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Overview
Pair of cantilevered through truss bridges over the Illinois River on US 24/US 150 in Peoria
Status
Open to four lanes of traffic
History
Eastbound bridge built 1948; westbound bridge built 1982
Design
Cantilevered through truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 535.9 ft.
Total length: 4,743.8 ft.
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")
Inventory numbers
IL 090-0070 (Illinois bridge number)
BH 15584 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 10/2005)
Deck condition rating: Very Good (8 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 63.7 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2006)
18,004

Categories 

Built 1948 (158)
Built during 1940s (1,479)
Cantilevered truss (116)
Illinois (820)
Illinois River (17)
Open (21,590)
Owned by state (6,524)
Peoria County, Illinois (11)
Peoria, Illinois (4)
Span length 500-1000 feet (234)
Tazewell County, Illinois (11)
Through truss (5,205)
Total length over 2500 feet (337)
Truss (15,739)
US 24 (28)

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Comments 

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?

McClugage Bridge
Posted August 25, 2006, by Gretchen

Oh and about that controversy about changing the name: don't ever change it! Thank you!

McClugage Bridge
Posted August 25, 2006, by Gretchen (granddaughter of a McCluagage)

Hello. My name is Gretchen Ragle. My great-grandma is Frances McClugage. Her uncle was the mayor of Peoria who had this bridge built. Our family was very active in Peoria's community during that time. This is all I know please don't ask me about anything else. Thank you!