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Bayview Bridge | |
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| Coordinates | 39°56′00″N 91°25′17″W / 39.93333°N 91.42139°W |
| Carries | 2 lanes of Westbound  US 24 |
| Crosses | Mississippi River |
| Locale | West Quincy, Missouri and Quincy, Illinois |
| Other name(s) | Quincy Bayview Bridge |
| Maintained by | Illinois Department of Transportation |
| Characteristics | |
| Design | Cable-stayed bridge |
| Total length | 4,507 feet (1,374 m) |
| Width | 27 feet (8 m) |
| Longest span | 900 feet (274 m) |
| Clearance below | 63 feet (19 m) |
| History | |
| Opened | August 22, 1987 |
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The Bayview Bridge is a cable-stayed bridge bringing westbound U.S. Route 24 (US 24) over the Mississippi River. It connects West Quincy and Quincy. Quincy Memorial Bridge serves Eastbound US-24.[1] The bridge was built at a cost of $32 million, $3 million over budget.
- ^ Olfat, Sarhang Zadeh (2012). "2: Comparison of Post-tensioning Cable Forces Between Three types of the Cable-stayed Bridges". Comparison Between Three Types of Cable Stayed Bridges Using Structural Optimization. Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Repository. p. 19.
the Quincy Bayview Bridge located in Illinois, USA as shown in Fig. 2.1 is chosen as a typical cable-stayed bridge