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Entering Illinois from St. Louis, Missouri, the highway originally crossed the Mississippi River at the McKinley Bridge. This first alignment passed through Venice and Madison, eventually becoming IL 203 in northeast Granite City. In 1930, the Chain of Rocks Bridge was opened on Bypass US 66, allowing travelers to circumvent St. Louis.
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.
IL 146 at the Illinois state line 1922: current Route 35 — — — — 1922 — Route 36 — — — — 1922: 1926 Route 37: 78.683: 126.628 AR 37 at the Arkansas state line: US 160 / Route 126 in Golden City: 1922: current Route 38 — — — — 1922: 1938 Route 38: 80.561: 129.650 US 65 near Buffalo: Route 17 near Houston
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.
U.S. Route 36 (US 36) in the state of Missouri is an expressway with many freeway sections, connecting Kansas to Illinois. From Cameron to the Illinois state line, it forms part of the principal route between Kansas City and Chicago, known as the Chicago–Kansas City Expressway. All of US 36 in Missouri is named the V.F.W. Memorial Highway. [2]
Interstate 64 (I-64) in the US state of Illinois is a major east–west Interstate Highway that runs through southern Illinois from the St. Louis metropolitan area east to the Indiana state line near Grayville, Illinois. It travels a distance of 130.4 miles (209.9 km). [1]
Illinois Route 53 (IL 53) is an arterial north–south state highway in northeast Illinois. IL 53 runs from Main Street west of historic U.S. Route 66 (US 66) in Gardner to IL 83 in Long Grove , a distance of 82.02 miles (132.00 km). [ 1 ]
U.S. Route 20 (US 20) in the state of Illinois runs northwest to southeast in the northern end of the state. It crosses the Mississippi River into East Dubuque and exits Chicago south of the Chicago Skyway; the highway is 233.93 miles (376.47 km) long. [1]