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 1                          HOUSE RESOLUTION

 2        WHEREAS, 600,000 people visit Lincoln's New  Salem  State
 3    historic site each year; and

 4        WHEREAS,  Most  people  visiting Abraham Lincoln historic
 5    sites travel by car; and

 6        WHEREAS, The portion of Illinois Route 123 extending from
 7    Williamsville (Route 55) to New Salem, the portion  of  Route
 8    97  extending  from  Springfield (Route 55) to New Salem, and
 9    the portion of the  Athens  Blacktop  extending  from  Athens
10    (Route  29)  to  New  Salem  afford  access  to the important
11    Abraham Lincoln historic site at New Salem; therefore be it

12        RESOLVED,  BY  THE  HOUSE  OF  REPRESENTATIVES   OF   THE
13    NINETY-THIRD  GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
14    the  portion   of   Illinois   Route   123   extending   from
15    Williamsville to New Salem, the portion of Route 97 extending
16    from  Springfield to New Salem, and the portion of the Athens
17    Blacktop extending from Athens to New Salem  be  collectively
18    designated the Abraham Lincoln Highway; and be it further

19        RESOLVED,   That   the  portion  of  Illinois  Route  123
20    extending from Williamsville to New  Salem,  the  portion  of
21    Route  97  extending  from  Springfield to New Salem, and the
22    portion of the Athens Blacktop extending from Athens  to  New
23    Salem  be  designated the Northern Trail, the Southern Trail,
24    and the Central Trail, respectively, of the  Abraham  Lincoln
25    Highway; and be it further

26        RESOLVED,  That the Illinois Department of Transportation
27    is requested to erect appropriate  plaques  or  signs  giving
28    notice of the Abraham Lincoln Highway and the Northern Trail,
29    the  Southern  Trail,  and  the  Central Trail of the Abraham
30    Lincoln Highway; and be it further

31        RESOLVED, That suitable  copies  of  this  resolution  be
 
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 1    delivered   to  the  Secretary  of  the  U.S.  Department  of
 2    Transportation and the Secretary of the  Illinois  Department
 3    of Transportation.