Scenic highways in Illinois

Illinois Scenic Byways
System information
Formed	March 14, 2002[1]
Highway names
Interstates	Interstate X (I-X)
US Highways	U.S. Route X (US X)
State	State Route X (SR X)
System links
Illinois State Highway System Interstate U.S. State Tollways

List of Illinois Byways

Name	Southern or western terminus	Northern or eastern terminus	Date	Description	Ref(s).
Ohio River Scenic Byway	Cairo state line	Indiana state line	[2]	Closely parallels the Ohio River in Illinois
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.	[3]
The Illinois Lincoln Highway Byway	Iowa state line	Indiana state line	October 4, 2011	Follows the Illinois portion of the original route of the Lincoln Highway	[4]
Historic Route 66 Scenic Byway	Chicago, Illinois at Lakeshore Drive (U.S. Route 41 at East Jackson Drive U.S. Route 66).	Martin Luther King Bridge in St. Louis
Meeting of the Great Rivers Scenic Route	Chicago, Illinois at Lakeshore Drive (U.S. Route 41 at East Jackson Drive U.S. Route 66).	Martin Luther King Bridge in St. Louis	Rosedale, Illinois on the Illinois River.	Hartford, Illinois on the Mississippi River.

National Scenic Byways

Name	Length (mi)	Length (km)	Notes
Historic National Road Byway	640	1,030	Designated 2002, Follows the Illinois portion of the National Road[5]
Great River Road	2,069	3,330	Routing

References

1. Nichol, J. Bryan (October 7, 2004). "Indiana Byway Designation for Indiana's Historic Pathways" (PDF). Letter to Lt. Gov. Kathy Davis. Indianapolis: Indiana Department of Transportation. Retrieved June 25, 2016.
2. "America's Scenic Byways, Ohio River Scenic Byway-Illinois" (Press release). Furkot. Retrieved January 4, 2021.
3. "America's Scenic Byways, Illinois River Road" (Press release). Furkot. Retrieved January 4, 2021.
4. Cline, Michael B. (October 3, 2011). "State Byway Designation for Lincoln Highway Byway" (PDF). Letter to Lt. Gov. Becky Stillman. Indianapolis: Indiana Department of Transportation. Retrieved June 25, 2016.
5. Whitney, Karen (June 9, 1998). "Transportation Secretary Slater Announces All-American Roads, Scenic Byways in 19 States" (PDF) (Press release). United States Department of Transportation. pp. 1–2. Retrieved June 27, 2016.