The city of Princeton is ideally located for easy access. Interstate 80 lies on the city’s northern door and provides direct access to Chicago, 115 miles to the northeast, and the Quad Cities, 60 miles due west.

U.S. Route 6, another east–west highway, passes directly through the downtown area, intersecting with Illinois Route 26, the city’s important north–south connection.

Just a few miles east is Interstate 180 which conveniently links Interstate 80 to Illinois Route 29, a scenic highway that follows the Illinois River to Peoria, 60 miles south.

And twenty miles east of Princeton, Interstate 80 connects to US Route 51 and Interstate 39, providing direct routes to Rockford, 90 miles to the north, and Bloomington, 90 miles south.

All these major market links make a critical difference for area industry in their ease of transporting product. With a common carrier regional dispatch terminal located right in Princeton, country-wide freight service is an easy matter.

Princeton is served by the Amtrak rail passenger service, as well as Burlington-Northern Railroad freight service.

Air service for the Princeton area is provided by the Illinois Valley Regional Airport, equipped with a hard-surface, 6,000-foot runway, instrument landing system, modern hangar-terminal and ground services for business jets, commercial and chartered flights, or private aircraft. Larger airports are in Moline, 60 miles west, and Peoria, 60 miles south.

River transportation is available on the Illinois River, 10 miles southeast.

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