(Photo) Big Bend Lake: Yet another lake created by the building of the Tri-State Tollway

Des Plaines' Big Bend Lake is different than the other bodies of water I've written about that were created when Interstate 294--the Tri-State Tollway--was constructed in the 1950s. It's connected to the Des Plaines River by a spillway.

The technical term for such digs is borrow pit.

Related posts:

• (Photo) Beck Lake--created by the building of the Tri-State Tollway
• (Photo) Belleau Lake--another lake created by the building of the Tri-State Tollway
• (Photo) Axehead Lake--another body of water created by the building of the Tri-State Tollway

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