Legal Opinion
The Eagle Foundation, Inc. v. Elizabeth Dole, Secretary of Transportation
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided February 27, 1987No. 86-1861PublishedCited by 62 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge.
For more than 20 years state and federal officials have been planning a four-lane, limited access highway running east-west through central Illinois. The plans call for a highway that will connect Decatur, Springfield, and Jacksonville, Illinois, with Hannibal, Missouri. Parts of this highway have been built. One that has not is the segment spanning the Illinois River, which runs roughly north-south. The holdup is caused by the topography near the place the highway must cross the river. The western bank of the Illinois River is a steep granite bluff between 100 and…
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