State: ILLINOIS

Agency: ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION - DISTRICT 4

Project and/or Route Name: FAS ROUTE 384 (ILL. 8) BETWEEN PEORIA AND POTTSTOWN

PEORIA COUNTY, ILLINOIS

Dates: 1989 - 1990

Rural and/or Urban: RURAL AND URBAN

Length: SIX SEPARATE PROJECTS WITH EACH PROJECT APPROXIMATELY

350 FEET IN LENGTH INCLUDING APPROACHES

Type of Improvement: BRIDGE REPLACEMENT WITH ASSOCIATED APPROACH WORK

Firm's Project Manager: ROBERT B. QUISENBERRY,P.E.,L.S.,V.P.-STRUCTURES, FIRM PRINCIPAL

Firm's Project Engineer: WILLIAM H. MCKINNEY, P.E., PROJECT DESIGN ENGINEER

Project Description:

The project consisted of six replacements for older bridges over various branches of Kickapoo Creek. This was Phase II work with the Illinois Department of Transportation furnishing soil borings, survey notes, topo, geometrics, benchmarks, project reports, aerial contours, ROW plans and plan and profile sheets.

Johnson, Depp & Quisenberry furnished pick up surveys, TS&L plans and final structure and roadway plans. Five of the bridges were single span and one was two span. All six bridges were complete replacements except for two where portions of the existing abutments were reused. Staged construction was used for each structure to maintain one lane of traffic. The framing for the new bridges consisted of prestressed deck beams with overlay. The substructure units were pile bents. All six bridges were let as one contract and construction was completed in 1991.