Mile-Long Bridge

Mile-Long Bridge
Coordinates 41°45′01″N 87°51′55″W / 41.7504°N 87.8652°W / 41.7504; -87.8652Coordinates: 41°45′01″N 87°51′55″W / 41.7504°N 87.8652°W / 41.7504; -87.8652
Carries 8 lanes of I-294
Crosses Des Plaines River, Chicago Ship and Sanitary Canal, numerous railroads, UPS intermodal facility
Locale Willow Springs, IL
Maintained by Illinois State Toll Highway Authority
ID number 000016095903931[1]
Characteristics
Design Steel girder[1]
Total length 4,608 ft (1,404.5 m)[1]
Width 42 ft (12.8 m)[1]
History
Opened 1958[1]
Statistics
Daily traffic 75,050[1]

The Mile-Long Bridge is the colloquial name for a 4,608-foot (1,404.5 m) long bridge in the northeastern part of the U.S. state of Illinois. The bridge carries Interstate 294 over the Des Plaines River, the Chicago Ship and Sanitary Canal, numerous railroad lines, and the United Parcel Service intermodal facility. A series of 51 piers carries I-294 over the broad Des Plaines River valley.[1]

In spite of its name, the bridge falls 672 feet (205 m) short of one full mile in length.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Svirsky, Alexander R. (2007). "NBI Structure Number: 000016095903931". Retrieved 2007-11-21.
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