Chapter 605, ROADS AND BRIDGES

(605 ILCS 5/5-105) (from Ch. 121, par. 5-105) Sec. 5-105. Temporary closings of county highways, or changes in highways making up a part of the county highway system, including additions to and deletions from such system, may be made by resolution of the county board, subject to …

(605 ILCS 5/5-106) (from Ch. 121, par. 5-106) Sec. 5-106. The county board may, by resolution approved by the Department, designate a route on existing streets in a municipality as a municipal extension of a county highway or may designate a route for a municipal extension of a c…

(605 ILCS 5/5-107) (from Ch. 121, par. 5-107) Sec. 5-107. Relocations of county highways may be made during the improvement thereof according to plans approved by the county board and the Department. Upon completion of the relocated highway and its opening to public travel, the n…

(605 ILCS 5/5-108) (from Ch. 121, par. 5-108) Sec. 5-108. The Department shall assign a number to each county highway in each county and all county highways shall always be designated by a number. The Department may from time to time renumber such county highways. (Source: Laws 1…

(605 ILCS 5/5-109) (from Ch. 121, par. 5-109) Sec. 5-109. When the county board determines that the public and economic interest is served by vacating a county highway or part of it, it may vacate that highway or part of it by resolution adopted by the favorable vote of 2/3 of th…

(605 ILCS 5/5-110) (from Ch. 121, par. 5-110) Sec. 5-110. Upon the vacation of a county highway or part of it, the county board shall cause a legal description of the highway or the part of it vacated to be recorded in the office of the recorder. The recorder shall mark any recor…

(605 ILCS 5/5-201) (from Ch. 121, par. 5-201) Sec. 5-201. In each county with a population greater than 3,000,000, there shall be a county superintendent of highways. In each county with a population less than 3,000,000, there shall be a county engineer. On the effective date of …

(605 ILCS 5/5-201.1) (from Ch. 121, par. 5-201.1) Sec. 5-201.1. In each county of more than 600,000 inhabitants but less than 3,000,000 inhabitants, there shall be a County Division of Transportation with a county director of the Division of Transportation. The chairman of the co…

(605 ILCS 5/5-202) (from Ch. 121, par. 5-202) Sec. 5-202. (a) Except as provided under subsection (b) of this Section the term of office of each county superintendent of highways is 6 years and until his successor is appointed and qualified. He shall receive a salary fixed by the…

(605 ILCS 5/5-202.1) (from Ch. 121, par. 5-202.1) Sec. 5-202.1. In counties of more than 600,000 inhabitants but less than 3,000,000 inhabitants, the county director of the Division of Transportation shall hold the position as an employee of the county board. (Source: P.A. 84-756…

(605 ILCS 5/5-203) (from Ch. 121, par. 5-203) Sec. 5-203. Any county superintendent of highways may be removed from office by the county board for incompetence, neglect of duty or malfeasance in office. In any proceeding to remove a county superintendent of highways from office a…

(605 ILCS 5/5-203.1) (from Ch. 121, par. 5-203.1) Sec. 5-203.1. In counties of more than 600,000 inhabitants but less than 3,000,000 inhabitants, any county director of the Division of Transportation shall serve at the pleasure of the appointing authority. (Source: P.A. 84-756.)…

(605 ILCS 5/5-204) (from Ch. 121, par. 5-204) Sec. 5-204. Whenever the office of county superintendent of highways is vacant, the county board may with the consent in writing of the Department appoint any competent person as acting county superintendent of highways until the vaca…

(605 ILCS 5/5-204.1) (from Ch. 121, par. 5-204.1) Sec. 5-204.1. In any county of more than 600,000 inhabitants but less than 3,000,000 inhabitants, the county board chairman may appoint any competent person as acting director whenever a vacancy exists and until such vacancy is fi…

(605 ILCS 5/5-205) (from Ch. 121, par. 5-205) Sec. 5-205. Functions generally. The county superintendent of highways shall, subject to the general supervision of the county board and to the rules and regulations of the Department, perform the functions stated in the following Sec…

(605 ILCS 5/5-205.1) (from Ch. 121, par. 5-205.1) Sec. 5-205.1. Prepare or cause to be prepared, plans, specifications and estimates for all bridges and culverts to be built by the county, or by one or more road districts, and supervise the construction of all such bridges and cu…

