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Illinois State Bond Issue Route 4 was the first numbered through route between Chicago and St. Louis, as shown on the 1924 Illinois Road Map. [3] As such it was the forerunner of more famous routes US 66 and Interstate 55 .
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Lebanon is a city in St. Clair County, Illinois, United States. The population was 4,691 at the 2020 census It is a part of the Metro East region of the Greater St. Louis metropolitan area. Lebanon is home to McKendree University , the oldest college in Illinois.
Before 1936, Illinois Route 39 ran from Bloomington to Champaign on the current routing of U.S. 150. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] In 1936, US 150 extended due northwest from Shoals, Indiana , to the Quad Cities . As a result, IL 39 and IL 91 were decommissioned.
The system expanded during the industrial growth of St. Louis in the late 19th century, spilling across the Mississippi River to the cheaper land on the Illinois side. From 1870 to 1910, East St. Louis and the surrounding area attracted industrial development to the transportation hub.
Illinois 23 is a major arterial route in rural central and north-central Illinois. It is a parallel to the Interstate 39 / U.S. Route 51 combination approximately 20 miles (32 km) west. The road starts near downtown Pontiac and runs as the main highway north, intersecting with Interstate 55 and former U.S. Route 66 .
Illinois Route 41 (IL 41) is a north–south route in rural west-central Illinois. It runs from U.S. Route 136 near Macomb north to U.S. Route 34 and Illinois Route 164 in Galesburg, a distance of 37.53 miles (60.40 km). [1] Illinois 41 is maintained by the Illinois Department of Transportation.