Valley City Eagle Bridges
The Valley City Eagle Bridges is a set of bridges that carry Interstate 72 and U.S. Route 36 across the Illinois River. The bridge is located near Valley City, Illinois, the smallest municipality in the state.[3]
Valley City Eagle Bridges | |
|---|---|
 The Valley City Eagle Bridges from westbound I-72 just past the Bluffs exit. | |
| Coordinates | 39.68838°N 90.64182°W |
| Carries | 4 lanes of   I-72 / US 36[1] |
| Crosses | Illinois River |
| Maintained by | Illinois Department of Transportation |
| Characteristics | |
| Design | Concrete box girder twin bridges |
| Total length | 3,203 feet (976 m)[1] |
| Width | 39 feet (12 m)[1] |
| History | |
| Construction end | 1988[1] |
| Opened | 1992[2] |
| Statistics | |
| Daily traffic | 4,325[1] |
| Location | |
Description
The bridges are post tensioned cast-in-place concrete box girder bridges. Each bridge has two lanes of travel on a 39-foot deck. The bridge has roughly 7,500 travelers per day.
History
The bridges were completed in 1988. The highway was not completed until 1992, when Highway 36 was rerouted onto I-72 and the older Florence Bridge began carrying Illinois Routes 100 and 106.
See also
References
- "Valley City Eagle Bridges". Bridgehunter.com. Retrieved October 17, 2020.
- Illinois Department of Transportation (1991). Illinois Highway Map (Map) (1991–1992 ed.). [1:762,500]. Springfield: Illinois Department of Transportation. Retrieved October 17, 2020 – via Illinois Digital Archives.
- Marx, Gary T. (2007). A River Through Illinois. SIU Press. p. 210. ISBN 9780809327638. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
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