater St. Louis metropolitan area. At the 2010 census, the population was 29,849, with a total of about 67,000 in the immediate area. Officially founded in 1896, Granite City was named by the Niedringhaus brothers who established it as a steel making company town for the manufacture of kitchen utensils made to resemble granite.
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The same roads run past St. Louis, where they are ranked and described in full.

Day-trip loops

Ready-made loops for Granite City are growing. What is within reach is measured today; plan a live day trip and the engine routes it now.

Within reach

Measured from Byway's own registries, 30 miles around town.

Scenic byways

National parks

Lookouts

Named places

  • Civic Park · 0 mi
  • Memorial Park · 0 mi
  • Veteran's Parkway · 1 mi
  • Tri-Angle Park · 1 mi
  • Tri-City Park · 1 mi
  • Loman Park · 1 mi
  • Robertson Park · 1 mi
  • MCT Tracy · 1 mi

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