Ironworkers Memorial Bridge (Peoria, Illinois)
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| Ironworkers Memorial Bridge | |
 Ironworkers Memorial Bridge from the east side of the Illinois River. |
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| Carries | 5 lanes (3 WB, 2 EB) of US 24/150 |
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| Crosses | Illinois River |
| Locale | Peoria, Illinois |
| Maintained by | Illinois Department of Transportation |
| ID number | WB: 000090011505461 EB: 000090007019729[1] |
| Design | Dual Cantilever bridges |
| Total length | 4,745.1 ft (1446.3 m)[1] |
| Width | WB: 39.0 ft (11.9 m) EB: 28.9 ft (8.8 m)[1] |
| Load limit | WB: 77.2 metric tons EB: 55.8 metric tons[1] |
| Clearance below | 14.9 m[1] |
| AADT | 40,400 (combined)[2] |
| Opening date | WB: 1982 EB: 1948, reconstructed 2000 |
This article is about the bridge that carries U.S. 24/150 over the Illinois River north of Peoria, Illinois. For the bridge also known as Second Narrows Bridge in Vancouver, Columbia, see Ironworkers Memorial Second Narrows Crossing.
The Ironworkers Memorial Bridge carries U.S. Route 24 and U.S. Route 150 over Upper Peoria Lake. It was so named after an accident in 2000 killed three iron workers' when scaffolding on the bridge collapsed 60 feet into the river. The bridge's other, more common, name honors David H. McClugage, mayor of Peoria from 1937 to 1941. The route is actually two steel cantilever bridges, side by side, with three lanes on the westbound bridge and two on the eastbound bridge.
 Ironworkers Memorial, located near Grand View Drive. |
| Crossings of the Illinois River | |||
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| Upstream Chillicothe Rail Bridge |
Ironworkers Memorial Bridge  |
Downstream Murray Baker Bridge  |
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