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Valley City Eagle Bridges

Pike County, Illinois, and Scott County, Illinois
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Valley City Twin Eagle Bridges

View of both bridges from the east end or Scott County side of the bridges.

Photo added by Jeremy Ruble

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Facts 

Overview
Concrete deck girder bridge over Illinois River on US 36/I 72 in Valley City
Location
Valley City, Pike County, Illinois, and Scott County, Illinois
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1988
Design
Concrete deck girder
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 549.9 ft.
Total length: 3,203.6 ft. (0.6 mi.)
Deck width: 39.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+39.68842, -90.64225   (decimal degrees)
39°41'18" N, 90°38'32" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
15/702179/4395833 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Griggsville
Inventory numbers
IL 075-0123 (Illinois bridge number)
BH 36614 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 04/2010)
Deck condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Appraisal: Not deficient
Sufficiency rating: 92.9 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2011)
3,100

Categories 

Built 1988 (23)
Built during 1980s (311)
Concrete girder (519)
Deck girder (1,797)
Girder (3,233)
Illinois (2,499)
Illinois River (46)
Modern (604)
 Open (28,301)
Owned by state (9,806)
Pike County, Illinois (39)
Scott County, Illinois (20)
Span length 500-1000 feet (313)
Total length over 2500 feet (587)
Valley City, Illinois (2)

Update Log 

  • February 26, 2010: Updated by Robert Stephenson: Added GPS coordinates
  • November 14, 2008: New photo from Nathan Morton
  • May 13, 2008: Added by Jeremy Ruble

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Valley City Eagle Bridges
Posted November 26, 2008, by Andrew (aneucreative [at] aol [dot] com)

Does anyone know the height of these spans from water surface to driving deck? I've crossed these bridges a dozen times in the last 18 months and I get the 'willies' everytime. I wish the side walls/guardrails were taller!