Vehicle hits arrow board on Abraham Lincoln Bridge, Oglesby IL
TrafficA vehicle struck an electronic arrow board on the Abraham Lincoln Memorial Bridge. The board is damaged but still working, though dim, and debris from the vehicle is on the bridge. The sign is causing an obstruction to traffic.
Audio|Source: La Salle County Sheriff and Fire Departments
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Transcript:
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Can you contact IDOT?
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We're having trouble locating the signboard that was damaged. The driver described it in a location where there is no signboard.
00:08
Just contact them, see if they have any signboards or arrow boards that have been struck.
00:13
Please. Thank you.
00:21
Mention that the left lane was coming to a close,
00:25
and that's where the arrowboard was at, but I have not been able to locate that.
00:33
G2 Sterling status?
00:40
Sterling status?
00:46
242 Sterling.
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242 Sterling status.
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242-104.
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249 information.
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249, go ahead.
01:03
I've located the signboard, along with debris from his rearview mirror.
01:07
It's going to be either an N-ork-on at the 56. It's right on the Abe Lincoln Bridge.
01:11
You can let I not know.
01:17
An exciting board or just a stationary one?
01:23
I apologize.
01:24
It's just an electronic arrow board. It's just moving the traffic over to the right.
01:28
It does look like it's still functioning. It looks pretty dim and there's one ball and it's kind of hanging down.
01:33
Okay.
01:34
for traffic theft.
01:40
That's up Illinois 251 southbound just north of U.S. 6. Illinois 251 southbound just north of U.S.
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6 on a gray Lincoln sedan,
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black Lincoln sedan, (number withheld).
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44, 104, (number withheld), Clear Black, 2012, Lincoln Fordor.
02:12
With (name withheld), he said it is the contractor's board, but he thought that they were out there.
02:17
He is going to let him know since it is on the bridge.
02:21
But he thought they were still in the area, but he is going to contact them and let him know.
02:26
Good Fort, thank you. Yeah, I would think it's still functioning, just very dim, and I guess there's a bald hanging, and there's mirror debris everywhere.
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Location mentioned:
Abraham Lincoln Memorial Bridge, I-39, Oglesby, IL 61348
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