Illinois Route 120-- Part 2

Continuing with today's Il-120 looking at maps in the Illinois Digital Collection.


1922-- Still the only road in the area and now shown as all hard surface or oiled.

1924-- Now, there were many more roads in the Lake and McHenry counties area. This is the first time that the number 20 appears on the stretch as it is now called SBI-20 or Il-20.


A NEW CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM

A solid heavy line is now classified as PAVED: concrete, brick, or macadam (interesting that asphalt would not be listed.

A broken black line indicates improved roads: gravel, crushed stone or oiled dirt

There was even a single black line indicating "Unimportant Roads."

Roads under construction were also shown.


THE HIGHWAY

Il-20 (and they were using the road number inside the state outlines then, something I wish we could go back to instead of the generic squares we have now) is shown as going through the towns and villages of Waukegan, Wilson, Grays Lake, Hainesville, Volo, McHenry and Woodstock.

The road is paved Waukegan to Il-42, then shown as improved from Il-42 to Il-21. Then paved Il-21 to Volo. It is improved west of Volo for about 1.5 miles then under construction to just east of Woodstock.

Major Road Improvements Going On. --RoadDog