CHARLESTON - Both lanes of Illinois 16 at the Embarras River bridge east of Charleston are now open to traffic. Work to replace the bridge that had signals that limited traffic to one lane was ...

So, the French called it Rivière d’Embarras—best translated as “River of Obstacles” or “River of Obstructions.” The anglicized version, Embarrass River, started showing up on ...

On the swollen banks of the Embarrass River, an abandoned concrete abutment in the Village of Embarrass, doubles as flood warning device. "The abutment is where the trains used to go across many ...