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.

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