In 1953, the Illinois State Toll Highway Commission opened one of the first tollway systems in the country designed specifically for daily commuters in the Chicago area. According to officials and lawmakers at the time, the tollway system was designed to be a nearly self-sufficient way to pay for roads and upkeep while keeping taxes down.
But those plans changed once the state realized how much revenue came in from the tollway system. The promise to not raise toll fees fell to the side and the tollway system became part of the city, county and state's revenue pipeline. The revenue successes of Illinois paved the way for other states to follow.
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