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Photos taken by Bill Burmaster

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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

Update Log

January 9, 2006: Posted photos from Bill Burmaster

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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.