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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 — — Aurora: Ford Heights — — US 30 Alt. — — — — 1942: 1971
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.
In Illinois and the Midwest in general, the construction of US 66 was important to the economies of small, rural towns, which saw a burst of activity when the road finally passed through. [4] However, those communities in Illinois were already profiting from a paved highway that preceded Route 66 by a few years.
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. IDOT District maps still refer to SBI numbers on the various roads it maintains, along with other non-posted designations that refer to how the route was authorized.
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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).
Pages in category "Lists of roads in Illinois" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total. ... List of state routes in Illinois; U.
The longest US 20 Bus. in Illinois runs 21 miles (34 km) from just west of Rockford to just east of Belvidere. The route begins just west of Weldon Road and runs as State Street into downtown Rockford, where it is split into two one-way streets (Chestnut Street and Walnut Street for eastbound traffic and Jefferson Street for westbound traffic).