{"id":1854,"date":"2009-11-30T17:15:31","date_gmt":"2009-11-30T22:15:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jimsbigthings.com\/?p=1854"},"modified":"2015-04-21T17:08:05","modified_gmt":"2015-04-21T21:08:05","slug":"effingham-cross","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.jimsbigthings.com\/?p=1854","title":{"rendered":"Effingham Cross"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>This is billed as the World&#8217;s Largest Cross and I can believe it. Standing 198 feet tall with a 113 foot cross bar it is larger than the cross in Indian River, Michigan which was one of my early Big Photos and can be seen very near the bottom of this page. This cross is between exits 157 and 159 on I-55 in Effingham, IL. There is a great restaurant in Effingham named the Firefly Grill. Highly recommended if you are passing through near lunch or dinner time.<\/h3>\n<div id=\"attachment_1846\" style=\"width: 204px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jimsbigthings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/09cross.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1846\" data-attachment-id=\"1846\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/www.jimsbigthings.com\/?attachment_id=1846\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jimsbigthings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/09cross.jpg?fit=1440%2C2229\" data-orig-size=\"1440,2229\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;5.6&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon PowerShot A520&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1259601326&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;7.8125&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.01&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Effingham Cross\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;09cross &#8211; IMG_0511&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Effingham Cross&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jimsbigthings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/09cross.jpg?fit=145%2C224\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jimsbigthings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/09cross.jpg?fit=494%2C764\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1846\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jimsbigthings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/09cross.jpg?resize=194%2C300\" alt=\"cross\" width=\"194\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jimsbigthings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/09cross.jpg?resize=194%2C300 194w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jimsbigthings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/09cross.jpg?resize=662%2C1024 662w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jimsbigthings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/09cross.jpg?resize=97%2C150 97w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jimsbigthings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/09cross.jpg?w=1440 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 194px) 100vw, 194px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1846\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Effingham Cross<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is billed as the World&#8217;s Largest Cross and I can believe it. 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