This bridge is shown as FAI (Federal Aid Interstate) route 3. FAI Routes in IL usually carry the number of the Interstate that the program built, but there was never an Interstate 3 in Illinois. This bridge is along I-55 near Channahon, but is on the Frontage Road, not the actual Interstate. Since it was built as part of the Interstate Project, it carries an FAI number.

Plate from a bridge over the old Illinois and Michigan Canal, Lockport IL.

This is on New Avenue (State Aid Route 72) north of Lockport.

"SBI-59" (State Bond Issue Route # 59) on IL-59 at Plainfield.

On I-180 near LaSalle IL

"SBI Route 70" bridge plate on IL-251 near Mendota IL.

Bridge Plate on IL-56 near Sugar Grove. This segment was once the E-W Tollway.

Sheffer Road bridge near Aurora

SBI-42 plate on the former IL-42 (Sheridan Road) in Lake Forest.

SBI-48 on the old US-54, now IL-54

Phillips Bridge plate, Livingston Co. IL

This is the plate on the old US-36 bridge over the Illinois River at Florence. This is now IL-106, and this bridge was built in 1929. The route was originally laid out in 1918 with a ferry crossing, and then a bridge. The plate refers to State Bond Issue number 36. Coincidentally this route became US-36 in 1926. The bridge was rebuilt in 1980, and a second plate was applied.

This plate is from the "Alton Viaduct" on old US-66 over the UP Coal City Branch.

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