IL HJR0077

Designates the Main Street bridge over I-80 in Princeton as the "Staff Sergeant Lincoln Hollinsaid Memorial Bridge"

Staff Sergeant Hollinsaid was raised in Lake Wildwood and Malden, graduated from Princeton High School, and enlisted in the U.S. Army in 1995

Hollinsaid was killed on April 7, 2003, during the Iraq invasion when enemy combatants fired upon him near the Baghdad airport; he was struck by small arms fire and an RPG

Illinois Department of Transportation is requested to erect plaques or signs at suitable locations identifying the bridge as the Staff Sergeant Lincoln Hollinsaid Memorial Bridge in compliance with state and federal regulations

Copies of the resolution are to be presented to Hollinsaid's family and the Secretary of Transportation