Bayview Bridge

Official name	Bayview Bridge
Carries	Motor vehicles
Crosses	Mississippi River
Locale	Illinois, Missouri
Maintained by	Illinois Department of Transportation [2]
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Design	Cable-stayed
Longest span	900 feet (274.32 meters)
Total length	4,507 feet (1,374 meters)
Width	Approximately 27 feet (8.2 meters)
Vertical clearance	{{{clearance}}}
Clearance below	63 feet (19 meters)
Average Daily Traffic	{{{traffic}}}
Opening date	1986
Destruction date	{{{closed}}}
Connects: Quincy, Illinois and West Quincy, Missouri	Image:Bayview-bridge-sat.jpg
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The Bayview Bridge is a cable-stayed bridge bringing westbound U.S. Highway 24 over the Mississippi River. It connects the cities of West Quincy, Missouri and Quincy, Illinois. Westbound U.S. 24 is served by the older Quincy Memorial Bridge. This page is about the river in the United States; there is also a Canadian Mississippi River (Ontario). ... Official language(s) English Capital Springfield Largest city Chicago Area  - Total  - Width  - Length  - % water  - Latitude  - Longitude Ranked 25th 149,998 km² 340 km 629 km 4. ... State nickname: The Show Me State Official languages English Capital Jefferson City Largest city Kansas City (largest metropolitan area is Saint Louis) Governor Matt Blunt (R) Senators Kit Bond (R) Jim Talent (R) Area  - Total  - % water Ranked 21st 69,709 mi²; 180,693 km² 1. ... The National Bridge Inventory (NBI) is a database, compiled by the Federal Highway Administration, with information on all bridges and tunnels in the United States that have roads passing above or below. ... A cable-stayed bridge is a bridge that consists of one or more pillars, with cables supporting the roadbed. ... 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... U.S. 24 over the Mississippi River. ... West Quincy, Missouri is a small commercial town in northeast Missouri, it borders with the levee and has no population, only business. ... U.S. Highway 24, a dual north-south/east-west route, is one of the original United States highways of 1926. ... This page is about the river in the United States; there is also a Canadian Mississippi River (Ontario). ... West Quincy, Missouri is a small commercial town in northeast Missouri, it borders with the levee and has no population, only business. ... U.S. 24 over the Mississippi River. ...

The bridge was built at a cost of $32 million, $3 million over budget, to alleviate traffic over the downstream Memorial Bridge. It was built prior to the extension of Interstate 72 west into Hannibal, Missouri. Traffic levels increased when the existing, downstream U.S. Highway 36 bridge over the Mississippi River was closed to make room for the new Interstate 72 bridge. Interstate 72 is an interstate highway in the midwestern United States. ... Hannibal (Americas Hometown) is a city located in Marion and Ralls County, Missouri. ... United States Highway 36 is an east-west United States highway that runs for 1,414 miles (2,276 km) from east-central Ohio to Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado. ...

References

• Unknown. "Structurae [en]: Bayview Bridge (1986)". 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.
• Modjesvski and Masters. "Bayview". 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.

Bridges of the Mississippi River
Upstream Keokuk-Hamilton Bridge	Bayview Bridge West	Downstream Quincy Memorial Bridge