The route heads east as a divided two-lane road called Edgewater Drive, passing a group of houses which lie between two small lakes.

Route 98 enters a forested area in Pekin and passes to the north of John T. McNaughton Park near the city's eastern border.

Past a creek, the road heads into a rural area with sections of farmland and forest.

As it enters Groveland, the highway intersects County Route 1, which runs south through the community.

The route curves into Morton and takes the name Birchwood Street, traversing a creek before entering an industrial district.

[2] The original eastern end of the route was at the intersection of US 150 and Main Street in downtown Morton; it was truncated to I-155 between 1995 and 1997.