(605 ILCS 5/5-205.10) Sec. 5-205.10. Discontinuance of a coterminous township. If township organization is discontinued as provided in Articles 27 and 28 of the Township Code, then the coterminous municipality shall assume the duties of highway commissioner under this Code. (Sour…

(605 ILCS 5/5-205.2) (from Ch. 121, par. 5-205.2) Sec. 5-205.2. Act for the county in all matters relating to the supervision of the construction or maintenance of any highway constructed or maintained in whole or in part at the expense of the county. (Source: Laws 1959, p. 196.)…

(605 ILCS 5/5-205.3) (from Ch. 121, par. 5-205.3) Sec. 5-205.3. Advise the highway commissioners of the road districts in his county, when requested in writing, and direct, as otherwise provided in this code, the highway commissioners of the road districts in his county, as to th…

(605 ILCS 5/5-205.4) (from Ch. 121, par. 5-205.4) Sec. 5-205.4. Upon the request of the highway commissioner of any road district in the county, prepare or cause to be prepared all maps, plans, specifications and estimates of cost needed in order to comply with the provisions of …

(605 ILCS 5/5-205.5) (from Ch. 121, par. 5-205.5) Sec. 5-205.5. Supervise the construction or maintenance of all county highways within the county. (Source: Laws 1959, p. 196.)

(605 ILCS 5/5-205.6) (from Ch. 121, par. 5-205.6) Sec. 5-205.6. Keep a record of all contracts or purchases of materials, machinery or apparatus to be used in road construction in excess of $5,000 approved by him in any road district as hereinafter provided in this Code. (Source:…

(605 ILCS 5/5-205.7) (from Ch. 121, par. 5-205.7) Sec. 5-205.7. In counties in which a county unit road district has been established, subject to the direction of the county board, act for the county in all matters relating to the construction and maintenance of county unit distr…

(605 ILCS 5/5-205.8) (from Ch. 121, par. 5-205.8) Sec. 5-205.8. Perform such other duties as may be prescribed by law and the rules and regulations of the Department. Other than as above specifically indicated, the county superintendent of highways and county director of the Divi…

(605 ILCS 5/5-205.9) Sec. 5-205.9. Report to road district treasurer. If requested by the treasurer of a road district in the county, the county superintendent of highways shall report to the treasurer the balance, on the last day of each 6-month period ending on May 1 and Novemb…

(605 ILCS 5/5-301) (from Ch. 121, par. 5-301) Sec. 5-301. In order to properly plan the utilization of motor fuel tax funds each County Superintendent of Highways, except for those in a county with a population of 185,000 or less, shall be required to develop and update a 20 year…

(605 ILCS 5/5-401) (from Ch. 121, par. 5-401) Sec. 5-401. Subject to the general supervisory powers of the Department under this Code, all highways in the county highway system shall be under the direct control and supervision of the county board of the county in which such count…

(605 ILCS 5/5-402) (from Ch. 121, par. 5-402) Sec. 5-402. When motor fuel tax funds, federal aid road funds or other funds received from the State are used to finance, in whole or in part, the construction of a highway, or section thereof, by a county, supervision and approval of…

(605 ILCS 5/5-403) (from Ch. 121, par. 5-403) Sec. 5-403. When any highway construction projects by a County are to be performed under the supervision and approval of the Department the procedure shall be as follows: The county board shall, by one or more resolutions, specify the…

(605 ILCS 5/5-405) (from Ch. 121, par. 5-405) Sec. 5-405. County highways may be constructed or improved on county lines. In case two counties desire to secure the construction or improvement of a county highway situated upon or near the boundary line between them, the respective…

(605 ILCS 5/5-406) (from Ch. 121, par. 5-406) Sec. 5-406. Where the county board of any county deems it necessary to connect any county highway with any county or State highway situated within an adjoining county, or to construct an interchange at the intersection of any county, …

(605 ILCS 5/5-407) (from Ch. 121, par. 5-407) Sec. 5-407. When a highway leading to a public ferry over a river which is the boundary line between two counties, is subject to inundation and flood damage, such highway in either or both of such counties may be constructed, repaired…

(605 ILCS 5/5-408) (from Ch. 121, par. 5-408) Sec. 5-408. The county board, with the approval of the corporate authorities in the case of a municipality with a population of over 500, and in its own discretion in the case of a municipality with a population of 500 or less, may co…

