Valley City Eagle Bridges
The Valley City Eagle Bridges from westbound I-72 just past the Bluffs exit.
Coordinates39°41′18″N 90°38′31″W / 39.68838°N 90.64182°W / 39.68838; -90.64182
Carries4 lanes of I-72 / US 36[1]
CrossesIllinois River
Maintained byIllinois Department of Transportation
Characteristics
DesignConcrete box girder twin bridges
Total length3,203 feet (976 m)[1]
Width39 feet (12 m)[1]
History
Construction end1988[1]
Opened1992[2]
Statistics
Daily traffic4,325[1]
Location

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]

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

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Valley City Eagle Bridges". Bridgehunter.com. Retrieved October 17, 2020.
  2. 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.
  3. Marx, Gary T. (2007). A River Through Illinois. SIU Press. p. 210. ISBN 9780809327638. Retrieved 26 November 2017.


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