Chapter 605 — ROADS AND BRIDGES

(605 ILCS 5/1-101) (from Ch. 121, par. 1-101) Sec. 1-101. This Act shall be known and may be cited as the Illinois Highway Code. (Source: Laws 1959, p. 196.)

(605 ILCS 5/1-102) (from Ch. 121, par. 1-102) Sec. 1-102. It is the intent and declared policy of the legislature that an integrated system of highways and streets is essential to the general welfare and to the agricultural, industrial, recreational, and social development of the…

(605 ILCS 5/1-103) (from Ch. 121, par. 1-103) Sec. 1-103. This Code applies to all public highways in the State of Illinois, except highways under the exclusive jurisdiction (1) of any department, board, commission or agency of this State other than the Department of Transportati…

(605 ILCS 5/10-1001) (from Ch. 121, par. 10-1001) Sec. 10-1001. The Department shall repair, maintain, operate, control and preserve every covered bridge (and the abutments and approaches thereof) in this State, meaning every structure which spans a watercourse, chasm, ravine, ro…

(605 ILCS 5/10-101) (from Ch. 121, par. 10-101) Sec. 10-101. The Department may acquire, by gift, any bridge or part of a bridge and its approaches located in Illinois which cross any stream forming a boundary line between this State and any adjoining state whenever the bridge an…

(605 ILCS 5/10-102) (from Ch. 121, par. 10-102) Sec. 10-102. Before acquiring any bridge or part of a bridge and its approaches as provided in this Division of this Article, the Department shall ascertain, except as otherwise provided in Section 10-102.1, that the bridge and its …

(605 ILCS 5/10-102.1) Sec. 10-102.1. (Repealed). (Source: P.A. 92-679, eff. 7-16-02. Repealed by P.A. 99-933, eff. 1-27-17.)

(605 ILCS 5/10-103) (from Ch. 121, par. 10-103) Sec. 10-103. (a) When the Department has acquired title to any bridge or part of a bridge and its approaches as provided in this Division, it is authorized to assume jointly with the adjoining state, or a political subdivision of th…

(605 ILCS 5/10-201) (from Ch. 121, par. 10-201) Sec. 10-201. Bridges across streams forming the boundary line between this and any adjoining state, or bridges upon any road which lies upon the boundary line between this and any adjoining state, may be constructed or repaired by a…

(605 ILCS 5/10-202) (from Ch. 121, par. 10-202) Sec. 10-202. The county board of any such county is empowered to appropriate moneys for the purpose of assisting in the construction or repair of any such bridge or bridges, or bonds of such county may be issued for that purpose as …

(605 ILCS 5/10-203) (from Ch. 121, par. 10-203) Sec. 10-203. Such proposition shall be in substantially the following form: -------------------------------------------------------------- Shall county bonds for YES the purpose of.... be ------------------------------- issued to th…

(605 ILCS 5/10-204) (from Ch. 121, par. 10-204) Sec. 10-204. If a majority of the legal voters voting at such election on such question, voted in favor of the proposition, the county clerk shall issue (from time to time as the work progresses) a sufficient amount, in the aggregat…

(605 ILCS 5/10-205) (from Ch. 121, par. 10-205) Sec. 10-205. The plans and specifications for the construction or repair of any such bridge or bridges shall be approved by the county superintendent of highways (or county superintendents of highways, in case two counties of this S…

(605 ILCS 5/10-206) (from Ch. 121, par. 10-206) Sec. 10-206. If the cost of such construction or repair is $1,000 or less, such county (or counties) shall not be liable for any part of such expense until all the work has been fully completed, and has been accepted by the county s…

(605 ILCS 5/10-301) (from Ch. 121, par. 10-301) Sec. 10-301. Each county of this State, is authorized to acquire by purchase or otherwise, to construct, repair, maintain and operate a bridge or bridges over and across any navigable or non-navigable stream within such county, or f…

(605 ILCS 5/10-302) (from Ch. 121, par. 10-302) Sec. 10-302. Every county which, by ordinance, determines to exercise the powers granted by this Division of this Article has the right to acquire by purchase or otherwise, to construct, repair, maintain and operate any such bridge …

(605 ILCS 5/10-302.5) Sec. 10-302.5. Administrative adjudication of toll violations. (a) The county may provide by ordinance for a system of administrative adjudication for fixing, assessing, and collecting civil fines for a vehicle's operation on a county toll bridge if the requ…

