(605 ILCS 25/0.01) (from Ch. 121, par. 390.9)
Sec. 0.01.
Short title.
This Act may be cited as the
Jolliet - Marquette Trail Act.
(Source: P.A. 86-1324.)
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(605 ILCS 25/1) (from Ch. 121, par. 391)
Sec. 1.
Certain portage trails in Illinois between the City of Chicago
and the City of Joliet which are locally marked are designated the "Jolliet
- Marquette Trail - Route of the Voyageurs" and certain scenic all-weather
routes in Illinois now existing and bordering the east and west banks of
the Illinois River between the City of Joliet and the City of Grafton and
designated the "Illinois River Road - Route of the Voyageurs", as herein described.
The Eastern "Illinois River Road - Route of the Voyageurs" is designated as follows:
Starting at the junction of US 6 and Ill. 7 at Joliet, US 6 through Channahon,
Morris, Seneca, Marseilles, and Ottawa to its junction with Ill. 71; Ill.
71 through Starved Rock State Park and Oglesby, west through Cedar Point, Standard,
Granville, and Mark to its junction with Ill. 26 at Hennepin; Ill. 26 south
through Lacon, Spring Bay and Bay View Gardens to its junction with Ill.
116 north of East Peoria; Ill. 116 to its junction with Ill. 29 in East
Peoria; Ill. 29 south through Creve Coeur to CH 16 (Manito Road) one mile
south of Pekin; CH 16 west through Manito to Ill. 97 to Havana; Ill. 97
west to its junction with Ill. 78; Ill. 78 south through Bath to CH 7 (Beardstown
Road) south of Chandlerville; CH 7 west through Beardstown to US 67 and
Ill. 100 south of Beardstown; Ill. 100 south through Bluffs to its junction
with US 36; US 36 east to FA 155; FA 155 south through Hillview and Eldred
to its junction with Ill. 100 and 16; Ill. 100 and 16 south to its junction
with Ill. 100; Ill. 100 south through Nutwood and Rosedale and bordering
the west and south boundaries of Pere Marquette State Park to Grafton.
The Western "Illinois River Road - Route of the Voyageurs" is designated as follows:
Starting at the junction of US 6 and Ill. 7 in Joliet, US 6 south and west
through Channahon, Morris, and Marseilles to Ill. 23 in Ottawa; Ill. 23
south to FAS 261 in Ottawa; FAS 261 west through Naplate to CH 34 at Buffalo
Rock State Park; CH 34 west to its junction with Ill. 178; Ill. 178 north
through Utica to its junction with US 6; US 6 west through LaSalle and Peru
to its junction with Ill. 29 in Spring Valley; Ill. 29 west and south through
DePue, Bureau Junction, Henry, Sparland, and Chillicothe to its point of
merger with US 24 on Jefferson Avenue in Peoria; US 24 southwest through
Bartonville, Kingston Mines, and Banner to its junction with Ill. 78 and
97; Ill. 78 and 97 south to its junction with US 136; US 136 west to its
junction with Ill. 100; Ill. 100 southwest through Enion, Mabletown, Bluff
City, Sheldon Grove, Browning, and Frederick to its junction with Ill. 103
and US 67; US 67 and Ill. 100 south to its junction with Ill. 100. Ill.
100 south through Bluffs and Oxville to its junction with US 36; west on
US 36 and Ill. 100 through Florence to Detroit; (Alternate route through
Brown County from the junction of US 67 and Ill. 100: Ill. 103 west to CH
9 west of Sugar Grove; CH 9 south through LaGrange and across Ill. 99 to
Ch 21
in Chambersburg; CH 21 south to CH 2 in Valley City; CH 2 west to CH 14
in Griggsville; CH 14 south to its junction with US 36 and Ill. 100 in Detroit);
Ill. 100 south at Detroit through Milton, Pearl, and Kampsville to Hardin;
Ill. 100 east across the Illinois River to East Hardin and south through
Nutwood and Rosedale and bordering the west and south boundaries of Pere
Marquette State Park to Grafton; (Alternate route from Hardin to Grafton:
CH 1 south and east through Brussels to the Grafton Free Ferry across the
Illinois River to Ill. 100; Ill. 100 east of Grafton).
(Source: P.A. 79-820.)
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(605 ILCS 25/2) (from Ch. 121, par. 392)
Sec. 2.
Appropriate plaques may be erected by the Department of
Transportation
and local agencies in their respective jurisdictions
along the "Illinois River Road - Route of the Voyageurs"
between the City of Joliet and the City of Grafton in recognition of this
designation.
(Source: P.A. 89-229, eff. 1-1-96.)
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