Murray Baker Bridge

Murray Baker Bridge
Murray Baker Bridge
	Murray Baker Bridge from riverside in East Peoria.
Coordinates	40°41′16″N 89°35′00″W
Carries	4 lanes of I-74 / IL 29
Crosses	Illinois River
Locale	Peoria, Illinois and East Peoria, Illinois
Maintained by	Illinois Department of Transportation
ID number	000090000119656[1]
Characteristics
Design	Cantilever bridge
Total length	Original: 3,216 feet (980.2 m); Current: 3,036 feet (925.3 m)
Longest span	182 m
Load limit	52.2 metric tons[1]
Clearance above	14.4 ft (4.4 m)[1]
Clearance below	48.9 ft (14.9 m)[1]
History
Opened	1958
Statistics
Daily traffic	62,100[2]

The Murray Baker Bridge is a landmark cantilever bridge that carries Interstate 74 (I-74) and Illinois Route 29 (IL 29) over the Illinois River from downtown Peoria to East Peoria in central Illinois. According to the Illinois Department of Transportation, the Murray Baker Bridge was built in 1958, and had an original length of 3,216 feet (980 m).

The bridge itself is a single cantilever bridge, with two lanes in each direction. Because it has no shoulders, the Baker Bridge is not up to modern Interstate standards.

The bridge is named for Murray M. Baker, who was the first vice president of the company that eventually became Caterpillar. Baker convinced the Holt Manufacturing Company to move to Peoria in 1909. Holt merged with C.L. Best Gas Tractor Co. and became Caterpillar in 1925.

2005 reconstruction

As part of the Upgrade 74 reconstruction project in 2005, the span's length was shortened to 3,036 feet (925 m) to make room for new entrance ramps on the west side of the river. On January 3, 2006, the Illinois Department of Transportation and the chief design consultant for the truss shortening, Alfred Benesch & Company, were awarded the 2006 Eminent Conceptor Award by the American Council of Engineering Companies of Illinois (ACEC-IL). The project was picked out of a larger group of Honor Award recipients.

Photographs

From East Peoria
Peoria downtown skyline at night

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References

National Bridge Inventory via
Illinois Department of Transportation (2003). "Getting Around Illinois: Average Annual Daily Traffic". Archived from the original on February 19, 2007. Retrieved March 30, 2007.

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[nbi-1] National Bridge Inventory via

[2] Illinois Department of Transportation (2003). "Getting Around Illinois: Average Annual Daily Traffic". Archived from the original on February 19, 2007. Retrieved March 30, 2007.