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The road that would become US 67 was first improved as an auto trail called The Burlington Way, later the Mississippi Valley Highway. In 1918, Illinois voters approved a bond package that created a 48-route highway system. Most of the Mississippi Valley Highway became Route 3. US 67 replaced Route 3 north of Alton in 1926.
(The map is miscolored in two places: the area called "5" is part of the watershed, as is the area called "9" on Long Island; the line dividing Long Island is the southerly limit of the watershed, which includes only a small fraction of the island, along the northern coast)
An Illinois Department of Transportation road closure map showed the following roads in the East St. Louis area and Cahokia Heights were closed at 3 p.m. due to flooding: Interstate 255 southbound ...
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 Fairview Heights Police Department said at 3:04 p.m. that the following roads closed as a result of heavy rain: Old Bunkum Road for about 200 feet east of North 89th Street Holy Cross Road at ...
current Concurrent with US 60 US 66: 301: 484 US 66 at East St. Louis: US 41 in Chicago: 1926: 1974 Will Rogers Highway / Mother Road US 67: 213.99: 344.38 US 67 in Alton: US 67 in Rock Island: 1926: current US 124: 80: 130 — — 1926: 1938 US 136: 225.95: 363.63 US 136 at Hamilton: US 136 at Danville: 1926: current
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 Interstate Highway with the longest section in Illinois is Interstate 57 at 358.57 miles (577.06 km); the shortest is Interstate 41 at 0.90 miles (1.45 km).
In the 1920s, two state highways followed the general alignment that I-80 takes. In 1932, US Route 6 (US 6) was extended through Illinois, paralleling the alignment that I-80 in Illinois takes today. Construction started in 1957, and I-80 was completed in 1968. In the early 1990s, Illinois wanted to reroute I-80 in the Quad Cities area.