Scenic highways in Illinois

Illinois Scenic Byways
Highway names
Interstates	Interstate X (I-X)
US Highways	U.S. Route X (US X)
State	Illinois Route X (IL X)
System links
Illinois State Highway System Interstate US State Tollways Scenic

List

List of Illinois Byways

Name	Southern or western terminus	Northern or eastern terminus	Length		Date	Description	Ref(s).
			mi	km
Ohio River Scenic Byway	Kentucky state line in Cairo	Indiana state line				Closely parallels the Ohio River in Illinois	[1]
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.	[2]
Lincoln Highway	Iowa state line	Indiana state line			October 4, 2011	Follows the Illinois portion of the original route of the Lincoln Highway	[3]
Historic Route 66 Scenic Byway	Chicago	Martin Luther King Bridge at the Missouri state line in East St. Louis

References

1. "America's Scenic Byways, Ohio River Scenic Byway-Illinois" (Press release). Furkot. Retrieved January 4, 2021.
2. "America's Scenic Byways, Illinois River Road" (Press release). Furkot. Retrieved January 4, 2021.
3. 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.