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Mile-Long Bridge

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Mile-Long Bridge

The Mile-Long Bridge is the colloquial name for a 4,608-foot-long (1,404.5 m) bridge in the northeastern part of the U.S. state of Illinois. The bridge carries Interstate 294 (I-294) over the Des Plaines River, the Chicago Ship and Sanitary Canal, two major railroad lines, and an intermodal facility

. A series of 51 piers carries I-294 over the broad Des Plaines River valley. In spite of its name, the bridge falls 672 feet (205 m) short of one full mile in length.

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