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Inside the arch

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View from a distance

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Facts 

Overview
Steel through arch bridge over the Illinois River on I-39/US 51 near La Salle in Oglesby
Location
La Salle County, Illinois
Status
Open to four lanes of traffic
History
Built 1987
Design
Steel through arch
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 619.9 ft.
Total length: 7,120.2 ft.
Deck width: 82.0 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 19.3 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+41.31083, -89.08278   (decimal degrees)
41°18'39" N, 89°04'58" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Inventory numbers
IL 050-0191 (Illinois bridge number)
BH 15416 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection
Average daily traffic (as of 2005)
4,500

Categories 

Arch (7,553)
Built 1987 (14)
Built during 1980s (196)
Illinois (820)
Illinois River (17)
La Salle County, Illinois (9)
Open (21,590)
Over a mile long (94)
Owned by state (6,524)
Span length 500-1000 feet (234)
Steel through arch (128)
Total length over 2500 feet (337)
US 51 (6)

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Illinois River I-39 Bridge
Posted March 25, 2008, by Tim Braun (musicman126 [at] msn [dot] com)

They've been working on this thing forever. When you're southbound, they have you crammed ALL the way up to the guard rail with a width restriction of 12'6" and if you're a bridge-phobe, it's scary. Northbound you "cross over" into the southbound lane, the lane is much wider, and it's a "center" lane so it's not as scary. I cross it every few weeks and I wish they would just FINISH the work already!

Illinois River I-39 Bridge
Posted October 4, 2006, by Anthony Scriven (ascriven1 [at] juno [dot] com)

The name of this bridge is the Abraham Lincoln Memorial Bridge. I cross it when I travel to Wisconsin to visit family.