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  • Lewis University Airport
    Chicago/Romeoville, Illinois, USA
    If it 'ain't broken........ Don't try to mend it !

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    • No, closer, but still not quite right...

      Hint, near to a feature that quite a few songs sing about.

      Update: another hint "mighty"...
      Last edited by twagenknecht; 2010-11-16, 23:30.

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      • OK we need some help here...here are two of the famous bridges associated with this hamlet. One is for traffic, one is for rail...
        Last edited by twagenknecht; 2011-02-08, 03:49.

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        • Two questions.

          Is the "feature" a road ?

          Does "Mighty" refer to the bridge you show ?
          If it 'ain't broken........ Don't try to mend it !

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          • The feature is not a road in the plain sense...think more of what roads, or transportation methods, where in the past...

            Mighty does in deed have something to do with the bridge. It is what flows beneath.

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            • SouthEast Iowa Regional Airport.

              The "Mighty" is the Mississipee River. The traffic must be barge traffic and/or steamboats....The bridge must be this one...http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_River_Bridge ......but I can't find any reference to any song link ?
              Last edited by brianw999; 2010-11-19, 21:30.
              If it 'ain't broken........ Don't try to mend it !

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              • Yes sir...that is correct. Over to you...

                By the way, I spent hours trying to find this on the map after the flight!!

                Song references:

                mighty Mississippi by the smashing pumpkins
                Last edited by twagenknecht; 2010-11-19, 21:41.

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                • I never paid much attention to the Mighty Miss till wifey and I were headed to Hawaii and were leaving from Frisco.

                  It was during that epic flood and holy cow, holy canoli, you can see photos but from however high up we were, it was an eye popper.

                  Right around the time of the OJ trial.
                  Live, from a grassy knoll somewhere near you.

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                  • ....and it took me ages following the route of the Mississipee River on GoogleEarth. Me being me, I started about 20 miles from the final location......and started by going the wrong way !!!

                    Anyway.....Talking of GoogleEarth, a simple overview of somewhere sunny.

                    If it 'ain't broken........ Don't try to mend it !

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                    • Princess Juliana Int'l? Though the beach seems to be too small...

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                      • No, not Juliana. Right region though.
                        If it 'ain't broken........ Don't try to mend it !

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                        • Cyril E. King Airport

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                          • No, not King. It's the fourth busiest airport in it's country.
                            If it 'ain't broken........ Don't try to mend it !

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                            • Hmmm....

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                              • I'm googled out. Any more clues?

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