PHOTOS: Work continues on new Interstate 74 Bridge
From the New I-74 bridge construction: Hundreds of images series
Work continues around the anchors for the arches on the new Interstate 74 bridge Tuesday, April 2, 2019. Milling and painting of the westbound arch is complete with plans to install the first segments in the coming weeks. The predicted higher flood levels on the Mississippi River may impact progress on the main feature of the "basket-handle design" which will rise 164 feet above both spans of the new Interstate 74 Bridge.
Work continues around the anchors for the arches on the new Interstate 74 bridge Tuesday. The predicted higher flood levels on the Mississippi River may impact progress on the main feature of the "basket-handle design," which will rise 164 feet above both spans of the new I-74 bridge. The first pieces of arch were in place this week on three out of the four anchors.
Work continues around the anchors for the arches on the new Interstate 74 bridge Tuesday. Milling and painting of the westbound arch is complete with plans to install the first segments in the coming weeks. The predicted higher flood levels on the Mississippi River may impact progress on the main feature of the "basket-handle design" which will rise 164 feet above both spans of the new I-74 bridge.
Iron workers tie rebar for the eastbound arch piers for the new I 74 Interstate Bridge Tuesday, April 2, 2019.
Work continues around the anchors for the arches on the new Interstate 74 bridge Tuesday, April 2, 2019. Milling and painting of the westbound arch is complete with plans to install the first segments in the coming weeks. The predicted higher flood levels on the Mississippi River may impact progress on the main feature of the "basket-handle design" which will rise 164 feet above both spans of the new I74 bridge.
The green towers at left were raised to help accommodate the construction of the arches on the new Interstate 74 bridge. Three out of four of the first pieces of arch are in place on their anchors, but floodwater could slow progress.
Plans are to begin installation of the first segments of the westbound arch in the coming weeks, however, the predicted higher flood levels on the Mississippi River may impact progress on the main feature of the "basket-handle design" which will rise 164 feet above both spans of the new I74 bridge.
Work continues around the anchors for the arches on the new Interstate 74 bridge Tuesday, April 2, 2019. Milling and painting of the westbound arch is complete with plans to install the first segments in the coming weeks. The predicted higher flood levels on the Mississippi River may impact progress on the main feature of the "basket-handle design" which will rise 164 feet above both spans of the new I74 bridge.
Work continues around the anchors for the arches on the new Interstate 74 bridge Tuesday, April 2, 2019. Milling and painting of the westbound arch is complete with plans to install the first segments in the coming weeks. The predicted higher flood levels on the Mississippi River may impact progress on the main feature of the "basket-handle design" which will rise 164 feet above both spans of the new I74 bridge.
Workers have completed milling and painting of the westbound arch piers on the Illinois side of the river. The plan is to install the first segments in the coming weeks, however, the predicted higher flood levels on the Mississippi River may impact progress on the main feature of the "basket-handle design" which will rise 164 feet above both spans of the new I74 bridge.
Workers have completed milling and painting of the westbound arch piers on the Illinois side of the river. The plan is to install the first segments in the coming weeks, however, the predicted higher flood levels on the Mississippi River may impact progress on the main feature of the "basket-handle design" which will rise 164 feet above both spans of the new I74 bridge.
Workers have completed milling and painting of the westbound arch piers on the Illinois side of the river. The plan is to install the first segments in the coming weeks, however, the predicted higher flood levels on the Mississippi River may impact progress on the main feature of the "basket-handle design" which will rise 164 feet above both spans of the new I74 bridge.
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More than a month after the first piece of arch was set for the new Interstate 74 bridge, construction of the "basket-handle design" should mo…
The Quad-City Times has been following construction of the new I-74 bridge across the Mississippi River since day 1 capturing hundreds of imag…
The water is too high and too fast to be safe for bridge workers on the Mississippi River.
The Iowa DOT is allocating $16 million to pay for nighttime labor on the Interstate 74 bridge to help make up for lost time.
The Iowa DOT is allocating $16 million to pay for nighttime labor on the Interstate 74 bridge to help make up for lost time.
Starting Friday, the I-74 ramp onto Grant Street in Bettendorf will be widened to allow two lanes of traffic from the Iowa-bound bridge, accor…
The Iowa DOT is allocating $16 million to pay for nighttime labor on the Interstate 74 bridge to help make up for lost time.
More than a month after the first piece of arch was set for the new Interstate 74 bridge, construction of the "basket-handle design" should mo…
Record-breaking weather events haven't been the only foes of Interstate 74 bridge construction.
The crown jewels of the new Interstate 74 bridge — its high-rising arches — are so complicated to build, transportation officials say, progres…
The crown jewels of the new Interstate 74 bridge — its high-rising arches — are so complicated to build, transportation officials say, progres…
The arches for the new Interstate 74 bridge are not out of alignment, despite rumors.
You wouldn't guess it from the ground, but the arch pieces being set for the new bridge have the interior space of semitrailers.
Fifty years ago this month, newly married Jim and Vicki Peterson watched as a house they had purchased was hoisted on wheels and rolled across…
Another target on the construction timeline for the new Interstate 74 bridge is being missed.
Current and former workers on the new Interstate 74 bridge say the primary contractor intentionally kept bridge construction off schedule over…
Even as the lead contractor on the new Interstate 74 bridge says the steel arches are "not constructible," work continues.
Even as the lead contractor on the new Interstate 74 bridge says the steel arches are "not constructible," work continues.
Early surveys of the Illinois-side arches for the new Interstate 74 bridge show promise of hitting alignment targets.
