This is one of the many big truss bridges built during the 1930s. It was reconstructed in 1998. Scott Lucas was a US Senator from 1938 to 1950.
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| Photo taken by Fmiser in 2012 via Bridge Hunter, License: Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike (CC BY-SA) |
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| Lisa Ruble posted The Scott W. Lucas Memorial Bridge at Havana Illinois River Mason County and Fulton County -- Dedicated as the Havana Bridge on October 11, 1937 Congressman Scott W. Lucas presided at the ceremony. In his speech, Illinois Governor Henry Horner termed the structure a mark of progress in the bettering the state's transportation system. On November 21, 1980, the bridge was Respectfully Designated as The Scott W. Lucas Memorial Bridge. The federal government approved Dearborn Street as the location favored by the state highway department for the location of the new bridge in July 1935. In January 1936, the Wisconsin Bridge and Iron Company, low bidder for the substructure of the Havana Bridge, began unloading machinery to begin work as soon as the right of way for the approaches were procured. On March 16, 1936, Wisconsin Bridge and Iron Company began construction on the new bridge at Havana. The substructure was completed in less time than anticipated because of the low stage of the Illinois River. The new bridge at Havana being the same as the Meredosia Bridge (1936-2018), the same crew were sent to Havana which also made the work progress more rapidly. The Strobel Construction Company of Chicago had the contract for the remainder of the bridge work. The company began the steel work on November 1, 1936. The contract for the 0.72 miles of paving at the east approach of the new Havana Bridge was awarded to Clark Brothers of Peoria in June 1937. The stretch connected the bridge with Route 78. A crew of men from the Overland Construction Company of Chicago began painting the bridge in July 1937. Total cost of the Havana Bridge and paving east approach: $561,300. Sources: The Jacksonville Daily Journal, The Pantagraph, Chicago Tribune -- SCOTT WIKE LUCAS was born on a farm near Chandlerville (Cass County) on February 19, 1892. He worked his way through school, graduating from Illinois Wesleyan University in 1914 and was admitted to the bar in 1915. He entered practice of law at Havana, and in 1917 entered the World War as a private and was honorably discharged with rank of lieutenant. Mr. Lucas was elected State’s Attorney for Mason County in 1920, elected State Commander of the American Legion in 1926, and in Paris in 1927 elected National Judge Advocate of Legion. He was reelected three times. He was a delegate to Democratic National Convention and was Illinois Tax Commission Chairman in 1933. Scott Wike Lucas was elected to represent Illinois in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1935 to 1939. He was then elected as a Senator from Illinois to the United States Senate, serving from 1939 to 1951. While in the Senate he served as the Democratic Whip from 1947 to 1949 and as the Senate Majority Leader from 1949 to 1951. Scott W. Lucas died on February 22, 1968, at Rocky Mount, North Carolina. He is buried at Laurel Hill Cemetery at Havana. |
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| 1 of 5 photos posted by Denny Fortney |
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| Jack Tanner Towing shared a Slim Whitmore post SCOTT LUCAS BRIDGE CONSTRUCTION 1936 |
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| Jack Tanner Towing shared Mason County Democrat update [I think that is one of Jack Tanner Towing's towboats.] |
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| Jack Tanner Towing posted Danny H. Northbound for a new day of work. [Danny H is one of their towboats.] Joan Jones: The river is a MIRROR! Makes the wake visible! |
Jack Tanner Towing posted two photos with the comment: "Just finishing up tow work with the M/V Donna Rushing (ACBL) heading Northbound through the Havana Highway Bridge MM119.6 on the Illinois River."
Evan Houghton shared [This was the share that brought this bridge and Jack Tanner Towing to my attention.]
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Two photos posted by Jack Tanner Towing concerning the flood of 2013.
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| b [The marker that is almost covered is 45'.] Evan Houghton: Its the highest this bridge has ever seen. |
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| Casey Dikkers posted Havana, IL river bridge. |
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| Darel Maden posted, cropped Ilinois River Havana Illinois |
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| Jack Tanner Towing posted Just our geese friends coming by to say hello. |
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| Jack Tanner Towing posted A little hazy this morning, but still a beautiful morning!! (M/V Christopher Myskowski from Marquette Transportation Southbound with 15 loaded barges) |
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| Jack Tanner Towing posted 25.3 ft today (7-18-15). With no rise or fall this weekend in the forecast, we should start to see it start to fall by Monday. The river opened up yesterday to commercial traffic again from mile marker 30 to 80 (which had been closed for 3 days). With the summer towards a close there's a slight chance recreational traffic might see an opening in late July early August. |
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| Jack Tanner Towing posted River today (25.3 ft) compared to almost normal pool (around 7 ft)! |
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| Jack Tanner Towing posted Is it June or November? Hard to tell as many barges are being loaded! Nice and busy the past few weeks! |
Jack Tanner Towing posted four photos with the comment: "Bridge inspections."
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| Jack Tanner Towing shared RiverWorks Discovery post, cropped Winter on the river is a difficult time for deck crew particularly. Hats  off to all of you who work so hard to keep commerce on the move in these difficult conditions! Photo courtesy of Captain Ken Eaves . |
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| Jack Tanner Towing posted Thanks to the ice, we've expanded our fleet to the center of the river as well! |
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| Robert Learmont posted M/V Killian L Huger, southbound on the Illinois River at Havana, IL. Those roots blown EMD mains sound nice. 1-4-2022. |
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| Jack Tanner Towing posted, cropped A little Foggy this morning.... Thanks for the picture Andrew Trello! |
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| Michael Hertter posted, cropped Havana il [The now closed power plant is in the background.] |
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| Jack Tanner Towing posted Making Scott W. Lucas Memorial Bridge (Havana Highway Bridge)… [Transporting wind turbine blades] |
A video showing a downbound tow going under the bridge on an angle.
A video of three men on a towboat touching the bridge as they go under it.
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