From that point on, IL 100 follows mostly farmland on much higher ground until Beardstown, where it will cross the river a third and final time. It will again follow the west bank of the Illinois River until US 136.
From that point on, IL 100 travels mainly through farmland on higher ground until reaching Beardstown, where it crosses the Illinois River for the third and final time. It then proceeds along the western edge of the river until it meets US 136.