1835: The Peoria Bridge Co. receives a state charter to build the first Peoria bridge across the Illinois River, at the site that later would be occupied by the Franklin Street Bridge.

The Franklin Street Bridge was a Bascule lift bridge. Therefore, when river traffic that could not fit under the bridge approached, the bridge had to be raised and then lowered again.

Steel remnants of the former Franklin Street Bridge between Peoria and East Peoria, Illinois, now make up a unique sculpture along the banks of the Illinois River. The monument stands near the spot ...

The intersection of Adams Street and War Memorial Drive will be periodically closed June 2 through June 6 for the removal of steel beams from the old McClugage Bridge span.

The Illinois Department of Transportation has begun work on a $48 million three-phase overhaul project of the Cedar Street Bridge connecting East Peoria with Peoria over the Illinois River.