Mile-Long Bridge

Mile-Long Bridge
Mile-Long Bridge
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]
Design Steel girder[1]
Total length 1,404.5 metres (4,608 ft)[1]
Width 12.8 metres (42 ft)[1]
Opened 1958[1]
Daily traffic 75,050[1]

The Mile-Long Bridge is the colloquial name for a 1,404.5 metres (4,608 ft) 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.

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