Overview
The goal of this page update is to revise the US, State, and County Route Naming portion of the Major roads section of the Illinois wiki.
| This information is under consideration for the Illinois state wiki. It should not be considered official guidance. |
Illinois counties maintain a system of routes or highways within their borders. A separate coordinate-based system for rural county roads also maintained. At present, both are prefixed "CR-." The principal change in this update is to alter that guidance.
The current wiki guidance on this topic can be found in this section.
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Road naming
In Illinois, USA road naming guidance is followed with the following local exceptions:
- State Routes or Highways are named with SR-XXX.
- County Routes or Highways are named CH-XXX.
- County Roads are named CR-XXX.
Numbering and direction follow USA road naming guidance. When county highways contain a letter, the format is CH-XNN. For example, CH-W25.
County routes or highways may or may not be shielded. These roads nearly always carry a local primary street name. CH- designations apply to alternate names almost exclusively. The designation is used to identify county routes for proper application of road types.
Proper sourcing of county routes and highways is important. The interactive IDOT functional classification map uses a third-party base map source which may not be correct. In order of preference, source county route/highway numbering from WME SV images less than three years old, published county information, or the IDOT county highway maps available at IDOT Maps.
The naming of county highways was changed in June 2016. Previously, county routes were also labeled "CR-" and should be updated to the new guidance. Care must be taken to not change the naming of county/township roads which are currently named using "CR-." See the state to-do list for counties outstanding.
Discussion
This proposal is still being drafted prior to open discussion.