BigRigTravels LIVE: Divernon IL-Edwardsville IL (July 1 2024)

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[@weakweasel7369]

I stay here in Joilet/Chicago but I been down to St Louis lotsa times. Steve went down to what they call down there the "metro east", which is what they call the Illinois suburbs of St Louis. I have always found it weird that the Missouri side of St Louis and the Illinois side of St Louis feel like whole different worlds. The northwest Indiana suburbs of Chicago don't feel any different than the ones right across the line in Illinois. Maybe it's because IL-IN is just a line, compared to MO-IL being a whole river, meaning that you have to go across on bridges.

[@ryanearles2024]

Part 2 of the Canada Day Special resumes from near Divernon, IL via I-55. Then South on I-55 into the St. Louis Metro Area to I-270. Then West on I-270 (St. Louis Bypass) to IL-255. Then North on IL-255 to the shipper in Edwardsville, IL (Suburb of St. Louis) for a preloaded trailer...but there's just one problem. The shipper wants proof (like a receipt) of the empty trailer being washed, so we get on some local streets to the Blue Beacon Truck Wash in Pontoon Beach, IL (Suburb of St. Louis) for a trailer washout. Then back onto local streets to get back to the shipper in Edwardsville, IL (Suburb of St. Louis) for a preloaded trailer, THIS TIME we successfully got the preloaded trailer. After we were done, we head back onto local streets to the Pilot Truck Stop in Granite City, IL (Suburb of St. Louis) where Steve ends for the day.