Photo: I-74/KWQC/City of Bettendorf
(Moline, IL) -- Crews are testing a color-changing lighting system on the new I-74 River Bridge in the Quad Cities. Crews from Bettendorf, Iowa and Moline, Illinois are lighting up the bridge with different scenes each night for the next 30-days. The Iowa Department of Transportation says drivers, those on the bike/pedestrian path, and those on the riverfront will get a good view. Crews are consulting with barge captains about lighting safety issues as well.
The project team will run through lighting scenes and colors to ensure barge captains can safely navigate through the channel under the I-74 River Bridge.
The U.S. Coast Guard will collect feedback from the barge captains and the project team will review and adjust the lighting intensity if necessary.