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Illinois's state route numbers originated in 1918 as State Bond Issues 1 through 46, used to finance the new roads. The numbers of the bond issues were then used to mark the highway routes along the way. Another series of bond issues were authorized in 1924 (47–185) and again were used to mark the roads they paid for.
The State Highway System was created in 1918 with the first State Bond Issue (SBI) Routes, 1 through 46. Bonds were floated to pay for specific routes. SBI # 1 paid for Route 1, and so on.
Ronald Reagan Highway / Northwest Highway US 20: 233.93: 376.47 US 20 in East Dubuque: US 12/US 20/US 41 in Chicago: 1926: current Ulysses S. Grant Memorial Highway US 24: 255.13: 410.59 US 24 in Quincy: US 24/US 52 in Sheldon: 1926: current US 30: 153.79: 247.50 US 30 in Fulton: US 30 in Lynwood: 1926: current US 32 — — US 6 at Moline
The Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT), Illinois State Toll Highway Authority (ISTHA), and Skyway Concession Company (SCC) are responsible for maintaining these highways in Illinois. The Interstate Highway System in Illinois consists of 13 primary highways and 11 auxiliary highways which cover 2,248.93 miles (3,619.30 km). [2] The ...
In 1918, Wisconsin became the first state to number its highways in the field followed by Michigan the following year. [1] In 1926 the American Association of State Highway Officials (AASHO) established and numbered interstate routes (United States Numbered Highways), selecting the best roads in each state that could be connected to provide a national network of federal highways.
At Exit 1 (South Beloit), US Route 51 (US 51) joins the two interstates; between the exit and the state line marks the only point US 51 and I-39 are not concurrent in Illinois. In Rockton, I-39/I-90/US 51 becomes the Jane Addams Memorial Tollway, with the South Beloit Toll Plaza south of the interchange.
0–9. Illinois Route 1; Illinois Route 2; Illinois Route 3; Illinois Route 4; Illinois Route 5; Illinois Route 6; Illinois Route 7; Illinois Route 8; Illinois Route 9
Interstate 80 (I-80) is a part of the Interstate Highway System that runs from San Francisco, California, to Teaneck, New Jersey.I-80 enters Illinois from Iowa in the west, southwest of Rapids City, and runs generally eastward through East Moline, LaSalle, and Joliet, before entering Indiana in Lansing.