I-74 Iowa-Illinois Corridor

Proposed alternatives – developed 2001 – 2003

53rd Street

• Improve ramp terminal along I-74
• Widen 53rd Street through interchange influnce area
• Improve ramp terminal and intersection design
• Reconstruct and improve interchange to partial cloverleaf with loop-type ramps for north and southbound entering traffic
• Improve ramp terminals along I-74
• Widen 53rd Street through interchange influence area
• Improve ramp terminal and intersection design

U.S. 6

• Improve ramp terminal along I-74.
• Widen 53rd Street through interchange influnce area
• Improve ramp terminal intersection design
• Improve ramp terminals along I-74
• Realign and reconstruct northbound exit and entrance ramps to the west
• Widen U.S. 6 through interchange influence area
• Improve ramp terminal and intersection design

Middle Road

• Improve ramp terminal along I-74.
• Improve ramp terminal along I-74.
• Improve the Middle Road and ramp terminal intersection design
• Reconstruct and improve interchange to a tight-urban diamond configuration
• Improve ramp terminal intersection design

Downtown Bettendorf

• Construct full-diamond interchange at Grant Street
• Widen Grant Street and convert to two-way
• Realign State Street under I-74 to the south
• Remove ramps to/from South at State Street
• Remove ramps to/from north at Kimberly Road
• Reconstruct and improve existing southbound entrance ramp at State Street; remove northbound exit ramp at State
• Construct northbound exit ramp and southbound entrance/exit ramp at Grant Street
• Widen Grant Street and convert to two-way
• Realign State Street under I-74 to the south
• Remove ramps to/from south at State Street
• Remove ramps to/from north at Kimberly Road

Downtown Moline

• Reconstruct and improve ramps to/from the South at Seventh Avenue; remove ramps to/from north at Seventh Avenue.
• Construct new ramps to/from north at Sixth Avenue
• Widen Sixth Avenue and convert to two-way
• Construct new north-south connector road between 6th and 7th
• Close 5th Avenue under I-74
• Reconstruct/improve ramps to/from the north at River Drive
• Reconstruct and improve ramps to/from the South at Seventh Avenue; remove ramps to/from north at Seventh
• Construct new northbound ramps at 6th Avenue and Fourth Avenue
• Widen Sixth Avenue and convert to 2-way
• Construct new north-south connector road between Sixth and Seventh
• Close Fifth Avenue under I-74
• Reconstruct/improve ramps to/from the north at River Drive

23rd Avenue

• Improve ramp terminals along I-74
• Improve ramp termiinal and intersection design

Mainline

• Reconstruct and improve I-74 maintaining the existing four basic lanes
• Widen and reconstruct I-74 roadway and bridges to six basic lanes with auxiliary lanes
• Improve alignment of I-74 in vicinity of Duck Creek
• Realign, widen and reconstruct I-74 bridges over Mississippi River