McClugage Bridge

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Photo taken by Bill Burmaster

Overview: Pair of cantilevered through truss bridges over the Illinois River on US 24/US 150 in Peoria
Location: Peoria, Peoria County, Illinois, and Tazewell County, Illinois
Status: Open to four lanes of traffic
History: Eastbound bridge built 1948; westbound bridge built 1982
Design: Cantilevered Warren through truss
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 535.9 ft.
Total length: 4,743.8 ft. (0.9 mi.)
Deck width: 28.8 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 17.1 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude: +40.72063, -89.54628 (decimal degrees)
40°43'14" N, 89°32'47" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 16/284941/4510863 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map: Peoria East
Inventory numbers: IL 090-0070 (Illinois bridge number)
BH 15584 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 07/2011): Deck condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 46.9 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2011): 21,050

McClugage Bridge

Posted May 27, 2007, by Alex Callahan (Kittyka555 [at] aol [dot] com)

These bridges are much like the old Hudson, Wisconsin bridges across the St. Croix River. Very long. Does anybody have a view of the entire stucture?