The Interstate 74 Bridge, officially known as the Iowa-Illinois Memorial Bridge, and often called The Twin Bridges, or the I-74 Bridge, are basket-handle, through arch twin bridges that carry Intersta
New and old bridges in 2022.
The old bridges as seen from the Iowa side of the Mississippi River before any construction began.
Construction of the new bridge in 2019.
Demolition of the old bridge from Moline.
Interstate 74 is the central freeway through the Iowa Quad Cities. It roughly divides Davenport to the west and Bettendorf to the east. The Interstate Highway begins at an interchange with I-80 at the
I-74 crosses the Mississippi River via the twin spans of the I-74 Bridge.
An Interstate bisecting the Quad Cities was planned as early as 1955
The old I-74 bridge spans