Ask Dean is a new Journal Star series focusing on all things Peoria: its history, new developments, mysteries, quirks and culture. Send your questions to [email protected]. Question: When I-74 ...

Record-breaking weather events haven't been the only foes of Interstate 74 bridge construction. Department of Transportation officials have been saying for more than a year that the real challenge ...

Construction on the Interstate 74 bridge hit a milestone Monday as workers prepared to place the first steel girders on river piers on the Illinois side of the project. A two-story crane stood between ...

One lane of the Illinois-bound span of the Interstate 74 bridge will be closed from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Thursday. No ramps will be closed while the work is being done. The Iowa Department of ...

Those involved with plans for construction of the new Interstate 74 bridge said they don't think money being spent to rebuild the collapsed bridge in Minnesota will affect funding for the Quad-Cities' ...

Based on 2014 surveys, about 850,000 mussels, representing 25 different species, live in the direct impact zone of the I-74 bridge replacement project. They include three species — the sheepnose, the ...