known harmony way bridge closed lane bridge connects road church street indiana bridge links illinois indiana span bridge owned built federal funds illinois bridge miles downstream memorial bridge near indiana bridge upstream interstate allow farm vehicles details originally designed bridge feet mile long spans foot wide concrete roadway bridge highway bridge erected lower oldest remaining bridge use length illinois half indiana original owner private company illinois chartered congress build operate bridge company contracted tennessee build bridge opened december people attended dedication bridge december congress created joint agency purchase bridge vehicles crossed bridge day bridge collected average monthly tolls monthly expenses bridge placed national_register_of_historic_places relationship historic indiana bridge age member commission established congress april congress repealed statute providing appointment mechanism commission general manager speculated bridge close current commissioners resign die current toll booth western edge river constructed replace earlier booth eastern edge sued exercise right inspect books records commission lost lawsuit allowed access issued report critical commission claiming commissioner conflict interest response filed suit seeking removal commissioner recovery funds courts dismissed case commission contracted apply coating bridge surface coating commission refused pay contractor claiming coating applied correctly trial commission lost lawsuit paid september april bridge closed traffic cracks appeared concrete support piers closure contractors added new existing piers required repairs engineers determined bridge required additional million repairs rated bridge structurally closure announced bridge close permanently noon member stated cost repairs imagine clark decision close bridge immediately receiving complete report team engineers inspected bridge april knew bad didn know bad received report email monday morning clark said saw weight load calculations knew shut right away couldn wait thirteen toll booth employees laid closure toll tickets given thirty days closure closure reported significant impact farmers area oil industry bridge closure increases distance illinois miles
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