Agnew, Dwight L. "Jefferson Davis and the Rock Island Bridge," Iowa Journal of History, Vol. By: Virginia Bridge and Iron Company of Roanoke, Virginia Sign in Sign up for FREE Prices and download plans The bridge superintendents house can be seen on the right at the upstream end of the pier that supported the draw span. Like the third bridge, its draw span was located adjacent to the island. This is a large and uncommon example of a bobtail swing bridge, and it still operates for boats. Rock Island in 1829. and Strauss Bascule Bridge Company (Strauss Engineering Company) of Chicago, Illinois, Railroad (Iowa, Chicago, and Eastern Railroad) Over Mississippi River in Sabula: Jackson County, Iowa and Carroll County, Illinois, United States, Metal Multiple-Type-Connected Pratt Through Truss, Movable: Swing (Rim Bearing Center Pier) and Approach Spans: Metal 9 Panel Pin-Connected Parker Through Truss, Fixed, Length: 1,967ft. One of the most unusual, beautiful, and significant bridges on the Mississippi River. A 1993/1994 study ), The third bridgehere viewed from the islanddiffered from the first two: it was in a new location, it was a double deck structure made of iron and steel trusses, and its draw span was adjacent to the shore on the Illinois (island) side. By: Unknown This structure is known locally as the Chain of Rocks Bridge. A pictorial history of the first railroad bridge across the Mississippi River and its three successors by Curtis C. Roseman When the Chicago and Rock Island Railroad was completed in 1854 under the direction of Henry Farnam and his partner Joseph Sheffield, it became the first to connect the East with the Mississippi River. National Electric Light Association Bulletin, Volume XIV, No. liquefaction. Then in December 1855 (11:59 p.m., December 31st, to be exact) the first train reached Iowa City, some fifty miles west of Davenport. MainSpans: 3, Built 1931 MainSpans: 2, Built 1976 Project: Champ Clark Bridge over the Mississippi River (U.S. Hwy 54) Location: Louisiana, Missouri Owners: Illinois DOT & Missouri DOT Designer: HNTB Contractors: Massman Construction Company Cost: $60 million Length: 2,281 ft Completion Date: August 3, 2019 About The Author: Budzynski is senior managing editor of Roads & Bridges. In the upper right corner you can see the first bridge extending over the main channel of the river from Traders Vista to Davenport. By: Pennsylvania Steel Company of Steelton, Pennsylvania and Melvin B. Because the railroad and the government cooperated in the project, the bridge first became known as the Government Bridge at this time. On the right are three spans of the bridge over the Slough between the island and the City of Rock Island on the Illinois shore. MainSpans: 2, Built 1885 By: McClintic-Marshall Company of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and Sverdrup and Parcel of St. Louis, Missouri, Franklin Avenue Over Mississippi River in Minneapolis: Hennepin County, Minnesota, United States, Concrete Open Spandrel Deck Arch, Fixed, Length: 1,055ft. (also known as Ordnance Memorandum #20). MainSpan: 920ft. MainSpans: 5, Built 1923 In the upper center of the image are a wagon bridge and the railroad bridge extending over the Slough to the City of Rock Island. the second a total retrofit. to protect and restore our greatest asset the Mississippi River and our shared RiverWay environment. Lost through truss bridge over River Aux Vases between Ste. MainSpan: 518ft. and Waddell and Harrington of Kansas City, Missouri, Railroad (Canadian National) Over Mississippi River in Dubuque and East Dubuque: Dubuque County, Iowa and Jo Daviess County, Illinois, United States, Metal Pin-Connected Pratt Through Truss, Fixed (Rim Bearing Center Pier) and Approach Spans: Metal 10 Panel Pin-Connected Camelback Through Truss, Fixed, Length: 1,535ft. 2, (1982), pp. By: Allied Structural Steel Company of Chicago, Illinois MainSpan: 525ft. This reach of the Mississippi River, the location of the Rock Island Rapids, is geologically youthful. I-90 Business Loop bridge across Missouri River.JPG 3,264 2,448; 1.39 MB. (Image courtesy of the Putnam Museum, Davenport, Iowa), The first bridge was completed on April 21, 1856. MacArthur Bridge: Its construction was a brazen attempt in 1889 to break the Terminal Railroad Associations stranglehold on railroad traffic. MainSpan: 192ft. The first railroad bridge across the Mississippi was open for business. The town of Gilbert, in the upper right, would become Bettendorf in 1903. The gauge at the foot of Market Street is the oldest on the Middle Mississippi River. Terms of Service, Click on this link to see the View from First Bridge - drone footage showing the planned path, and bird's-eye view, Rock Island County Forest Preserve District, R.I. County Soil and Water Conservation District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, R.I. District, U.S. Bicycle Route 76. The U.S. 60/62 bridge over the Mississippi River will be closed to all traffic during two intervals in March and April for an annual and required safety inspection. (And check out trailnet.org and mcttrails.org for more trail maps.). Overview