Interstate 280 West

Interstate 280 begins west within the Big X Interchange joining I-74/80 just outside the city of Colona.

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I-74/280 overlap 9.39 miles west from I-80 to U.S. 6 in Moline. There are no exits along the overlap.

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Interstate 280 leads west 28 miles to I-80 on the northwest side of Davenport. Downtown Moline and Rock Island are an 11 mile drive via I-74 west or I-280 west to U.S. 67 north.

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I-74/280 make a sweeping S-curve northwest from the bluffs rising south of the Rock and Green Rivers.

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I-74/280 run west between the Rock River and U.S. 6 to a weigh station.

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Trucks along I-74/280 west reach the westbound weigh station ahead of Coal Valley. An eastbound station operates along I-80 just south of the Mississippi River near Rapids City.

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I-74/280 enter Rock Island County by the westbound weigh station.

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Parallel U.S. 6 turns northward at Quad City International Airport (MLI) and joins Interstate 74 to the Mississippi River Bridge into Bettendorf, Iowa.

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U.S. 150 begins at U.S. 6 east of the exchange (Exit 5 A) with I-74/280. U.S. 150 heads southeast to Coal Valley and Orion. The route originally continued north to Moline and west to Downtown Rock Island.

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Interstate 74 separates from I-280 at Exit 5 A into the city of Moline. U.S. 6 follows the freeway across the Mississippi River to Kimberly Road in Davenport.

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One half mile east of the cloverleaf interchange with U.S. 6 east to 27th Street and MLI Airport and I-74/U.S. 6 west to Moline, Bettendorf and Davenport. Colleges served by Exit 5 A include Augustana College, Black Hawk College and Western Illinois University - Quad Cities.

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Interstate 280 continues west from I-74 and Exit 5 A to Milan, Rock Island, Davenport and Buffalo, Iowa. The belt route reconnects with I-80 in 18 miles.

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Exit 5 B loops onto U.S. 6 east for the MLI Airport, 27th Street (former U.S. 6) north, and U.S. 150 east.

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Westbound reassurance shield posted for Interstate 280 as the freeway parallels South Shore Drive and Airport Road.

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Interstate 280 west runs along the river banks as the Rock Island-Milan Parkway bridge across the Rock River comes into view.

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The succeeding exit on I-280 west is the diamond interchange with Airport Road and 1st Avenue within the village of Milan.

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Airport Road east leads to Rock Island-Milan Parkway (CR 78) north and Quad City International Airport (MLI). 1st Avenue continues west to U.S. 67 (1st Street) in Downtown.

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Rock Island - Milan Parkway crosses over I-280 without direct access to the freeway. The expressway encircles Milan southwest from the Rock River to U.S. 67 at 92nd Avenue West.

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Exit 15 leaves Interstate 280 west for Airport Road east and 1st Avenue west at Milan.
Exit 15 originally was configured as a parclo interchange with a loop ramp onto Interstate 280 east from 1st Avenue east.

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There is no direct access to U.S. 67 from Interstate 280. U.S. 67 heads from the Quad Cities to Monmouth and north to Downtown Rock Island and the Centennial Bridge into Davenport.

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Interstate 280 curves around Milan on the 3.9 mile stretch to IL 92 at southwest Rock Island. Des Moines, Iowa is 169 miles away from this point via I-280 and I-80 west.

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IL 92 meets Interstate 280 at a cloverleaf interchange (Exits 11 B/A) in two miles. I-280 straddles Big Island and a levee system leading to the Centennial Freeway / Rock Island Parkway.

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The Centennial Freeway carried the designation of IL 199 from 1969 to 1980.² IL 92 overlapped with U.S. 6/150 southward from Downtown Moline along 19th and 27th Streets to 1st Avenue / Airport Road into Milan. Joining U.S. 67 briefly, the state route turned westward again along 78th Avenue through southwest Rock Island. When IL 199 was replaced with IL 92 in 1980, the previous alignment was removed from the state system.¹

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IL 92 angles northeast along the Centennial Expressway to U.S. 67 at the Centennial Bridge along the Rock Island Riverfront. The state route continues east from the freeway along 1st Avenue to the 24th Street Bridge to the Rock Island Arsenal.

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Illinois Great River Road system follows IL 92 east throughout Rock Island and Moline and southwest to Andalusia and Illinois City. IL 92 is part of a multi-state route that begins as Wyoming Highway 92 near Torrington and ends west of Mendota, Illinois at U.S. 34.

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Points of interest served by IL 92 northeast into Rock Island include the Quad City Botanical Center and the QCCA Expo Center in Rock Island.

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Interstate 280 turns northwest at Exit 11 B to IL 92 (Centennial Expressway). The Centennial Expressway straddles western reaches of Rock Island east of Lake Potter and Sunset Park with interchanges at 31st Avenue, 18th Avenue, 7th Avenue and the Centennial Bridge (U.S. 67).

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IL 92 continues south along the Centennial Expressway to rejoin its original alignment on 78th Avenue at 92nd Avenue south. 92nd Avenue encircles southern Rock Island eastward to CR 78 (Rock Island-Milan Parkway). IL 92 departs the area west for Andalusia.

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Travelers continue northwest along a causeway from IL 92 to the Interstate 280 Bridge across the Mississippi River.

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The Interstate 280 bridge was dedicated the Sergeant John F. Baker, Jr. Bridge in 2010 after the Vietnam War Veteran and only Medal of Honor recipient from the Quad Cities.⁴

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The final four main line exits of Interstate 280 west serve the western reaches of Davenport. Rockingham Road (Iowa 22) meets the freeway in 1.5 miles.

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Known simply as the "I-280 Bridge", the tied-arch bridge that carries Interstate 280 across the Mississippi River travels 4,194 feet at a height of 62 feet above water.³

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The I-280 Bridge opened October 25, 1973. The tied arch bridge was painted yellow and blue originally after a contest decided the color scheme.³ The span was repainted blue alone as of 2008.

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