By plane
The Central Illinois Regional Airport in Bloomington IATA: BMI has daily arrivals from Atlanta, Chicago, Detroit, Minneapolis, and Dallas, along with 4-times-a-week service from Orlando and Denver. A smaller airport, Greater Peoria Regional Airport PIA is 45 minutes away and offers arrivals from additional cities. Parking is free at both airports.
By car
Interstate highways 39, 55 and 74 converge on the south side of Bloomington and divide again on the north side of Normal. I-55 follows the historic route of Route 66 through central Illinois, except that Route 66 bypassed Bloomington-Normal on the east rather than on the west as the interstates do. Veterans Parkway, the east-side bypass formerly called "Belt Line Road", was renamed in the 1980's, was the Route 66 route in the immediate pre-Interstate period. Earlier, 66 passed through downtown Bloomington and into residential Normal. The route given in the Route 66 page reflects this original alignment, known as "Business 66" after Veterans Parkway was built.
Megabus
(http://us.megabus.com). Discount bus carrier offers service to Normal from Chicago and St. Louis once daily in each direction, fares start at $1 when reserved well in advance. Bus stop is located near the Amtrak station in the parking lot on the south side of Parkinson Street.