Despite Illinois's authorization of the Albany Bridge Company to construct a Mississippi River bridge whose eastern segment to Little Rock Island was completed before 1860, Iowa did not authorize construction over its territory until three years later. [6]East-bound lanes of the new bridge are expected to open by the end of the year 2020. It carries U.S. Route 30 from Iowa into Illinois just south of Fulton, Illinois. NIOTA, Illinois – Oct. 29, 2019 – The Illinois Department of Transportation announces that the bridge that carriers Illinois 9 across the Mississippi River at Niota will close to all traffic – including emergency vehicles – Sunday, Nov. 3. The blue bridge between Iowa and Illinois over the Mississippi. 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(Image courtesy of the Putnam Museum, … Its main span length is 1,269.49 m (4,165 ft), its maximum length is 196.3 m (644 ft), and its width is 7.92 m (26 ft). The Illinois shore was linked to the Iowa shore at Clinton in 1864. The tolled Iowa-Illinois Memorial Bridge (later I-74) carried the bulk of through traffic at the time. That all sounds good in theory, but in practice, the downtown I-80 simply shifts the interchange with ramps to the west side of town rather than the east side of town, and eliminating the I-280 route leaves the Iowa-Illinois Memorial Bridge without an Interstate number. The Gateway Bridge (locally called the South Bridge) is a suspension bridge over the Mississippi River in Clinton, Iowa, United States. The first span opened in 1935 as a toll bridge. Tolls were discontinued in 1970. In 1855 the first bridge across the Mississippi at Davenport was completed; eighteen years later a second bridge followed. Louisiana, Missouri - The Champ Clark Bridge is a five-span truss bridge over the Mississippi River connecting Louisiana, Missouri with the state of Illinois; it carries US Route 54 northeast to Pittsfield, Illinois where US Route 54 ends.. Winter weather conditions and the resulting high water over an extended period of time, however, have created delays and the opening of the first span has been pushed to the first half of 2020. Visit Bellevue State Park for views, if you wish, before crossing into Illinois on the rickety old US 52 … The portion of the bridge spanning the Mississippi River is estimated at more than $700 million, while the project as a whole, including all approach routes and connectors, is estimated at $1.2 billion. Study area is roughly 9 miles from the I-88/I-80 interchange in Illinois to near the Middle Road interchange in Bettendorf, Iowa The new bridge will be just upstream of the existing bridge and will be a basket-handle, true-arch twin bridge with four lanes in each direction and a pedestrian/bicycle path. I-80 bridge over the Mississippi River connecting Illinois and Iowa. This bridge cross's the Mississippi River. The Gateway Bridge is a steel suspension bridge that carries U.S. Route 30 from Clinton, Iowa to Fulton, Illinois. On the right are three spans of the bridge over the Slough between the island and the City of Rock Island on the Illinois shore. Final design was completed by Modjeski and Masters in association with Alfred Benesch & Company. If that isn't faint praise, I don't know what is. We also share information on visiting other filming locations and attractions in Winterset Iowa … Located at the crossing of a picturesque forested stream, the bridge … 1/31/2013 NAME ROUTE LOCATION LIMITS Savanna-Sabula U52 & 64 Savanna Height: 14 Ft. 1 In.--Iowa Limits 008-6000 (Illinois) Gateway U30 Clinton 098-6003 (Illinois) LeClaire Int80 LeClaire 081-0011 (Illlinois) Centennial U67 Rock Island 081-9905 (Illinois) As a result, this bridge is probably on the short list to be replaced. Browse, borrow, and enjoy titles from the Bridges digital collection. Traffic on U.S. Route 30 intending to cross the river was detoured north to the Lyons-Fulton Bridge. The Interstate 74 Bridge, officially known as the Iowa-Illinois Memorial Bridge, and often called The Twin Bridges, or the I-74 Bridge, is a pair of suspension bridges that carry Interstate 74 across the Mississippi River and connect Bettendorf, Iowa and Moline, Illinois. IOWA / ILLINOIS BRIDGES. [9], List of crossings of the Upper Mississippi River, "Bridges: Iowa, Illinois order safety inspections", "Bridge Inspection closes a lane on Gateway Bridge", John Weeks' US-30 Gateway Bridge, Clinton IA page, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gateway_Bridge_(Illinois–Iowa)&oldid=985320057, Bridges of the United States Numbered Highway System, Buildings and structures in Clinton, Iowa, Buildings and structures in Whiteside County, Illinois, Interstate vehicle bridges in the United States, Infobox mapframe without OSM relation ID on Wikidata, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 25 October 2020, at 08:10. Between 2017 and 2021, construction will take place between Avenue of the Cities in Moline and Middle Road in Bettendorf. --The most recognizable covered bridge in Illinois is the Red Bridge, located less than a mile north of Princeton, 55 miles east of the Quad-Cities. In 1961, an identical twin span, built from the same blueprint, opened to facilitate increased traffic demands. The Illinois Tollway began wrapping up the 2020 construction season in time to deliver holiday benefits to its customers on the Central Tri-State Tollway (I-294) and the Edens Spur Tollway (I-94).Completion of the new northbound Mile Long Bridge on the Tri-State Tollway (I … The bridge, built in 1928, is a narrow two-lane bridge on a 20-foot deck. A crew of men and a team of horses pulling a load of logs heading from Illinois to Iowa fell with the bridge down 40 feet into the frigid waters of the Mississippi. The consultant engineer to the bridge was the City of Clinton Commission. The I-74 Mississippi River Bridge project is part of an overall plan to improve the I-74 corridor from Moline, Illinois to Davenport, Iowa. A ground-breaking ceremony for the new bridge was held on June 26, 2017. “One of the nicest of the covered bridges near Winterset in Madison County, Iowa. And in 1891 the so called "high bridge" was opened at Muscatine. For a first time visitor, I would recommend US 52 south from Dubuque in Iowa. In 1899, the bridge inexplicably collapsed. The tied arch bridge was repainted blue in 2007. The bridge was designed by engineer Ralph Modjeski. [7] It was closed in March 2006 for repainting and reconstruction of Route 30 on the Illinois side of the river, and reopened in November 2006. The study claimed that the I-74 Bridge project would spur economic growth, create construction jobs, reduce traffic backups, and improve air quality.