The Illinois DOT has begun blasting portions of the old McClugage Bridge in Peoria, Illinois, and will finish this summer.

On the week of April 21, the steel girders of trusses 18-26 on the Tazewell County side of the bridge will be blown up. After a break of more than a month, concrete piers 11 and 12 under the main ...

Roads near the bridge on both the Peoria and Tazewell county sides will be closed starting at 9:30 a.m. on Wednesday.

A blast felt and heard after 9:30 a.m. Wednesday signaled the ongoing demolition of the old eastbound span of the McClucage Bridge.