Bob Michel Bridge

Motorists in the Greater Peoria area will have to contend with construction work on several Illinois River bridges this summer, most notably a $24.6 million renovation of the Bob Michel Bridge.

The Bob Michel Bridge Rehabilitation Project is on schedule, and is expected to start construction in a few weeks.

After completing a $2.2 million expansion of the Rock Island Greenway from Harvard Avenue to Park Avenue, city officials and advocates are setting their sights on the next steps for trail expansion in Peoria.

Karen Dvorsky, bureau chief of program development for IDOT District 4, said improving bicycle and pedestrian access to the bridge is a major component of the $19 million Bob Michel Bridge project proposal.

There's new life breathing into an old idea: linking the trail systems on both sides of the Illinois River together.

Peoria firefighters and police rescued a man who threatened to jump off the Bob Michel Bridge early Saturday morning.According to a Peoria Fire Department…

The Bob Michel Bridge over the Illinois River will be closed Sunday morning May 19th from 6:30 to 9:00. The bridge is being closed to make way from the…