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Portal

Photos taken by Bill Burmaster

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Driving across

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Looking downstream from Grand View Park

Photo taken by Nathan Morton in Sept. 07

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Map

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Facts

Overview: Pair of cantilevered through truss bridges over the Illinois River on US 24/US 150 in Peoria
Status: Open to four lanes of traffic
History: Eastbound bridge built 1948; westbound bridge built 1982
Design: Cantilevered through truss
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 535.9 ft.
Total length: 4,743.8 ft.
Deck width: 28.8 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 17.1 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude: +40.72063, -89.54628 (decimal degrees)
40°43'14" N, 89°32'47" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 16/284941/4510863 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map: Peoria East
Inventory numbers: IL 090-0070 (Illinois bridge number)
BH 15584 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 08/2007): Deck condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 63.5 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2007): 20,150

Update Log

November 14, 2008: New photo from Nathan Morton
January 9, 2006: Posted photo from Bill Burmaster

Sources

Bill Burmaster
Nathan Morton - morton890 [at] yahoo [dot] com

Comments

McClugage Bridge

Posted May 27, 2007, by Alex Callahan (Kittyka555 [at] aol [dot] com)

These bridges are much like the old Hudson, Wisconsin bridges across the St. Croix River. Very long. Does anybody have a view of the entire stucture?

McClugage Bridge

Posted August 25, 2006, by Gretchen

Oh and about that controversy about changing the name: don't ever change it! Thank you!

McClugage Bridge

Posted August 25, 2006, by Gretchen (granddaughter of a McCluagage)

Hello. My name is Gretchen Ragle. My great-grandma is Frances McClugage. Her uncle was the mayor of Peoria who had this bridge built. Our family was very active in Peoria's community during that time. This is all I know please don't ask me about anything else. Thank you!