(605 ILCS 5/10-303) (from Ch. 121, par. 10-303) Sec. 10-303. For the purpose of acquiring by purchase or otherwise or the constructing of any such bridge, the county board of each such county is authorized to borrow money and in evidence thereof to issue the bonds of such county,…

(605 ILCS 5/10-304) (from Ch. 121, par. 10-304) Sec. 10-304. Any ordinance authorizing the issuance of bonds under this Division of this Article shall provide for the creation of a sinking fund into which shall be payable from the revenues of such bridge, from month to month, as …

(605 ILCS 5/10-305) (from Ch. 121, par. 10-305) Sec. 10-305. The county treasurer of each such county shall be the legal custodian of all funds derived from the issuance of bonds provided for under this Division of this Article and of all revenues derived from the operation of an…

(605 ILCS 5/10-306) (from Ch. 121, par. 10-306) Sec. 10-306. The county board of each such county shall install and maintain a proper system of accounts, showing the receipts from the operation of the bridge and the application of the same, and the county board shall at least onc…

(605 ILCS 5/10-307) (from Ch. 121, par. 10-307) Sec. 10-307. Any holder of a bond or bonds, or any of the coupons of any bond or bonds issued under the provisions of this Division of this Article may, by action, mandamus, injunction or other proceeding, enforce or compel the perf…

(605 ILCS 5/10-308) (from Ch. 121, par. 10-308) Sec. 10-308. The county board of each such county shall have no power to borrow money for the acquisition or construction of any such toll bridge or bridges except as in this Division of this Article provided and all money borrowed …

(605 ILCS 5/10-309) (from Ch. 121, par. 10-309) Sec. 10-309. Title to all property acquired pursuant to this Division of this Article shall be taken in the name of the county. (Source: Laws 1959, p. 196.)

(605 ILCS 5/10-310) (from Ch. 121, par. 10-310) Sec. 10-310. The county board of each such county shall establish by ordinance the beginning and ending of a fiscal year for the operation of each such bridge, which period shall constitute the budget year for the maintenance and op…

(605 ILCS 5/10-311) (from Ch. 121, par. 10-311) Sec. 10-311. The county board of each such county may in its discretion, by ordinance, create a bridge commission for the purpose of exercising the powers conferred by this Division of this Article if such county board deems it expe…

(605 ILCS 5/10-312) (from Ch. 121, par. 10-312) Sec. 10-312. The provisions of this Division of this Article shall be cumulative and shall be considered as conferring additional power on counties and as additions to and not as limitations upon the power of counties to acquire, co…

(605 ILCS 5/10-501) (from Ch. 121, par. 10-501) Sec. 10-501. Each municipality in this State is authorized to construct or acquire by purchase, lease or gift, and to maintain bridges and the approaches thereto within the corporate limits, or at any point within 3 miles of the cor…

(605 ILCS 5/10-502) (from Ch. 121, par. 10-502) Sec. 10-502. In all cases where a bridge shall heretofore have been constructed or shall hereafter be constructed across a navigable stream by any municipality in whole or in part without the territorial limits of such city, where t…

(605 ILCS 5/10-503) (from Ch. 121, par. 10-503) Sec. 10-503. Every bridge so owned, acquired or controlled by such municipality and the approaches thereto when in whole or in part outside the corporate limits thereof shall be subject to the municipal control and ordinances of suc…

(605 ILCS 5/10-504) (from Ch. 121, par. 10-504) Sec. 10-504. Any municipality within this state for the purpose of acquiring, paying for, maintaining, or constructing any such bridge or bridges, and the approaches thereto as in this Division of this Article provided, is authorize…

(605 ILCS 5/10-601) (from Ch. 121, par. 10-601) Sec. 10-601. The corporate authorities of any municipality, have the power to acquire by purchase, lease, or gift, ferries, bridges, the approaches thereto, and not exceeding 4 acres of land within the corporate limits, or within 5 …

(605 ILCS 5/10-602) (from Ch. 121, par. 10-602) Sec. 10-602. Every municipality has the power: (1) To construct, or acquire by purchase, lease, gift, or condemnation in the manner provided for the exercise of the right of eminent domain under the Eminent Domain Act, ferries and b…

(605 ILCS 5/10-603) (from Ch. 121, par. 10-603) Sec. 10-603. Every bridge or ferry and also the approaches thereto, owned or controlled by a municipality as provided in Section 10-602, when outside the corporate limits, are subject to the municipal control and ordinances of the m…

