Murray Baker Bridge
Photos
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View from a distance This photo was taken by Jay Babin from behind the Wal-Mart |
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Overview These photos were taken April 2005 by Brent Freesmeyer just after the bridge was closed for rehabilitation |
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Oblique view |
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Construction work underneath |
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West end |
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Amputated truss This photo taken by Nick Volk shows the truss amputation in progress. He writes, "I had the pleasure of working on the recent rehab of the bridge as the Resident Engineer for the Illinois Department of Transportation. As an FYI, this shortening of the truss is the first time something like this has ever been attempted." |
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Construction scene These photos from Jay Babin show the bridge after the west end was "amputated" to accomodate an upgraded interchange |
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After the amputatation |
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Overview of shortened bridge |
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Close-up of new portal |
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Main span |
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Facts
- Overview
- Cantilevered through truss bridge over Illinois River on I-74 in Peoria
- Status
- Open to traffic
- History
- Built 1958; rehabilitated 1984 and 2005
- Design
- Cantilevered through truss
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 600.0 ft.
Total length: 3,216.0 ft.
Deck width: 55.1 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 17.7 ft.
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +40.68889, -89.58367 (decimal degrees)
40°41'20" N, 89°35'01" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 16/281680/4507432 (zone/easting/northing)
- USGS topographic map
- Peoria East
- Inventory numbers
- IL 090-0001 (Illinois bridge number)
BH 15585 (Bridgehunter.com ID) - Inspection (as of 11/2007)
- Deck condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 60.6 (out of 100) - Average daily traffic (as of 2003)
- 59,100
Sources
- Jay Babin - jabab [at] yahoo [dot] com
- Brent Freesmeyer - bcfreesmeyer [at] msn [dot] com
- Nick Volk
- Wikipedia
Comments
Murray Baker Bridge
Murray Baker was one of the founders of Caterpillar, the farm equipment company.
Murray Baker Bridge
Can someone tell me who Murray Baker was and why he has a bridge named after him???
Murray Baker Bridge
Hello,
I am trying to locate a nice picture of the Murray Baker Bridge. Do you have one in your archives? I would especially like one of the new rennovated bridge.
Thanks,
Dale