Keokuk Railroad Bridge (Hamilton, Illinois)

USA / Iowa / Keokuk / Hamilton, Illinois
 railway, bridge, railway bridge
The original bridge here opened during 1870, allowing the Toledo, Peoria and Western Railway to reach Keokuk from Illinois. In 1916, a major rebuilding of the bridge took place, which included a second level for road traffic. It was acquired by the city of Keokuk during 1948, and during 1985 highway traffic was moved off of the bridge onto the new US-136 bridge. www.johnweeks.com/upper_mississippi/pagesB/umissBR04.ht...
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The current owner of the bridge is the Keokuk Junction Railway Co, which began operations over the bridge in December 1986.
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Railroad bridges were built at 56 locations to cross the Mississippi River,
and 36 of these crossings are still in use by freight railroads.
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Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keokuk_Rail_Bridge
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Coordinates:   40°23'27"N   91°22'22"W
This article was last modified 13 years ago