(70 ILCS 520/9) (from Ch. 85, par. 6159)

Sec. 9. In addition to the power and authority heretofore conferred upon the Authority, the Authority, in its own name, shall have full power and authority: to acquire and thereafter operate and maintain any existing vehicular toll bridge across any waters which form a common boundary between any city within the territory of the Authority and any other city either within or without the State and to reconstruct, improve and repair such existing bridge; to construct, maintain and operate an additional vehicular toll bridge and approaches across these waters at a point suitable to the interests of navigation and to reconstruct, repair and improve the same; to construct, maintain and operate a tunnel under these waters and to reconstruct, repair and improve the same; to reconstruct, improve, and repair or to provide financial aid for the reconstruction, improvement, and repair of any existing vehicular toll bridge; and to issue and sell bonds, notes, or other evidence of indebtedness for such purposes as provided in Section 7.

(Source: P.A. 86-1455.)