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Springfield Armory, Inc., is an American commercial firearms manufacturer and importer based in Geneseo, Illinois.Founded in 1974 by Bob Reese and family, the company produces rifles such as the M1A and imports handguns such as the XD series and Hellcat.
These highways are maintained by the Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT), with the exception of Illinois Route 390 and parts of Illinois Route 56 and Illinois Route 110, which are maintained by the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority (ISTHA), and all routes that enter the Chicago City Limits are maintained by the Chicago Department ...
State highways may be maintained by either the municipalities if within a municipality, or the Illinois Department of Transportation. [5] Should a highway run through a municipality, IDOT is authorized to choose a route through the municipality in order to make a route contiguous for through traffic.
Abandoned bunkers in a corn field, 2007. The Sangamon Ordnance Plant was a United States Army ammunition manufacturing facility constructed and operated during World War II.It was located west of Illiopolis in Sangamon County, Illinois encompassing 20,000 acres (80 km 2).
U.S. Route 40 (US 40) runs east–west across south central Illinois for 159.8 miles (257.2 km). US 40 enters the state from Missouri across the Poplar Street Bridge over the Mississippi River at East St. Louis concurrent with Interstate 55 (I-55) and I-64 and exits just south of State Line, Indiana, running concurrently with I-70.
In 1918, Illinois voters were given the opportunity to vote on a $60 million bond package (equivalent to $850 million in 2023 [7]) for the creation of a 48-route state highway system. Route 3 was planned from Morrison to Chester by way of the Quad Cities, Monmouth, Beardstown , Jacksonville, Alton, and East St. Louis. [ 8 ]
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.
Illinois Route 37, Illinois 37 or IL 37, is a 155.07-mile-long (249.56 km) north–south state highway in southern Illinois. IL 37's southern terminus is at U.S. Route 51 (US 51) and IL 3 in Cairo and the northern terminus is at US 45 in Watson .