Scenic highways in Illinois

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List

class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" \|+List of Illinois Byways ! rowspan="2" \|Name ! rowspan="2" \|Southern or western terminus ! rowspan="2" \|Northern or eastern terminus ! colspan="2" \|Length ! rowspan="2" \|Date ! rowspan="2" \|Description ! rowspan="2" \|{{abbr\|Ref(s).\|Reference(s)}}
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scope="row" \|Ohio River Scenic Byway \|Kentucky state line in Cairo \|Indiana state line \| \| \| \|Closely parallels the Ohio River in Illinois \|{{cite press release \|first= \|last= \|date= \|title= America's Scenic Byways, Ohio River Scenic Byway-Illinois \|publisher= Furkot \|pages= \|url= https://scenicbyways.info/byway/10392.html\|access-date=January 4, 2021}}
scope="row" \|Illinois River Road \|Havana, Illinois, East Laural Street (U.S. Route 136) at South Charlotte Street. \|Ottawa, Illinois, Washington Square Park \| \| \| \|Parallels the Illinois River along both banks. \|{{cite press release \|first= \|last= \|date= \|title= America's Scenic Byways, Illinois River Road \|publisher= Furkot \|pages= \|url= https://scenicbyways.info/byway/58611.html\|access-date= January 4, 2021}}
scope="row" \| Lincoln Highway \|Iowa state line \|Indiana state line \| \| \|October 4, 2011 \|Follows the Illinois portion of the original route of the Lincoln Highway \|{{cite letter \|first= Michael B. \|last= Cline \|date=October 3, 2011 \|title= State Byway Designation for Lincoln Highway Byway \|recipient= Lt. Gov. Becky Stillman \|location= Indianapolis \|publisher= Indiana Department of Transportation \|url= http://www.in.gov/indot/files/IBP_IndianaLincolnHighwayByway.pdf \|access-date=June 25, 2016 }}
scope="row" \| Historic Route 66 Scenic Byway \|Chicago \|Martin Luther King Bridge at the Missouri state line in East St. Louis \| \| \| \| \|

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|+List of Illinois Byways

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scope="row" |Ohio River Scenic Byway

|Kentucky state line in Cairo

|Indiana state line

|Closely parallels the Ohio River in Illinois

|{{cite press release |first= |last= |date= |title= America's Scenic Byways, Ohio River Scenic Byway-Illinois |publisher= Furkot |pages= |url= https://scenicbyways.info/byway/10392.html|access-date=January 4, 2021}}

scope="row" |Illinois River Road

|Havana, Illinois, East Laural Street (U.S. Route 136) at South Charlotte Street.

|Ottawa, Illinois, Washington Square Park

|Parallels the Illinois River along both banks.

|{{cite press release |first= |last= |date= |title= America's Scenic Byways, Illinois River Road |publisher= Furkot |pages= |url= https://scenicbyways.info/byway/58611.html|access-date= January 4, 2021}}

scope="row" | Lincoln Highway

|Iowa state line

|Indiana state line

|October 4, 2011

|Follows the Illinois portion of the original route of the Lincoln Highway

|{{cite letter |first= Michael B. |last= Cline |date=October 3, 2011 |title= State Byway Designation for Lincoln Highway Byway |recipient= Lt. Gov. Becky Stillman |location= Indianapolis |publisher= Indiana Department of Transportation |url= http://www.in.gov/indot/files/IBP_IndianaLincolnHighwayByway.pdf |access-date=June 25, 2016 }}

scope="row" | Historic Route 66 Scenic Byway

|Chicago

|Martin Luther King Bridge at the Missouri state line in East St. Louis

References

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