Shade–Lohmann Bridge

Shade–Lohmann Bridge
Shade–Lohmann Bridge from the southeast
Coordinates	40°38′06″N 89°37′21″W / 40.635°N 89.6226°W / 40.635; -89.6226Coordinates: 40°38′06″N 89°37′21″W / 40.635°N 89.6226°W / 40.635; -89.6226
Carries	4 lanes (2 each WB/EB) of I-474 / US 24
Crosses	Illinois River
Locale	Bartonville, Illinois and Creve Coeur, Illinois
Maintained by	Illinois Department of Transportation
ID number	WB: 000090010928846 EB: 000090010828845[1]
Characteristics
Design	Twin Cantilever bridges
Total length	WB: 3,424.9 ft (1,043.9 m) EB: 3,420.9 ft (1,042.7 m)[1]
Width	39.0 ft (11.9 m)[1]
Longest span	165 m
Load limit	54.9 metric tons[1]
History
Construction start	1973[2]
Construction end	1975[1]
Opened	1975[1]
Statistics
Daily traffic	36,700 (combined)[3]

The Shade–Lohmann Bridge are twin cantilever bridges that carry Interstate 474 and U.S. Route 24 over the Illinois River near the Peoria Lock and Dam located at River Mile 158.0 in Tazewell County, in the U.S. state of Illinois. It connects Bartonville and Creve Coeur. Built in 1973,^[2]the bridge was named after Pekin's former mayor and Illinois legislator Norman Shade, and Martin B. Lohmann, who served in the Illinois Legislature continuously from 1923 to 1953. On March 26, 2017 it was announced that the bridge will go under reconstruction for steel repairs, electrical work, removing the sediment from bridge piers, and painting the bridge. The project costs $13.5 million. Work started in April 2017 and is scheduled to be completed by November 2018.

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Coordinates: 40°38′06″N 89°37′21″W / 40.63504°N 89.62260°W / 40.63504; -89.62260