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0–9. Illinois Route 1; Illinois Route 2; Illinois Route 3; Illinois Route 4; Illinois Route 5; Illinois Route 6; Illinois Route 7; Illinois Route 8; Illinois Route 9
This is a list of U.S. Highways in Illinois, all of which are owned and maintained by the U.S. state of Illinois. The Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) is responsible for maintaining the U.S Highways in Illinois. The system in Illinois consists of 20 primary highways.
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]
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.
0–9. U.S. Route 6 in Illinois; U.S. Route 6 Business (Lansing, Illinois–Lake Station, Indiana) U.S. Route 12 in Illinois; Special routes of U.S. Route 14
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 following automobile manufacturers at one time had their principal base of operations in the state of Illinois. Subcategories This category has only the following subcategory.
All known numbered Illinois state routes; Notable non-Interstate highways (Elgin-O'Hare Expressway, Kingery Highway) Interstate and U.S. Route state-level detail pages (U.S. Route 20 in Illinois) Lists of Illinois county highways (List of County Highways in DuPage County, Illinois) Historical road trails (Lincoln Highway, Cannon Ball Route)