Construction of a Single-Span Plate Girder Bridge

The Illinois Department of Transportation is soliciting bids to remove an existing bridge and construct a single-span steel plate girder bridge carrying Furrow Road (Township Road 141) over Lost Creek, approximately two miles east of South Pekin in Tazewell County, Illinois. Electronic bids are due November 6, 2026 at 12:00 p.m. through the iCX-Integrated Contractors Exchange system, and bids will be publicly opened at that time. The contract will be awarded to the lowest responsive and responsible bidder under IDOT rules and contract documents.

Scope includes hot-mix asphalt approaches, stone riprap, guardrail, aggregate shoulders, and related work, performed under the Standard Specifications for Road and Bridge Construction adopted January 1, 2022, as revised, plus the supplemental and bridge-specific provisions in the Notice to Bidders. The road will be closed to traffic during construction. The contractor must maintain access to adjacent properties and notify police, fire, and public services at least 48 hours before closure. Traffic control requires Type III barricades with flashing lights. Fabrication plans must be submitted to Hampton, Lenzini and Renwick, Inc., Consulting Engineers in Springfield, Illinois, for review and approval. Brightspeed (underground telephone in conduit), Ameren Illinois (overhead powerlines), and Windstream (underground fiber optic) utilities must be relocated before construction begins.

The work requires compliance with U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Section 404 Nationwide Permit #14 for linear transportation projects, as it affects less than 0.10 acre of Waters of the United States. Environmental resource surveys are required for any borrow or waste areas.

The project is funded through District 4 Construction Funds under contract 89870, Project NWU1-759.