1933+2010 Cedar: (Bridge Hunter, Historic Bridges; John A. Weeks III; Satellite) Kudos to IDOT for rehabilitating a truss bridge in 2010
1993: IL-40 Bob Michel Bridge: (John A. Weeks III; Satellite)
See 1848+1909 Bridges for the predecessor bridges at this location.
Franklin Street Bridge
Given how tight two barges fit through this bridge, getting a standard tow of 3-barges wide through this thing must have been very exciting. Replacing this bridge with a high bridge that doesn't obstruct traffic was needed.
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| Peoria Public Library via Bridge Hunter |
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| CILF, Central Illinois Landmarks Foundation posted The Franklin Street Bridge was built between 1911 and finished in 1913. This was a drawbridge, a steel-truss bascule span featuring a distinctive 30-degree curve to anchor safety on solid bedrock. It was demolished in 1993 and replaced with the Bob Michael Bridge. Memories of the Franklin St Bridge- The Gear & Steel Monument: Instead of scrapping the entire bridge, the cities preserved the massive electric lift gears and sections of the steel deck grid. You can visit these remnants at the Franklin Street Bridge Monument located near the Levee District / Conference Center in East Peoria. Photo from the CILF Archive Collection at the downtown branch of the Peoria Public Library. David Pugh: Was the 30 degrees added after the original bridge section collapsed after opening? Larry Miller III: David Pugh Yes. The steel sections were added to the drawbridge portion of the original "Bridge of Sighs" that remained when the rest of the concrete bridge collapsed due to poor support (not positioned on bedrock), hence the need for the angle. Do an image search for "Peoria Bridge of Sighs" as lots of historical images are available on line. |
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| Chris Watt posted Laura Devon: Franklin Street Bridge |
In the left background we can see that the movable spans are open.
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| Judy March posted A nice Picture of the old Franklin Street draw bridge. |
Two photos of the TP&W Bridge provided by Howard Keil in a post include this bridge in the right background.
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| Matthew Bietz posted Howard Keil shared Good view of the damaged TPW swing bridge [one, two] in Peoria 1977 from the Julia Belle Swain riverboat headed south on the Illinois River. |
In fact, this bridge was taken out by an allision.
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| Noah Haggerty posted via Dennis DeBruler Matt Ryan: Did a barge hit is? Harold J. Krewer: Matt Ryan, no, but the Army Corps of Engineers had been trying for years to straighten and widen the navigation channel of the Illinois River through Peoria. Most of the 'problem' bridges (IT, TP&W, Cedar St. Bridge) had been eliminated by attrition, leaving the P&PU bascule span as the narrowest channel left. As you can see, the vertical lift span was significantly longer, thus widening the channel to an acceptable level for the now-standard 3-barge-wide tows. David Jordan: Harold J. Krewer Franklin Street, not Cedar Street. |
Cedar Street Bridge
I never realized that Cedar Street was a cantilevered truss until I saw it in the background of the above photo.
I labeled these notes with "bridgeStrauss" even though Cedar Street is not the usual Strauss trunnion bascule design because he was the designer of this bridge. "It is interesting to observe the main span of this bridge. The way the cantilever arms meet in the middle [with a hinge], the way that the main span span has an arched shape, and the configuration of the truss as a Pratt all are similar to what you would find on a bascule bridge like the Jackson Boulevard Bridge. Perhaps we can see the influence of an engineer whose experience was with bascule bridges here in this fixed bridge?" The anchor arms use Warren, instead of Pratt, trusses. "In 1933, this bridge won the prestigious award of Most Beautiful Steel Bridge from the American Institute of Steel Construction." [Historic Bridges]
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| Boston Public Library Flickr via Bridge Hunter, License: Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) |
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| Andy Moon, Jul 2016 |
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| David Jordan posted This photo appeared in the Peoria Journal Star's October 8, 1983 edition. It shows runners crossing the Cedar Street Bridge during the 1982 "Race with Versace" charity event named after famed Bradley Basketball coach Dick Versace. Notice the Burlington Northern's Peoria Yard in the background. The string of railcars in the foreground might be in P&PU's West Yard, but the others are obviously in the BN yard. Despite cutbacks and declining traffic at this time, the BN yard looks well-used. The former Pabst malthouse is just to the left of the bridge, and at far left is Tabor Grain Co's Riverside Elevator and part of ADM's ex-Hiram Walker & Sons distillery. I haven't found a date for the 1982 event but assume it happened in early fall. |
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IL-40 Bob Michel Bridge
I'm reminded that Bridge Hunter doesn't document ugly-concrete-slab-on-girder bridges.
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| John A Weeks III |
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| Cary Miller, Jun 2019, cropped |
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