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Documents Tagged ‘Murray Baker Bridge’
Key Bridge Has Changed Face of City
Archive Entry Date: 12/12/1998
Murray Baker bridge remembered at 40
Murray Baker Opening Day Much Colder
Archive Entry Date: 8/31/1978
Bridge named for former Vice President at Le Tourneau and Caterpillar
Little Town
Archive Entry Date: 6/3/1965
The Murray Baker Bridge brought dramatic change to Peoria's place in the world
A Tremendous Step Forward for Peoria
Archive Entry Date: 12/1958
Peoria's civic and business leaders could not have been happier with the new bridge
A New East West Gateway to a Vast Midwest Empire
Archive Entry Date: 12/10/1958
The Murray M. Baker Bridge symbolized Peoria's attempt to join the American big time
Facts, Figures on Bridge, Approaches Add Up to Bigness
Archive Entry Date: 12/10/1958
Peorians delighted in the quantifiable magnitude of the Murray Baker Bridge
Total Cost Put at $16 Million
Archive Entry Date: 12/10/1958
The Federal Government saved Peoria millions with its funding of the bridge
State to Clear 14 Buildings Here
Archive Entry Date: 7/9/1953
Richard Pryor's childhood home was demolished to make way for the Murray Baker Bridge
Fayette-Jackson Is Area for New Span
Archive Entry Date: 7/26/1951
The Murray Baker Bridge was over fifteen years in the making
Business & Civic Leaders Join for Solution of Bridge Problem
Archive Entry Date: 9/1/1940
By 1940, businessmen were already dreaming of a new bridge across the Illinois River