| Frank E. Bauer Bridge | |
|---|---|
| Carries | Four lanes of the Bauer Parkway |
| Crosses | Rock River |
| Locale | Rockford, IL, Machesney Park, IL |
| Maintained by | Winnebago County, IL |
| ID number | 000101308829564[1] |
| Design | Post-tensioned concrete girder bridge |
| Total length | 302. Rockford is a mid-sized city located on both banks of the Rock River in far northern Illinois Machesney Park is a village located in Winnebago County, Illinois, United States. Winnebago County is a County located in the US state of Illinois. The National Bridge Inventory ( NBI) is a database compiled by the Federal Highway Administration, with information on all Bridges and Tunnels 4 metres (0. 2 mi)[1] |
| Width | 17. 1 metres (56. 1 ft)[1] |
| Clearance below | 5. 4 metres (17. 7 ft)[1] |
| AADT | 4400[1] |
| Opening date | 1993[2] |
| Toll | US$0. Annual average daily traffic, abbrevated AADT, is a measure used primarily in Transportation planning and transportation engineering. The United States dollar ( sign: $; code: USD) is the unit of Currency of the United States; it has also been 50 each way |
The Frank E. Bauer Bridge is 0. 19 mile (0. 31 km) toll bridge that traverses the Rock River in Machesney Park, Illinois. A toll bridge is a Bridge over which Traffic may pass upon payment of a fee or toll. Machesney Park is a village located in Winnebago County, Illinois, United States. [3] It is one of four toll bridges in the state of Illinois. The State of Illinois ( roughly ill-i-NOY is a state of the United States of America, the 21st to be admitted to the Union. The bridge consists of four lanes, a median and shoulders, as well as a sidewalk which is not tolled. It connects Illinois Route 2 north of Rockford, Illinois with commercial areas of Machesney Park and Illinois Route 251 via the Bauer Parkway and Harlem Road (Winnebago County Highway 25). Illinois Route 2 is a north-south state road in northern Illinois. Rockford is a mid-sized city located on both banks of the Rock River in far northern Illinois Illinois Route 251 is a north-south state road that runs on the former alignment of U [1]
The bridge opened in 1993. [2] As of 2006, the toll for all vehicles was 50 cents per vehicle, payable only in coins or tokens. I-Pass, the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority's electronic toll collection system, is not accepted due to the large upfront costs of installing I-PASS at the bridge. I-PASS is the Electronic toll collection system used by the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority on its toll highways The Illinois State Toll Highway Authority (often abbreviated ISTHA) is an instrumentality and administrative agency of the State of Illinois. The Bauer Bridge is tolled to pay for bonds issued for its construction, scheduled to be repaid by 2013. [4]