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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 | |
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 The Valley City Eagle Bridges from westbound I-72 just past the Bluffs exit. | |
| Coordinates | 39°41′18″N 90°38′31″W / 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 | |
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Description edit
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 edit
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 edit
References edit
- ^ a b c d e "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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