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Old Bridge Falls, Floods Finally Ease | Chicago News
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After decades of flooding nightmares caused by debris trapped under its low-slung structure, the historic 1926 State Line Bridge over the Kankakee River is finally coming down — a $2.5 million project set to begin this fall and wrap by December. Using two cranes, crews will dismantle the bridge piece by piece, label every part, and store it for potential future reassembly elsewhere. This long-awaited removal, championed since the commission’s formation in 2019, marks a major step toward flood control while honoring the bridge’s legacy.
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