No Plan B (Jack Reacher, #27)

by Lee Child

It was in good standing with the State of Illinois. It had articles of association. Shareholders.

A company in the State of Illiois would use Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws to establish and run the company. Jurisdictions like the United Kingdom and the European Union call these Articles of Association.

the Talmadge Memorial Bridge in Georgia, nearly six hundred feet above the Savannah River,

The highest clearance of the Talmadge Memorial Bridge over the Savannah River is 185 feet (56 meters). In 2017, the Savannah City Council voted to strip the name of the former Georgia state Governor Eugene Talmadge from the structure due to his unabashed antiracial, openly white supremist policies which defined the Democrat party that he represented. It is purposed to be simply called the Savannah Bridge.

rota

British term for roster. This would be an unusual word to be spoken instead of roster in Colorado.

hoardings

This is a British term for board fencing not typically used in the US.