The Illinois State Water Survey is continuing data development to analyze flood risks in six Central Illinois counties. The ...

The greatest of these bridges will be the one over the Embarras river. It will be 275 feet long and will consist of five fifty-five-foot spans, four spans with two heavy approaches bolstered with ...

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 ...

CHARLESTON (JG-TC) -- Illinois Route 16 at the Embarras River will be closed intermittently closed to traffic Tuesday and Wednesday in order to allow a contractor to set bridge beams, reported the ...

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 ...