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I-280 Bridge

Scott County, Iowa, and Rock Island County, Illinois

Photos 

Iowa shore looking north

Photo taken by Nathan Morton in Sept. 07

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BH Photo #127553

Map 

Street View 

Description 

Planning for the bridge began in 1953, and it was finished in 1973.

Bridge Crossing Video 

By Quinn Phelan

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
Davenport, Scott County, Iowa, and Rock Island County, Illinois
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1970
Builders
- Dravo Contracting Co. of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (Substructure)
- John F. Beasley Co. of Dallas, Texas (Erector)
- Pittsburgh-Des Moines Steel Co. of Des Moines, Iowa & Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (Superstructure)
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
Sergeant John F. Baker, Jr. Bridge
Baker 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)
Quadrangle map:
Andalusia
Average daily traffic (as of 2017)
25,900
Inventory numbers
IA 600690 (Iowa bridge number)
IL 081-0106 (Illinois bridge number)
BH 14375 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection report (as of August 2017)
Overall condition: Poor
Superstructure condition rating: Serious (3 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 41 (out of 100)
View more at BridgeReports.com

Categories 

Arch (12,726)
Built 1970 (126)
Built during 1970s (1,002)
Davenport, Iowa (75)
Dravo Contracting Co. (17)
Have street view (29,832)
Historic Bridge Weekend 2013 (145)
Illinois (4,952)
Interstate 280 (Iowa-Illinois) (2)
Iowa (6,818)
John F. Beasley Co. (9)
 Mississippi River (233)
Navigable waterway (2,223)
Open (41,198)
Owned by state (16,633)
Pittsburgh-Des Moines Steel Co. (38)
Rock Island County, Illinois (81)
Scott County, Iowa (157)
Span length 500-1000 feet (408)
State line crossing (933)
Steel through arch (222)
Total length over 2500 feet (966)

Update Log 

  • August 25, 2021: Updated by Luke: Added builder
  • April 16, 2017: New photo from David Sebben
  • 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
  • J.R. Manning - thekitchenguy [at] sbcglobal [dot] net
  • Wikipedia
  • David Sebben
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Comments 

Sergeant John F. Baker, Jr. Bridge
Posted January 6, 2014, by Roger Deschner (rogerdeschner [at] gmail [dot] com)

If you're passing through the Quad Cities on I-80 with no time to poke around for historic bridges, cross the Mississippi on this interesting tied-arch bridge on I-280, instead of the ugly I-80 Fred Schwengel Bridge. It's faster too.

Mississippi River I-280 Bridge
Posted May 29, 2011, by Luke Harden (lmharden [at] iastate [dot] edu)

This bridge's name is the Sergeant John F. Baker, Jr. Bridge