Rock Island - Milan Parkway
Also known as the Milan Beltway, Rock Island - Milan Parkway is a controlled access arterial encircling the south side of Milan from U.S. 67 (1st Street W) to IL 5 (Blackhawk Road) at 46th Avenue and John Deere Road in Moline. Coupled with 92nd Avenue West and Centennial Expressway (IL 92), the unnumbered route forms a beltway around Rock Island.
The Milan Beltway is an expressway north from Tech Drive in Milan across the Rock River to a parclo interchange with IL 5 and John Deere Road. Costing $19.4 million, work on the 1,682 foot long span over the Rock River, officially the Veterans Memorial Bridge at Carr's Crossing, kicked off in March 2004. Construction building the parclo interchange with Airport Road followed in October 2004 at $19.4 million. Work on the exchange with IL 5 commenced in May 2005 at a cost of 14.3 million.1 The overall cost for the bridge, its approaches and exit ramps was $73 million.2
Aerial looking eastward above the intersection of Rock Island - Milan Parkway and Knoxville Road. - 03/15/2017
Southward aerial of Rock Island - Milan Parkway at 78th Avenue. - 03/15/2017
Rock Island - Milan Parkway extends south from a parclo interchange joining IL 5 with 46th and 52nd Avenues in Rock Island. The expressway spans the Rock River to Airport Road.
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Hennepin Canal Trail accompanies the southbound lanes of Rock Island - Milan Parkway across the Rock River.
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Passing over Interstate 280, southbound motorists enter the parclo interchange with Airport Drive. Airport Drive connects the parkway with I-280 to west and Quad City International Airport (MLI) to the east.
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A traffic light operates south of Airport Drive for an unnamed road to the John Deere Parts Distribution Center and an adjacent industrial park.
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Curving southwest, Rock Island - Milan Parkway approaches Indian Bluff Road (County Road JJ). CR JJ leads east from Milan to the general aviation facilities of MLK Airport and U.S. 150 near Coal Valley.
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Indian Bluff Road continues west from the parkway to Knoxville Road (CR 7) in the village of Milan.
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Rock Island - Milan Parkway advances 0.4 miles southwest to intersect Knoxville Road (CR 7).
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County Road 7 (Knoxville Road) meanders 7.8 miles southeast from Rock Island - Milan Parkway to 99th Street in Rural township. Knoxville Road continues from the end of CR 7 to IL 17 at the village of Windsor.
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The parkway turns west from Mill Creek to Camden Park in south Milan.
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Rock Island - Milan Parkway ends at an unmarked intersection with U.S. 67 across from 92nd Avenue West. U.S. 67 leads north to the Milan village center and south through adjacent Oak Grove.
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References:
- "Bridge Construction Schedule, Costs." The Quad-City Times (Davenport, IA), November 15, 2006.
- "West Rock River Bridge inaugurated Span is opened to traffic as hundreds of guests watch." The Quad-City Times (Davenport, IA), June 19, 2007.
Photo Credits:
- Alex Nitzman: 03/31/16
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Page Updated Monday May 21, 2018.