Lake County went from mud to hard roads in 100 years

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Cedar Lake Road Round Lake 1912. | Special Sun-Times Media

Cedar Lake Road in Round Lake in 1912. | Special to Sun-Times Media

Traffic enters roundabout intersectiHunt Club Road Millburn Road Old Mill Creek. | Thomas Delany Jr.~Sun-Times Media

Traffic enters the roundabout intersection at Hunt Club Road and Millburn Road in Old Mill Creek. | Thomas Delany Jr.~Sun-Times Media

A 2011 high discharge plow is newest vehicle Lake County DivisiTransportatiLibertyville. The divisiis celebrating 100 years. | Thomas Delany Jr.~Sun-Times

A 2011 high discharge plow is the newest vehicle at the Lake County Division of Transportation in Libertyville. The division is celebrating 100 years. | Thomas Delany Jr.~Sun-Times Media

A fleet snow plows Lake County DivisiTransportatiLibertyville. The divisiis celebrating 100 years. | Thomas Delany Jr.~Sun-Times Media

A fleet of snow plows at the Lake County Division of Transportation in Libertyville. The division is celebrating 100 years. | Thomas Delany Jr.~Sun-Times Media

Libertyville's first traffic signal Cook Street Milwaukee Avenue 1918. | Special Sun-Times Media

Libertyville's first traffic signal at Cook Street and Milwaukee Avenue in 1918. | Special to Sun-Times Media

Modle T traveling through mud 1918. | Special Sun-Times Media

Modle T traveling through mud in 1918. | Special to Sun-Times Media

Highway maintainer John Willner Lake Villoperates 2011 high discharge plow newest vehicle Lake County DivisiTransportatiLibertyville. The divisiis celebrating 100 years.

Highway maintainer John Willner of Lake Villa operates a 2011 high discharge plow the newest vehicle at the Lake County Division of Transportation in Libertyville. The division is celebrating 100 years. | Thomas Delany Jr.~Sun-Times Media

A computer threads salt discharge dashboard 2011 high discharge plow newest vehicle Lake County DivisiTransportatiLibertyville. The divisiis celebrating 100 years.

A computer that reads salt discharge on the dashboard of a 2011 high discharge plow the newest vehicle at the Lake County Division of Transportation in Libertyville. The division is celebrating 100 years. | Thomas Delany Jr.~Sun-Times Media

Highway maintainer John Willner Lake Villoperates control panel 2011 high discharge plow newest vehicle Lake County DivisiTransportatiLibertyville. The divisiis celebrating

Highway maintainer John Willner of Lake Villa operates the control panel on a 2011 high discharge plow the newest vehicle at the Lake County Division of Transportation in Libertyville. The division is celebrating 100 years. | Thomas Delany Jr.~Sun-Times Media

Highway maintainer John Willner Lake Villlooks over wing plow 2011 high discharge plow newest vehicle Lake County DivisiTransportatiLibertyville. The divisiis

Highway maintainer John Willner of Lake Villa looks over the wing plow on a 2011 high discharge plow the newest vehicle at the Lake County Division of Transportation in Libertyville. The division is celebrating 100 years. | Thomas Delany Jr.~Sun-Times Media

Traffic enters the roundabout intersection at Hunt Club Road and Millburn Road in Old Mill Creek. | Thomas Delany Jr.~Sun-Times Media

The history of public roads in Lake County and the state started out with “get Illinois out of the mud” to today’s axiom of “keep that traffic moving.” Getting Illinois out of the mud was literally the problem back in 1913 when the Legislature created …