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The 1909 address change did not affect downtown Chicago, between the river and Roosevelt Road, the river and Lake Michigan. The ordinance was amended June 20, 1910 to include the downtown area. The new addresses for the “loop” went into use on April 1, 1911. Chicago house numbers are generally assigned at the rate of 800 to a mile.
Originally Algonquin to Chicago (Harlem Ave.) on Algonquin Road west of Des Plaines. In Des Plaines, this was on Oakton Street and then in Park Ridge, it was Talcott Road into Chicago. IL 62 originally ended at IL 43 (Harlem Ave.) In 1974, IL 62 was removed east of IL 83 in Des Plaines. [7] IL 63 — — — — 1924: 1973
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 on the original or nearby alignment. As the highway system grew these numbers were altered to accommodate new roads or extensions of older roads.
Crawford County, Edwards County, and Madison County: Shadrach Bond (1773–1832), first Governor of Illinois: 16,450: 380 sq mi (984 km 2) Boone County: 007: Belvidere: 1837: Winnebago County: Daniel Boone (1734–1820), trailblazer of the Wilderness Road in Kentucky 53,202: 280 sq mi (725 km 2) Brown County: 009: Mount Sterling: 1839: Schuyler ...
The county seat is Chicago, the most populous city in Illinois and the third most populous city in the United States. The county is at the center of the Chicago metropolitan area. Cook County was incorporated in 1831 and named for Daniel Pope Cook, an early Illinois statesman. It achieved its present boundaries in 1839.
Swift Road continues north to Nordic Road in Bloomingdale. CR 55 — — Illinois Prairie Path – Elgin Branch: East of Salt Creek/West Avenue in Elmhurst: Great Western Trail — — CR 56: 1.63: 2.62 CR 33 (75th Street) in Woodridge: CR 31 (87th Street) in Woodridge: Woodward Avenue — — CR 57 — — West DuPage–Kane county line (Kautz ...
The Interstate Highways in Illinois are all segments of the Interstate Highway System that are owned and maintained by the U.S. state of Illinois. [3] 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.
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.