Uh yeah, all roads into and out of Illinois sux, but the bridges especially! Wonder if the 300 guy ever found a grille, I have a couple laying around... Your stories are amazing, there really should be a book or magazine write-up on them! I will chime back in after the rain stories in northern Illinois.
The funny thing about science is that if you change one miniscule parameter you change the entire outcome to the way you want it.