Quincy Memorial Bridge

Quincy Memorial Bridge
Coordinates	39°55′53″N 91°25′14″W / 39.93139°N 91.42056°W / 39.93139; -91.42056
Carries	2 lanes of eastbound US 24
Crosses	Mississippi River
Locale	West Quincy, Missouri and Quincy, Illinois
Other name(s)	Memorial Bridge
Maintained by	Illinois Department of Transportation
Characteristics
Design	Truss bridge
Total length	3,510 feet (1,070 m)
Width	27 feet (8 m)
Longest span	627 feet (191 m)
Clearance below	63 feet (19 m)
History
Opened	June 13, 1930; 91 years ago (June 13, 1930)[1]
Location

The Quincy Memorial Bridge is a truss bridge over the Mississippi River in Quincy, Illinois. It brings eastbound U.S. Highway 24 into the city of Quincy from Missouri. It was built in 1930, initially as a toll bridge,^[2] and remains structurally sound.

Building of the bridge began in 1928 by the Kelly-Atkinson Company. It was completed in 1930, with the first car crossing the bridge on May 19th of that year on an official inspection trip. The original toll for the bridge was 50 cents, by 1945 the city had paid the outstanding bonds which financed the bridge's construction, and the fares were eliminated.^[3]

In 1986, to serve additional traffic volumes crossing the Mississippi River into Quincy, the Illinois Department of Transportation constructed the Bayview Bridge just to the north of the Memorial Bridge. Westbound traffic was then routed onto the Bayview Bridge, while eastbound traffic was routed onto the Memorial Bridge.

Since 2012, demolition and replacement of the historic Memorial Bridge with a more modern one is being considered by the Illinois Department of Transportation to cope with increased traffic demands on the aging bridge.^[4][5][6]

See also[]

•  Transport portal
•  Engineering portal
•  United States portal
•  Illinois portal
• List of crossings of the Upper Mississippi River

References[]

• Weeks III, John A. "US-24 Quincy Bayview & Memorial Bridges Quincy, MO" [sic]. http://www.johnweeks.com/upper_mississippi/pagesB/umissB13.html. Retrieved January 14, 2006.
• Unknown. "Should we build a new bridge?" WQAD. November 26, 2003. Retrieved January 14, 2006.

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