I hate that bridge. Will take I280 around if possible.
It needs replaced, but it has been such a boondoggle (live everything in the QC) I am have tempted to say just blow the bridge.
I grew up in northwest Davenport in the '60s & '70s. On the rare occasion that I ever had to go to Illinois, that was my second-to-last choice (ahead of the Centennial toll bridge). I'd head for the Government Bridge and hope the drawspan wasn't open.
But, I still chuckle at how they keep trying to convince anyone there really IS such a thing as the Quad (or Tri or Quint) Cities. The Mississippi River isn't just another border on a map. Except for an event now and then, there are few good reasons to cross it. (And, if you must cross it twice a day to get to and from your job, you must have a helluva job and home.)