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SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION

  
 
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    WHEREAS, The Chicago - Kansas City Expressway (C-KC) 
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corridor through Illinois and Missouri forms a unified corridor 
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of commerce between 2 of the major commercial and tourism 
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centers in the Midwest; and
  
 
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    WHEREAS, The portion of the Chicago - Kansas City 
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Expressway corridor from Chicago to the Quad Cities, Galesburg, 
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Monmouth, Macomb, and Quincy, constitutes a major artery for 
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travel, commerce, and economic opportunity for a significant  
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portion of the State of Illinois; and

  
 
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    WHEREAS, It is appropriate that this highway corridor 
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through Illinois connecting to the corridor in the State of 
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Missouri be uniquely signed as the Chicago - Kansas City 
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Expressway (C-KC) to facilitate the movement of traffic; 
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therefore, be it
  
 
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    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL 
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ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
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CONCURRING HEREIN, that we designate Interstate 88, the 
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portions of Interstate 55 and Interstate 80 from Chicago to the 
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Quad Cities, Interstate 74 to Galesburg, U.S. Route 34 to 
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Monmouth, U.S. Route 67 to Macomb, Illinois 336 to Interstate 
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172 at Quincy, Interstate 172 to Interstate 72, and Interstate 
 


 






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72 to the crossing of the Mississippi River at Hannibal, 
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Missouri as the Illinois portion of the Chicago - Kansas City 
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Expressway and marked concurrently with the existing route 
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numbers as Illinois Route 110; and be it further
  
 
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    RESOLVED, That the Illinois Department of Transportation 
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is requested to erect at every route marker, consistent with 
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State and federal regulations, signs displaying the approved 
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C-KC logo and Illinois Route 110; and be it further
 
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    RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be 
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delivered to the Secretary of the Illinois Department of 
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Transportation, the Director of the Missouri Department of 
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Transportation, and the Mayors of Chicago, the Quad-Cities, 
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Galesburg, Monmouth, Macomb, and Quincy.