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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 ...
U.S. Route 20 (US 20) in the state of Illinois runs northwest to southeast in the northern end of the state. It crosses the Mississippi River into East Dubuque and exits Chicago south of the Chicago Skyway; the highway is 233.93 miles (376.47 km) long. [1]
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
The Interstate shield is the only trademarked highway marker in use in the United States (being registered by the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials, the trade association of the states' departments of transportation and also a standards organization for highway engineering), and the U.S. Route shield was ...
The entire highway in Illinois is named the Walter Payton Memorial Highway after Pro Football Hall of Famer Walter Payton, who wore #34 for the Chicago Bears. The highway is 211.37 miles (340.17 km) long within the state. [2] The bridge into Iowa over the Mississippi River is called the Great River Bridge.