ILLINOIS ROADS, BYWAYS, AND HIGHWAYS

Thru-The-Mirror: The Morton Arboretum in Lisle, Illinois. 10/21/2005

▓ Highly Recommended  

1960s Proposed Chicago Crosstown Expressway was designated Interstate 494.

Ambler Texaco Gas Station, on Route 66 in Dwight, Illinois.

▓ America's First Automobile Race occurred in Chicago, Illinois, in 1895.

Arnold, Schwinn & Co.; Schwinn Bicycle Company, Chicago, 1886-1991.

▓ Burma-Shave History, 200 sayings found along Illinois and surrounding states' highways.

Comparative Cost of Macadamizing (Explained) and Planking the Streets of Chicago.

Frink & Walker Stage Line Company of Chicago. Est. 1832.

Galena & Chicago Union Railway Station at Canal and Kinzie, Chicago's first depot. 1855

Green Bay Indian Trail, aka "Old Jambeau Trail," Chicago to Green Bay, Wisconsin.

How the Automobile became King in Chicago. 

Illinois Roads, Routes, Tollways, and Expressways.

Route 66, Illinois Road Map showing all 3 alignments. [in high-resolution. zoom (+/-)]

Route 66, Soulsby Shell Service Station, Mount Olive, Illinois.

Route 66, Standard Oil Gas Station, Odell, Illinois.

Negro Travelers' Green Book, 1954 Edition - Chicago Section.

▓ Plank Road History in the Chicago area.

Reasons why Chicago's property grid system isn't completely perfect.

Rudimentary Road Construction History in Early Chicago and the Eastern United States.

▓ Schwinn & Company, The History of Chicago's Bicycle Manufacturer. 

Stagecoach Travel in Early Chicago and Illinois.

The Traveler's Directory for Illinois, pub:1839 

The Vincennes Indian Trace. 

Where did you say Route 66 starting point in Chicago is?
Why Chicago Street Signs were changed from Black on Yellow to White on Green.
Why Chicago's Street Suffixes are Inconsistent.

Dr. Gale served on the Board of the Route 66 Association of Illinois. (2013-2015)

The First 25 Years. Route 66 Association of Illinois; "The 66 News."
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