Interstate 74 East

East

Milepost zero for Interstate 74 east stands at the trumpet interchange with I-80 in northeast Davenport. 06/21/22

The first confirming marker for Interstate 74 east appears by the Veterans Memorial Parkway overpass. 06/21/22

The four exits along Interstate 74 in the Iowa Quad Cities serve Davenport to the west and Bettendorf to the east. 06/21/22

53rd Street meets I-74 at a six-ramp parclo interchange (Exit 1) amid a sprawling area of retail and business parks in northeast Davenport. The arterial joins I-74 with parallel Elmore Avenue and Utica Ridge Road, two commercial arterials paralleling I-74 southward to Spruce Hills Drive and U.S. 6 west. 06/21/22

53rd Street transitions to 53rd Avenue E in a residential area of northeast Bettendorf. Westward the arterial continues to U.S. 61 and Northwest Boulevard before transitioning into a residential street. Hamilton Technical College lies along Tremont Avenue south of 53rd Street in Davenport. 06/21/22

An interchange sequence sign was added to Interstate 74 at 53rd Street showing the three exits preceding the Mississippi River Bridge. Construction between 2010 and November 2012 added two loop ramps connecting 53rd Street with I-74. These opened to traffic on June 15, 2012.1 06/21/22

Interstate 74 straddles the Davenport and Bettendorf city line south from 46th Street and Crow Creek Road to a parclo interchange (Exit 2) with U.S. 6 (Spruce Hills Drive) west to Kimberly Road. 06/20/22

U.S. 6 follows Kimberly Road west from adjacent Elmore Avenue to I-280/U.S. 61 in northwest Davenport. Kimberly Road comprises a busy commercial arterial west to U.S. 61 Business (Brady Street / Welcome Way)and North Park Mall. Weaving southeast to Middle Road at 23rd Street, Spruce Hills Drive extends east into Bettendorf. 06/21/22

Middle Road meets Interstate 74 east from Locust Street in Davenport next in at a diamond interchange (Exit 3) in Bettendorf. 06/21/22

East

Middle Road angles northeast from Interstate 74 across Bettendorf and past the city of Panorama Park. Westward the four lane boulevard intersects Kimberly Road (old U.S. 6) and Locust Street by Duck Creek Park. 06/20/22

U.S. 6 and U.S. 74 combine from Exit 2 in Iowa to Exit 5 in Moline, Illinois. U.S. 6 crossed the original Iowa-Illinois Memorial Bridge and was joined by I-74 in 1975. 06/18/22

I-74/U.S. 6 shift east across Duck Creek through an S-curve. 06/21/22

Locust Street extends west from Middle Road to St. Ambrose University and Division Street north of the Putnam Museum and Science Center. 06/18/22

U.S. 67 (Grant / State Streets) connects with I-74/U.S. 6 at a diamond interchange (Exit 4) west from Downtown Bettendorf. 06/21/22

U.S. 67 replaced U.S. 55 along River Drive and State Street east from the Government Bridge to Dubuque in 1934. Originally aligned on State Street only, U.S. 67 was rerouted onto the couplet with Grant Street on October 19, 1973.2 The overpass for Lincoln Road here was built in 2010. 06/21/22

Exit 4 lowers from I-74/U.S. 6 eastbound with two lanes to U.S. 67 (Grant Street). Within the Hawkeye State, U.S. 67 travels 57 miles overall between Davenport and U.S. 52/Iowa 64 near Sabula. 06/21/22

U.S. 67 leads west along River Drive and the Mississippi Riverfront to Downtown Davenport and east across Bettendorf on State Street to the city of Riverdale. 06/21/22

Exit 1 A departs from south end of the Mississippi River Bridge to River Drive east of Rock Island and the Rock Island Arsenal. River Drive east leads to Western Illinois University - Quad Cities. 06/21/22

Constructed from 2017 to 2021, the Mississippi River Bridge replaced the Iowa Illinois Memorial Bridges, twin suspension spans opened in 1936 and 1960 respectively. 06/20/22

The Mississippi River Bridge measures 3,440 feet in length. Both spans include a 72 foot wide roadway with three to four lanes each.3 06/21/22

The Illinois bound bridge across the Mississippi River opened to motorists on December 2, 2021. The Iowa bound opened with temporary two-way traffic on November 13, 2020. 06/20/22

The 795 foot basket-handle, true-arch span over the Mississippi River navigation channel rises to a height of 245 feet above the water.3 06/21/22

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Photo Credits:

06/18/22, 06/20/22, 06/21/22 by AARoads

Connect with:
U.S. 6
U.S. 67

Page Updated 12-05-2023.