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.'' Abraham Lincoln Memorial Bridge in

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is a four-lane bidirectional road bridge that spans the

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, and local roads and railroads. It carries

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(I-39), a major north-south Interstate through central Illinois, and its U.S. Route counterpart, U.S. Route 51 (US 51).

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The bridge crosses the river between LaSalle and Oglesby, at river mile 225.8.Map no. 89
, Illinois Waterway Mile 225.1 to 228,

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(1998). The structure comprises a main span over the river, flanked by 43 approach spans. It is named after

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, the sixteenth president of the United States. The main span is a through-arch design, long. The clearance of this span over the river, from low steel of the bridge to normal water level in the pool below, is . With the approach spans, the total length of the structure is . Its length makes it the longest bridge in Illinois.

History

The bridge was built in 1987 when I-39 was first extended south to what is now

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. The highway itself has since been extended all the way to the

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