Valley City Eagle Bridges Explained

Valley City Eagle Bridges
Carries:4 lanes of [1]
Crosses:Illinois River
Maint:Illinois Department of Transportation
Design:Concrete box girder twin bridges
Traffic:4,325
Complete:1988
Open:1992

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.[2]

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

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Valley City Eagle Bridges . Bridgehunter.com . October 17, 2020.
  2. Book: Marx. Gary T.. A River Through Illinois. 2007. SIU Press. 210. 9780809327638. 26 November 2017.