Background: Approximately twenty-five years ago, RIDOT stopped using granite curbing as a. standard, with the exception of bridge projects. The primary motivation was cost, as precast. concrete, the replacement, was cheaper to purchase and install.
Longest damage path and duration: The Tri-State Tornado. The longest recorded tornado journey in U.S. history was the Tri-State Tornado of 1925, which traveled almost 220 miles across southeastern Missouri, southern Illinois, and southwestern Indiana during its 3.5-hour life. The average tornado travels about 5 miles.
The largest baby born in the State of Illinois according to an old version of the Guinness Book of Records was the heaviest baby ever born vaginally and weighed 29 lbs 4 oz. (â¦ 29.25 lbs). The birth occurred in the city of Effingham, in Central Illinois in 1939.