Web Sites and Link
• 336 Coalition
Supports a four-lane highway running from Peoria to Macomb.
• Chicago Department of TransportationOffers news, real time traffic information and weekly bulletins, projects and programs, and information on bureaus of highways, streets, traffic, signs and markings, bridges and transit, inspections, and administration and planning.
• Chicago SkywayOfficial site of the company that now leases the toll route in southeast Chicago. Site includes history and toll information.
• Illinois Department of TransportationThe official site of the department. Includes information on construction projects and information about doing business with the department.
• Illinois EndsPictures and descriptions of the ends of highways in Illinois.
• Illinois Highways PageA guide to the origin and evolution of the numbered highway system of Illinois. Includes route logs and other highway trivia.
• Illinois Road PhotosPhotographs of the state's highways collected by Dan Garnell.
• Illinois Tollway Oases: Then and NowHistory and details of these unusual service areas.
• Lake Michigan Circle TourContains resources related to this scenic drive around Lake Michigan.
• Marshall County Highway News From the PastContains news articles from the late 1920s and early 1930s about roads and highways in Marshall County, Illinois.
• National Road Association of IllinoisOrganization focused on promoting the history of the first byway going west across America, currently known as U.S. Route 40. Includes history of the road, stories, membership details, and contacts.
• Prairie Parkway StudyOfficial Illinois Department of Transportation web site covering the progress of the study looking at building a new expressway west of the Chicago area. Counties included in the study are Kendall, Kane, Grundy, Will, LaSalle, and DeKalb.
• Spoon River DriveOrganization promoting this scenic route in Fulton County which was the setting of Edgar Lee Master's "Spoon River Anthology". Contains maps and other information.
• The Illinois TollwayInformation on the Illinois tollway system, including the I-Pass electronic toll collection system.
• The Road AheadA look at old road maps including scans from 1920s era maps showing early alignments of US 60 in Illinois.
• The Transportation PagesAaron Renn's information and opinions on Chicago area commuting.
• Transportation and Land Use ReformEnvironmental Law and Policy Center of the Midwest site against construction of new Illinois tollways (and other out of state highways).
