The John T. McNaughton Bridge, also known as the Pekin Bridge, is a steel girder bridge that carries Illinois Route 9 over the Illinois River from downtown Pekin to Peoria County in central Illinois. The John T. McNaughton Bridge was built in 1982 to replace a steel truss with a movable span.[2] The bridge was constructed with a 75 foot clearance in order to allow river navigation, and it has a length of 2,634 feet.[2]
The bridge is named for John T. McNaughton, who was United States Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs[3] and Robert S. McNamara's closest adviser during the Vietnam War. McNaughton was also a Harvard Law School professor. He died in a plane crash at age 45, less than two weeks before he would have become Secretary of the Navy.[3]
References
- ^ "ILL 9 over ILLINOIS RIVER". Bridgereports.com. June 2017. Retrieved 1 June 2021.
- ^ a b Kravetz, Andy (2015-06-26). "Extra: Peoria's bridges over the Illinois River have interesting origins". Peoria Journal Star. Retrieved 2023-09-29.
- ^ a b Mossman, B. C.; M. W. Stark (1971). The Last Salute: Civil and Military Funeral, 1921-1969. Department of the Army. Archived from the original on 2008-12-28. Retrieved 2015-11-10.
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