Quincy Memorial Bridge
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View from Quinsippi Island |
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Old and new bridges |
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Power lines above deck |
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Under east approach |
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West approach |
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West end |
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West portal |
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At the midpoint |
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State line |
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Behind east portal |
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East end |
Facts
- Overview
- Cantilevered through truss bridge over the Mississippi River on eastbound US 24 at Quincy
- Status
- Open to two lanes of eastbound traffic
- History
- Built 1928-1930; rehabilitated 1981
- Builders
- - Kelly-Atkinson Co.
- New York Foundation Co.
- Strauss Engineering Co.
- Design
- Cantilevered through truss
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 627.4 ft.
Total length: 3,510.5 ft.
Deck width: 23.9 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 14.2 ft.
- Recognition
- Eligible for the National Register of Historic Places
- Also called
- Quincy Soldier's Memorial Bridge (full official name)
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +39.93116, -91.42094 (decimal degrees)
39°55'52" N, 91°25'15" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 15/634926/4421310 (zone/easting/northing)
- USGS topographic map
- Quincy West
- Inventory numbers
- IL 001-0019 (Illinois bridge number)
BH 14996 (Bridgehunter.com ID) - Inspection (as of 04/2007)
- 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: 49.9 (out of 100) - Average daily traffic (as of 2007)
- 8,900