Sergeant John F. Baker, Jr. Bridge

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Iowa shore looking north

Photo taken by Nathan Morton in Sept. 07

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Street Views 

Bridge Crossing Video 

Here is a short video of my drive across the Mississippi River I-280 Bridge, southbound from Iowa into Illinois on March 3, 2009...

Facts 

Overview

Steel through arch bridge over Mississippi River on I-280 in Davenport

Location

Scott County, Iowa, and Rock Island County, Illinois

Status

Open to traffic

History

Built 1970

Design

Steel through arch

Dimensions

Length of largest span: 570.2 ft.
Total length: 4,194.4 ft. (0.8 mi.)
Deck width: 82.0 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 16.0 ft.

Also called

I-280 Mississippi River Bridge

Approximate latitude, longitude

+41.48305, -90.63712   (decimal degrees)
41°28'59" N, 90°38'14" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")

Approximate UTM coordinates

15/697271/4595078 (zone/easting/northing)

USGS topographic map

Andalusia

Inventory numbers

IA 600690 (Iowa bridge number)
IL 081-0106 (Illinois bridge number)
BH 14375 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Inspection (as of 08/2010)

Deck condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 67.9 (out of 100)

Average daily traffic (as of 2011)

20,500

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Update Log 

• October 30, 2013: New Street View added by Luke Harden
• February 20, 2012: Photo imported by Luke Harden
• July 18, 2011: New photos from J.R. Manning
• July 3, 2011: New Street View added by Luke Harden
• June 3, 2011: Updated by Luke Harden: Updated name
• March 3, 2009: Essay added by Quinn Phelan
• November 13, 2008: New photo from Nathan Morton

Sources 

• Nathan Morton - morton890 [at] yahoo [dot] com
• Quinn Phelan - qphelan [at] earthlink [dot] net
• Luke Harden - lukemh9 [at] gmail [dot] com
• J.R. Manning - thekitchenguy [at] sbcglobal [dot] net
• Wikipedia

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