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| HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, 600,000 people visit Lincoln's New Salem State |
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| historic site
each year; and
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| WHEREAS, Most people visiting Abraham Lincoln historic |
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| sites travel by car;
and
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| WHEREAS, The portion of Illinois Route 123 extending from |
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| Williamsville
(Route 55) to New Salem, the portion of Route 97 |
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| extending from Springfield
(Route 55) to New Salem, and the |
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| portion of the
Athens Blacktop extending from Athens (Route 29) |
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| to New Salem afford
access to the important Abraham Lincoln |
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| historic site at New Salem; therefore
be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE |
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| NINETY-THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE |
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| SENATE CONCURRING HEREIN, that the portion of Illinois Route |
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| 123 extending from Williamsville to New Salem, the portion of |
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| Route 97 extending from Springfield to New Salem, and the |
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| portion of the Athens Blacktop extending from Athens to New |
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| Salem be collectively designated the Abraham Lincoln Highway; |
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| and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That the portion of Illinois Route 123 extending |
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| from
Williamsville to New Salem, the portion of Route 97 |
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| extending from
Springfield to New Salem, and the portion
of the |
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| Athens Blacktop extending from Athens to New Salem be |
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| designated the
Northern Trail, the Southern Trail, and the |
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| Central Trail, respectively, of
the Abraham Lincoln Highway; |
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| and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That the Illinois Department of Transportation |
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| is requested to
erect
appropriate plaques or signs giving |
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| notice of the Abraham Lincoln Highway and
the Northern Trail, |
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| the
Southern Trail, and the Central Trail of the Abraham |