WBGZ Radio 2/24/2021 |
By Doug Jenkins - WBGZ Radio
The Illinois Great River Road includes the Meeting of the Great Rivers National Scenic Byway, a 33-mile stretch of road that runs from Hartford to Pere Marquette State Park. It now has a new designation courtesy of the Federal Highway Administration. It is now classified an All-American Road.
Cory Jobe, President & CEO of the Great Rivers & Routes Tourism Bureau tells The Big Z this is a significant designation.
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He says this designation will give the bureau another way to market the area. To be designated an All-American Road, the byway must meet criteria for at least two nationally significant intrinsic qualities: scenic, historic, cultural, natural, recreational, and archaeological. It must also be considered a destination until itself.