^Illinois 89 starts off going northbound from its southern end at Illinois 116 in Metamora, September 2016.
Illinois Route 89 runs in Bureau, Putnam, Marshall, and Woodford Counties. It connects many rural communities between Spring Valley and Metamora, and extends a bit farther north into some old coal mining towns in Bureau County.
The northern end of Illinois 89 is at US Route 34 in La Moille, south of the eastern end of Illinois 92: