605 ILCS 25/1
Certain portage trails in Illinois between the City of Chicago and the City of Joliet which are locally marked are designated the "Jolliet - Marquette Trail - Route of the Voyageurs" and certain scenic all-weather routes in Illinois now existing and bordering the east and west banks of the Illinois River between the City of Joliet and the City of Grafton and designated the "Illinois River Road - Route of the Voyageurs", as herein described.
The Eastern "Illinois River Road - Route of the Voyageurs" is designated as follows:
Starting at the junction of US 6 and Ill. 7 at Joliet, US 6 through Channahon, Morris, Seneca, Marseilles, and Ottawa to its junction with Ill. 71; Ill. 71 through Starved Rock State Park and Oglesby, west through Cedar Point, Standard, Granville, and Mark to its junction with Ill. 26 at Hennepin; Ill. 26 south through Lacon, Spring Bay and Bay View Gardens to its junction with Ill. 116 north of East Peoria; Ill. 116 to its junction with Ill. 29 in East Peoria; Ill. 29 south through Creve Coeur to CH 16 (Manito Road) one mile south of Pekin; CH 16 west through Manito to Ill. 97 to Havana; Ill. 97 west to its junction with Ill. 78; Ill. 78 south through Bath to CH 7 (Beardstown Road) south of Chandlerville; CH 7 west through Beardstown to US 67 and Ill. 100 south of Beardstown; Ill. 100 south through Bluffs to its junction with US 36; US 36 east to FA 155; FA 155 south through Hillview and Eldred to its junction with Ill. 100 and 16; Ill. 100 and 16 south to its junction with Ill. 100; Ill. 100 south through Nutwood and Rosedale and bordering the west and south boundaries of Pere Marquette State Park to Grafton.
The Western "Illinois River Road - Route of the Voyageurs" is designated as follows:
Starting at the junction of US 6 and Ill. 7 in Joliet, US 6 south and west through Channahon, Morris, and Marseilles to Ill. 23 in Ottawa; Ill. 23 south to FAS 261 in Ottawa; FAS 261 west through Naplate to CH 34 at Buffalo Rock State Park; CH 34 west to its junction with Ill. 178; Ill. 178 north through Utica to its junction with US 6; US 6 west through LaSalle and Peru to its junction with Ill. 29 in Spring Valley; Ill. 29 west and south through DePue, Bureau Junction, Henry, Sparland, and Chillicothe to its point of merger with US 24 on Jefferson Avenue in Peoria; US 24 southwest through Bartonville, Kingston Mines, and Banner to its junction with Ill. 78 and 97; Ill. 78 and 97 south to its junction with US 136; US 136 west to its junction with Ill. 100; Ill. 100 southwest through Enion, Mabletown, Bluff City, Sheldon Grove, Browning, and Frederick to its junction with Ill. 103 and US 67; US 67 and Ill. 100 south to its junction with Ill. 100. Ill. 100 south through Bluffs and Oxville to its junction with US 36; west on US 36 and Ill. 100 through Florence to Detroit; (Alternate route through Brown County from the junction of US 67 and Ill. 100: Ill. 103 west to CH 9 west of Sugar Grove; CH 9 south through LaGrange and across Ill. 99 to Ch 21 in Chambersburg; CH 21 south to CH 2 in Valley City; CH 2 west to CH 14 in Griggsville; CH 14 south to its junction with US 36 and Ill. 100 in Detroit); Ill. 100 south at Detroit through Milton, Pearl, and Kampsville to Hardin; Ill. 100 east across the Illinois River to East Hardin and south through Nutwood and Rosedale and bordering the west and south boundaries of Pere Marquette State Park to Grafton; (Alternate route from Hardin to Grafton: CH 1 south and east through Brussels to the Grafton Free Ferry across the Illinois River to Ill. 100; Ill. 100 east of Grafton).
605 ILCS 25/1