Beyond its beautiful windmills, Illinois also has well designed bridges. Yesterday as we drove north from Anna, Illinois where we saw the eclipse, we saw this geometric span on Highway 51/39.
This bridge has spanned the Illinois River since 1987. It’s located near LaSalle, IL.
This post is part of Cee’s CWWC roads and bridges.
¡Olé! –Rebecca
Fake Flamenco 
It looks lovely. Hopefully it’s stronger than the one that collapsed. That video was shocking.
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I read this bridge has a 5 out of 9 rating. Glad I didn’t know that ahead of time!
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Oh dear! Does that mean that it is unsafe?
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I can’t seem to reproduce the data, now that I look again. The concrete pillars were rebuilt 15 years ago. Hopefully that will keep it safe. There are, however, 40,000 bridges in the US that still need work! That’s a staggering number.
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Last year I read that the USA has lots of elderly Dams that need shoring up.
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Well, (strong interjection)!
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I love to see bridges like this striding across the landscape. Thanks Rebecca. I don’t like that 40,000 statistic though.
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Infrastructure doesn’t seem an attractive investment, until a bridge doesn’t work…
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Quite. A wonky bridge is far worse than a slightly pot-holey road.
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This time of year it’s a toss up, with potholes that could swallow buses. (ok, slight exaggeration)
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Magnificent
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Thanks, Devang. This bridge would be fun to ride over with a motorcycle.
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Ohhh that would be fun 🏍️
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Yep that’s green alright 👍😀
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Pretty darn green, yup. : )
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Good to know. Too many bridges in this country are falling apart.
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Yes, it is so shocking when they go. A few years ago one collapsed in Minneapolis. Very scary.
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Nice picture. I have been across that bridge a few times. I see that you were in my area, cool. We go to the IHOP in Peru all the time.
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Cool. There are some amazingly international names of towns in IL, Cairo, Peru… Do you know their town name origins?
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Not a clue, but since you asked, I had to find out. Not sure if this is 100% correct, but here is what I found: “Other cities like Peru, Illinois, and Peru, Indiana were founded after the country of Peru was declared an independent nation.” And for Cairo, “It is in the river-crossed area of Southern Illinois known as “Little Egypt”, for which the city is named, after Egypt’s capital on the Nile. The city is coterminous with Cairo Precinct.”
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Thanks, Edward. Cool synergy that the people of Illinois were inspired by Peru and Cairo.
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I know, pretty cool. Thanks for asking. It was fun looking up the information.
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Makes me think that people were more internationally minded in the 1800s.
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You’re probably right and we can add to that the big wave of immigrants coming to the U.S. back then.
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Very good point!
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A lovely bridge.
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Thanks, VM. I like the geometry and color.
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A wondrous feat in architecture! I suppose your family is on a road trip? Have a lovely weekend ahead!
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Thanks, Rebecca. We snuck off to see the total eclipse in Illinois! Just got back Wednesday. It was awesome and well worth the 7 hour drive.
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Interesting design.
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Thanks, Rosaliene. Metal bridges can be very pretty.
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Great bridge color for this week. :D
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Thanks, Cee. Luck of the (not) draw bridge 😉
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Nice photo capture, Rebecca. I’ve gotten to the point where I can overcome my fear of bridges to snap photos while crossing one. Until now. Forty thousand! I wonder what that number is here…
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Thanks, Natalie. Evan was driving, so I could snap away at the photos. Bridges are like an act of faith. Sometimes I’d trust a 2000 year old Roman bridge over a 80 year old concrete bridge!
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