Bayview Bridge

Bayview Bridge
Coordinates	39°56′00″N 91°25′17″W
Carries	2 lanes of Westbound US 24
Crosses	Mississippi River
Locale	West Quincy, Missouri and Quincy, Illinois
Other name(s)	Quincy Bayview Bridge
Maintained by	Illinois Department of Transportation
Characteristics
Design	Cable-stayed bridge
Total length	4,507 feet (1,374 m)
Width	27 feet (8 m)
Longest span	900 feet (274 m)
Clearance below	63 feet (19 m)
History
Opened	August 22, 1987 (August 22, 1987)
Location

The Bayview Bridge is a cable-stayed bridge bringing westbound U.S. Route 24 (US 24) over the Mississippi River. It connects the cities of West Quincy, Missouri and Quincy, Illinois. Quincy Memorial Bridge serves Eastbound US-24. The bridge was built at a cost of $32 million, $3 million over budget.

Rational for construction

During the 1980s, it was decided that the Quincy Memorial Bridge, though still structurally sound, was insufficient for traffic. Therefore, the Bayview Bridge was built to alleviate traffic over the older bridge. It was built before the extension of Interstate 72 (I-72) west into Hannibal, Missouri. Traffic levels increased when the existing downstream US 36 bridge over the Mississippi River was closed to make room for the new I-72 bridge.

See also

• List of crossings of the Upper Mississippi River

References

• Bayview Bridge at Structurae. Retrieved January 14, 2006.
• 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.
• Modjeski and Masters. "Bayview". https://web.archive.org/web/20051221194459/http://www.modjeski.com/projects/servproj/bayview.htm. Retrieved January 14, 2006.
• Unknown. "Should we build a new bridge?" WQAD. November 26, 2003. Retrieved January 14, 2006.