(605 ILCS 5/10-604) (from Ch. 121, par. 10-604) Sec. 10-604. Every municipality with a population of less than 500,000 which is located on a navigable stream has the power to acquire, construct, maintain, and operate either within or without its corporate limits, bridges and appr…

(605 ILCS 5/10-605) (from Ch. 121, par. 10-605) Sec. 10-605. For the purposes specified in Section 10-604, such a municipality may levy and collect a special tax annually of not more than .25 per cent of the value, as equalized or assessed by the Department of Revenue, of taxable…

(605 ILCS 5/10-606) (from Ch. 121, par. 10-606) Sec. 10-606. Any municipality specified in Section 10-604 may issue bonds for the purposes specified in Section 10-604. The amount of these bonds, including the existing indebtedness of the municipality, shall not exceed, in the agg…

(605 ILCS 5/10-701) (from Ch. 121, par. 10-701) Sec. 10-701. In this Division of this Article, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) "Bridge" means any bridge over or across a river, including any bridges on the approaches thereto to eliminate intersection at grade with any …

(605 ILCS 5/10-702) (from Ch. 121, par. 10-702) Sec. 10-702. Every municipality has the power: (1) To acquire, by purchase or otherwise, construct, operate and maintain, and repair any bridge within the corporate limits, or within 5 miles of the corporate limits of the municipali…

(605 ILCS 5/10-703) (from Ch. 121, par. 10-703) Sec. 10-703. Without limiting any other powers granted in this Division of this Article, each municipality has the power to provide for the payment of the cost of acquiring or constructing any bridge or for the payment of any portio…

(605 ILCS 5/10-704) (from Ch. 121, par. 10-704) Sec. 10-704. An ordinance authorizing bonds under this Division of this Article may contain provisions, which shall be part of the contract with the holders of the bonds, as to (1) the dates, maturities, denominations, rate of inter…

(605 ILCS 5/10-705) (from Ch. 121, par. 10-705) Sec. 10-705. The municipality shall fix rates of toll to be charged for transit over and use of such a bridge. These rates shall be so fixed, charged, and adjusted as to provide revenue at all times sufficient, (1) to pay the reason…

(605 ILCS 5/10-706) (from Ch. 121, par. 10-706) Sec. 10-706. Any municipality may by ordinance authorize the issue of refunding revenue bonds, payable solely from the revenues of a bridge to refund the principal or accrued interest, or both, of its outstanding revenue bonds issue…

(605 ILCS 5/10-707) (from Ch. 121, par. 10-707) Sec. 10-707. The ordinance authorizing such refunding revenue bonds shall prescribe all the details thereof and the bonds shall be in such form and denomination payable at such places, bear such date and be executed by such official…

(605 ILCS 5/10-708) (from Ch. 121, par. 10-708) Sec. 10-708. After the ordinance providing for the issuance of refunding revenue bonds has been passed, it shall be published in the same manner and form as is required for other ordinances of the municipality. The ordinance shall b…

(605 ILCS 5/10-709) (from Ch. 121, par. 10-709) Sec. 10-709. Such refunding revenue bonds may be exchanged on a basis of par for the securities to be refunded, or such bonds may be sold at not less than their par value and accrued interest and the proceeds received shall be used …

(605 ILCS 5/10-710) (from Ch. 121, par. 10-710) Sec. 10-710. The corporate authorities of any such municipality are authorized to take any action that may be necessary to inform owners of outstanding bonds regarding the financial condition of the fund out of which the bonds are p…

(605 ILCS 5/10-711) (from Ch. 121, par. 10-711) Sec. 10-711. The holder of any bond or refunding bond or interest coupon by a civil action, may enforce and compel performance of all duties of the issuing municipality as required by this Division of this Article and the ordinance …

(605 ILCS 5/10-712) (from Ch. 121, par. 10-712) Sec. 10-712. Revenue bonds, including refunding bonds, may be issued under this Division of this Article without submitting the proposition of the approval of the ordinance or the question of the issuance of the bonds to the elector…

(605 ILCS 5/10-713) (from Ch. 121, par. 10-713) Sec. 10-713. Any municipality may by ordinance provide for the establishment of a Bridge Commission, to consist of 3 persons resident therein to be appointed by the Mayor, for terms of 4 years and until their successors are appointe…