(605 ILCS 5/5-409) (from Ch. 121, par. 5-409) Sec. 5-409. Partial payments on contracts let by a county for highway work may be made as the work progresses but no payment in excess of 90% of the value of the work then completed may be made until 50% of the work has been completed…

(605 ILCS 5/5-410) (from Ch. 121, par. 5-410) Sec. 5-410. The county board is authorized to enter into agreements with any municipal corporation, terminable in the discretion of the county board, for the municipal corporation to maintain any county highway, or any part thereof, l…

(605 ILCS 5/5-410.1) (from Ch. 121, par. 5-410.1) Sec. 5-410.1. The county board may surrender jurisdiction over the right-of-way and improvements of all or part of a county highway, street or road to a municipality by agreement as provided in Section 11-91.2-1 of the Illinois Mu…

(605 ILCS 5/5-411) (from Ch. 121, par. 5-411) Sec. 5-411. On all county highways which have all-weather travel surfaces the county board shall provide for the construction and maintenance of all-weather surfaces at boxes used for the receipt of United States mail. The rules, regu…

(605 ILCS 5/5-412) (from Ch. 121, par. 5-412) Sec. 5-412. The county board, of each county, may contract with persons growing row crops on land adjacent to county highways to buy standing strips of such crops to remain in place to act as snow breaks along such highways in those p…

(605 ILCS 5/5-413) (from Ch. 121, par. 5-413) Sec. 5-413. Access roads and driveways for private and public use may, upon receipt of a permit from the county superintendent of highways, be laid out from a county highway in accordance with regulations adopted by the county board. …

(605 ILCS 5/5-414) Sec. 5-414. Permit for temporary closing. The county engineer may, upon application by the proper authorities of any governmental agency or person, issue a permit to the agency or person to temporarily close to traffic any portion of a county highway for any pu…

(605 ILCS 5/5-501) (from Ch. 121, par. 5-501) Sec. 5-501. When it is necessary to construct or repair any bridge, culvert, drainage structure or grade separation, including approaches thereto, on, across or along any public road in any road district in the county, or on any stree…

(605 ILCS 5/5-502) (from Ch. 121, par. 5-502) Sec. 5-502. In case the county board deems it expedient to construct or repair a bridge, culvert, drainage structure, drainage facility or grade separation, including approaches thereto, on, across or along any highway, in the county,…

(605 ILCS 5/5-503) (from Ch. 121, par. 5-503) Sec. 5-503. Bridges, culverts or drainage structures for across highway waterways having a waterway opening of 25 square feet or more and located on county highways, township roads or district roads on county lines, and bridges, culve…

(605 ILCS 5/5-504) (from Ch. 121, par. 5-504) Sec. 5-504. The Department or the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority and any county, municipality, or road district, or any one or more of them, may jointly construct, repair and maintain a bridge, culvert, drainage structure, drai…

(605 ILCS 5/5-505) (from Ch. 121, par. 5-505) Sec. 5-505. Any bridge or culvert, or both, that has been constructed, repaired or maintained by adjoining counties may be abandoned and the use thereof for road purposes discontinued if the county boards of such adjoining counties de…

(605 ILCS 5/5-506) (from Ch. 121, par. 5-506) Sec. 5-506. Approaches to bridges and culverts constructed under the provisions of Section 5-501 shall be maintained by the respective road districts or municipalities, and approaches to bridges or culverts constructed under the provi…

(605 ILCS 5/5-507) (from Ch. 121, par. 5-507) Sec. 5-507. If the county board of any such county, after reasonable notice in writing from such other county board, neglects or refuses to construct or repair any such bridge or culvert when any contract or agreement covering the div…

(605 ILCS 5/5-601) (from Ch. 121, par. 5-601) Sec. 5-601. (a) For the purpose of improving, maintaining, repairing, constructing and reconstructing the county highways required to be maintained, repaired and constructed by the county as provided in Section 5-401 of this Code, and…

(605 ILCS 5/5-601.1) (from Ch. 121, par. 5-601.1) Sec. 5-601.1. Whenever a proposition or public question is required to be submitted, pursuant to this Act, for approval or rejection by the electors at an election, the time and manner of conducting such referendum shall be in acc…

(605 ILCS 5/5-602) (from Ch. 121, par. 5-602) Sec. 5-602. For the purpose of administering Sections 5-501, 5-502, 5-503 and 5-504 of this Code, any county having less than 1,000,000 inhabitants may levy an additional annual tax not exceeding .05% of the value of all the taxable p…