267 – Lower Grandview Drive Bridge
THill: The bridge at the bottom of “Grand View Drive”.
Historic Peoria: “Construction of Grand View Drive began in 1903, and when it was completed in late 1904, the road consisted of gravel measuring 30 feet wide and 8 inches deep. In 1936, the drive was paved and trees were planted along the road. That year, tennis courts, softball fields, and picnic areas were also added.”
Everyone knows what Theodore Roosevelt said about it, but according to PeoriaHistory.com the exact quote from 1910 is “I have traveled all over the world, and this is the world’s most beautiful drive.”
In 1996 the entire drive and park land was added to the National Register of Historic places.
Here’s a YouTube video of Grandview from a bicycle. The bridge gets crossed at the 7 minute mark.
January 17th, 2009 at 5:28 pm
A bridge at Springdale Cemtery
January 19th, 2009 at 8:36 am
The bridge at the bottom of “Grand View Drive”.
January 19th, 2009 at 9:48 pm
That’s what I was thinking too THill. It seems smaller though.
July 18th, 2009 at 6:54 am
My grandmother took the streetcar (yes the streetcar) out to the end of the line on Adams street with her friends and family to picnic at Waterworks Park right there, to the left (from the perspective of the bike ride) of the bridge. Probably just after the turn of the last century. Sorry if that is off topic but your pictures and video took me back to her talking about it.