(605 ILCS 5/4-201.9) (from Ch. 121, par. 4-201.9)
    Sec. 4-201.9. To construct, purchase, lease or otherwise acquire and to operate without charge to the public, ferries over rivers and other waters upon any State highway, whether permanently or temporarily located, until such time as it is deemed feasible and desirable to construct bridges at such places.
(Source: Laws 1959, p. 196.)