Valley City Eagle Bridges
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CrossesIllinois River
Maintained byIllinois Department of Transportation
Valley City Eagle Bridges | |
|---|---|
 The Valley City Eagle Bridges from westbound I-72 just past the Bluffs exit. | |
| Coordinates | 39°41′18″N 90°38′31″W / 39.68838°N 90.64182°W |
| Carries | 4 lanes of   I-72 / US 36[1] |
| Crosses | Illinois River |
| Maintained by | Illinois Department of Transportation |
| Characteristics | |
| Design | Concrete box girder twin bridges |
| Total length | 3,203 feet (976 m)[1] |
| Width | 39 feet (12 m)[1] |
| History | |
| Construction end | 1988[1] |
| Opened | 1992[2] |
| Statistics | |
| Daily traffic | 4,325[1] |
| Location | |
 Interactive map of Valley City Eagle Bridges | |
The Valley City Eagle Bridges is a set of bridges that carry Interstate 72 and U.S. Route 36 across the Illinois River. The bridge is located near Valley City, Illinois, the smallest municipality in the state.[3]
The bridges are post tensioned cast-in-place concrete box girder bridges. Each bridge has two lanes of travel on a 39-foot deck. The bridge has roughly 7,500 travelers per day.
