By Greg Halbleib
FARMER CITY – The funeral procession route for State Trooper Ryan Albin has been set.
Albin died after his squad car collided with a truck on I-74 near Farmer City on Wednesday. A procession will leave Blue Ridge High School in Farmer City at about noon on Thursday after the funeral service and travel to the Bellflower Cemetery. The procession will move at about 20 miles per hour, arriving in Mansfield at about 12:20 and Bellflower at about 12:55.
The public is encouraged to pay respects along the procession route.
Procession details:
Depart: Blue Ridge High School
(Thursday, July 6th @ approximately 12:00 p.m.)
• 411 N. John Street, Farmer City, Illinois (Blue Ridge High School)
• South on JOHN STREET to W. CLINTON AVENUE (Route 54) – procession viewing area along JOHN STREET in Farmer City – do not park along JOHN STREET.
• East on CLINTON AVENUE (Route 54) – procession viewing area along CLINTON AVENUE in Farmer City. The procession will continue along CLINTON AVENUE (US 54) in Farmer City to the intersection of US Route 150.
• The procession will continue east on US Route 150 into the city of Mansfield where it will turn and go north on N. MCKINLEY STREET out of town. There is ample procession viewing opportunity along the entire route through the city of Mansfield.
• T he procession will continue north on PIATT COUNTY HIGHWAY 2 (1300E turning into 4000E) to the intersection of US Route 136 where it will turn west to the BELLFLOWER ROAD (3850E)
• The procession will turn north on the BELLFLOWER ROAD (3850E) and continue through the town of BELLFLOWER to the BELLFLOWER CEMETERY to the north of the town. There will be ample viewing opportunity along the route in BELLFLOWER.
END: Bellflower Cemetery
The attached link will generate a Google Map with additional procession route information:
https://www.google.com/maps/dir/40.2475469,-88.6460991/40.3631734,-88.5268803/@40.2876297,-88.7123809,11z/am=t/data=!4m14!4m13!1m10!3m4!1m2!1d-88.6453437!2d40.2406737!3s0x880ca338641e1a31:0x41b965879a828a!3m4!1m2!1d-88.5201698!2d40.2163169!3s0x880cbecd303bd9c9:0xa6bac1f2890f68ff!1m0!3e0
