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.[1]
The Valley city eagle bridges from westbound I-72 just past the bluffs exit.
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.
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See also
- List of crossings of the Illinois River
References
- Marx, Gary T. (2007). A River Through Illinois. SIU Press. p. 210. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
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