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Illinois Route 1. Illinois Route 1 (IL 1) is a state highway in the U.S. state of Illinois. Running parallel to the Indiana border, the highway starts at the free ferry crossing to Kentucky at Cave-in-Rock on the Ohio River and runs north to the south side of Chicago as Halsted Street at an intersection with Interstate 57.
Originally was a "T" Shaped route from Harrisburg to Elizabethtown and a leg south to Golconda and a ferry went to KY-297 across the Ohio River. Extended to Benton and to Rosiclare in 1937. Part of this is now IL-146. Used from Mound City to US-51, barely 1 mile long, to serve a federal cemetery.
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. These initial 46 route numbers marked the major infrastructure roads desired by the state legislature in 1918. Remarkably, many of these numbers still exist ...
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).
Illinois Route 1 begins at Halsted Street's interchange with Interstate 57 (at 99th Street) on the far south side, and follows Halsted through much of its length through the suburbs. Leaving Chicago and entering the village of Riverdale at the Little Calumet River near 129th St, Route 1 breaks off and is called Chicago Road, then Dixie Highway ...
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Illinois 72 runs concurrently for one block with Illinois Route 83 in Elk Grove Township, and Illinois Route 47 and U.S. Highway 20 by Starks, an unincorporated village approximately 60 miles (97 km) from Chicago. The latter is a Wrong-way concurrency, where one can be driving both west on Illinois 72 and east on U.S. 20 at the same time. West ...
current. Grand Army of the Republic Highway. US 12. 85.14. 137.02. US 12 near Richmond. US 12 / US 20 / US 41 in Chicago. 01928-01-01. 1928.