Control of Outdoor Advertising Adjacent to
Primary and Interstate Highways

During the last year the Illinois Department of Transportation has been in the process of centralizing the outdoor advertising control program. The permitting process and any public inquiries and requests are no longer being handled by each of the individual 9 district offices. Please direct any inquiries and permit applications to the Central Office at the address listed below.

Outdoor advertising signs aka "billboards" are controlled (permitted) by the department adjacent to specified highways by both federal and state statutes.  The Administrative Rule that applies to outdoor advertising in Illinois is Title 92 Illinois Administrative Code Part 522 - Control of Outdoor Advertising Adjacent to Primary and Interstate Highways.

For questions or comments, please contact the Outdoor Advertising Control Section at: DOT.Billboards@Illinois.gov
 

Application forms for Outdoor Advertising Permits are now available here. (Forms my be printed and then mailed to the Central Office)

The department has created maps for each of the nine highway districts depicting the "controlled" routes with a black line.

These are special use maps and are not intended for navigation or legal purposes. 

Click on the appropriate district to be re-directed to the "Getting Around Illinois" web site where the selected district and controlled routes will be displayed. 

Central Office / Bureau of Land Acquisition 2300 S. Dirksen Parkway Springfield, IL 62764 (217) 782-6243 District 1 201 West Center Court Schaumburg, IL 60196 (847) 705-4000 District 2 819 Depot Ave. Dixon, IL (815) 284-2271 District 3 700 East Norris Dr. Ottawa, IL 61350 (815) 434-6131 District 4 401 Main Peoria, IL 61602 (309) 671-3333

District 5 13473 IL Hwy 133 P.O. Box 610 Paris, IL 61944 (217) 465-4181 District 6 126 East Ash Springfield, IL 62704 (217) 782-7301 District 7 400 West Wabash Effingham, IL 62401 (217) 342-3951 District 8 1102 Eastport Plaza Collinsville, IL 62234 (618) 346-3100 District 9 State Trans. Building P.O. Box 100 Carbondale, IL 62903 (618) 549-2171