Shade-Lohman Bridge

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Driving across

Photo taken by Bill Burmaster

Overview: Pair of cantilevered through truss bridges over the Illinois River on I-474 south of Peoria in Bartonville
Location: Peoria County, Illinois, and Tazewell County, Illinois
Status: Open to four lanes of traffic
History: Built 1975
Design: Cantilevered Warren through truss
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 539.9 ft.
Total length: 3,420.0 ft. (0.6 mi.)
Deck width: 39.0 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 20.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude: +40.63499, -89.62192 (decimal degrees)
40°38'06" N, 89°37'19" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 16/278268/4501544 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map: Peoria East
Inventory numbers: IL 090-0108 (Illinois bridge number)
BH 15580 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 05/2011): Deck condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Serious (3 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 46.6 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2011): 14,900

Illinois River I-474 Bridge

Posted June 30, 2006, by Jon Burkholder (eqderf70 [at] yahoo [dot] com)

The actual name of the bridge is the Shade-Lohman Bridge. Just drove across there today.