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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.
For example, SBI Route 61 was originally assigned to a road segment in northeastern Illinois, but was reassigned to a route in western Illinois, sometime after 1937. Illinois Route 72 cross-sign mounted on a stoplight in Hoffman Estates. SBI Numbers are still used for several purposes, even when they do not match the posted number.
State Street; Serves Rockford: US 20 Bus. — — — — 1962: 1984 Served Elgin: US 20 Bus. — — — — 1938: 1968 Serves Chicago; Formerly designated as City US Route 20 City US 30 — — — — 1959: 1960 Served Aurora: US 30 Bus. — — — — 1960: 1970 Served Aurora; Formerly designated as City US Route 30 US 30 Toll —
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]
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.
Dane County was renamed in 1840 to the current Christian County. The original Knox County, Illinois, became extinct with the formation of the Illinois Territory in 1809 - or, more precisely, it became Knox County, Indiana. The modern Knox County, Illinois was formed much later and was not a part of the original Knox County.
Auxiliary Interstate Highways (also called three-digit Interstate Highways) are a subset of highways within the United States' Interstate Highway System.The 323 auxiliary routes generally fall into three types: spur routes, which connect to or intersect the parent route at one end; bypasses, which connect to the parent route at both ends; and beltways, which form a circle that intersects the ...
Route includes Cape May–Lewes Ferry across the Delaware Bay; New York signs the northern end at a dead-ending parking lot just south of the border crossing US 10: 711 [c] 1,144 I-94/BL I-94/US 52 in West Fargo, ND: I-75/BL I-75/US 23/M-25 near Bay City, MI: 1926: current Route includes the SS Badger across Lake Michigan: US 11: 1,645 [d] 2,647