The existing Chain of Rocks Bridge was constructed in 1966. The two bridges are the paired east- and west-bound spans known collectively as the Crescent City Connection. It was named after its designer and builder, James Buchanan Eads. One does not visit the headwaters area just to see bridges. Memphis Bridge Railroad (BNSF) Over Mississippi River in Memphis: Shelby County, Tennessee and Crittenden County, Arkansas, United States Metal Cantilever 28 Panel Pin-Connected Baltimore Through Truss, Fixed and Approach Spans: Metal 12 Panel Pin-Connected Warren Deck Truss, Fixed Length: 4,988 ft. Main Span: 790 ft. Roadway: 30 ft. Main Spans: 4 MainSpans: 5, Built 1949 That is due to the bridge being located on a The straight line across the downstream (west) end of the island shows the path of the railroad and the location of the new, third bridge to be built in 1872. The committee is affiliated with River Action Inc., a regular contributing sponsor of the dinner. Washington: USGPO, 1877. The house in the painting is presumed to be the Davenport House, although in actuality it was located east of the bridge and would not be visible in this view. (Photo courtesy of the U. S. Army, Rock Island Arsenal Museum, Rock Island, Illinois. All were alternatives located just north of the existing Cairo Bridge. St. Louis, MO 63119 MainSpan: 350ft. MainSpan: 260ft. Illinois Department of Transportation IDOT is performing a Preliminary Engineering Study to analyze the replacement of the bridge that carries I-270 over the Mississippi River, connecting Madison County, Illinois and St. Louis, Missouri, known locally as the Chain of Rocks Bridge. Mounds became numerous and some settlements had large complexes of them. "Seventy Years of Service: From Grant to Gorman", Rock Island Magazine, Seventieth Anniversary, October, 1922. (Map drawn by the Cartography class at Augustana College, Spring 2003, under the direction of Kathy Dowd). bridge over Mississippi River at Sabula, Iowa Places To See Wonderful Places Beautiful Places Mobile Photo Reflection Photography Arch Bridge Pedestrian Bridge Wonders Of The World Reflection of Stone Arch Bridge on the Mississippi River near downtown Minneapolis, Minnesota Reflection / By jpnuwat frozen Mississippi River, 1905 Great Places Roadway: 24ft. MainSpan: 324ft. Roadway: 24ft. I have numbered the bridges from 1 to 56 following the river, and these numbers conflict with official bridge numbers. Images on this web page were obtained through the cooperation of several libraries and museums, which are named in the credits for each image. 613-622. US 61 Saline Creek Bridge (Old) Eads Bridge: One of the worlds most beautiful bridges, it went bankrupt and was twice condemned as a navigation hazard. I also want to thank the numerous individuals who contributed to this project. On April 22, 1856, the citizens of Rock Island, Illinois, and Davenport, Iowa, cheered as they watched three steam locomotives pull eight passenger cars safely across the newly completed Chicago and Rock Island railroad bridge over the Mississippi River. inside of the levee. Although it had been deactivated by this time, Fort Armstrong is shown at the western tip of the island. that it is only 6 miles from the New Madrid Fault. By: Bethlehem Steel Company of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania and Dravo Contracting Company of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania found that bed rock was located 2700 feet under the surface, so a That's 90 miles north of the I-40 bridge. This massive truss bridge is an early surviving example of work by a master engineer and also is noted for the length of its simple truss spans. MainSpan: 671ft. v. the Rock Island Railroad, Abraham Lincoln defended the railroad in September 1857. SS Sultana: The steamboat was bound for St. Louis in April 1865 when the boilers failed right above Memphis, 13 days after President Abraham Lincoln was assassinated. a view of the south corner of the structure from a vantage point located Although altered, this unique s-curve bridge retains its rare arch ribs with Melan type reinforcing. curve by placing rip-rap along the edge of the river channel. The photo above is a view from the Tennessee TN-181 overpass, looking northwest MainSpan: 360ft. Slattery, Thomas J. As more people realize this option, people in . View is looking north, with the state of Missouri on the left and the state of Illinois on the right. CAPE GIRARDEAU BRIDGE, VIEW TO THE SOUTH - Cape Girardeau Bridge, Spanning Mississippi River at State Highway 146, Cape Girardeau, Cape Girardeau County, MO HAER MO,16-CAPGI,6--10 10. Roadway: 22ft. One way to cross the Mississippi River is by going up to Caruthersville, MO and taking the I-155 bridge through Dyersburg, Tennessee. At the top of this aerial photo you can see crescent-shaped rail yards following the path that led to the first and second bridges. structure on the Tennessee side is much longer than the structure on the significant earthquake event would almost certainly create severe by W. P Quayle and H. P. Simpson. By: Strobel Steel Construction Company of Chicago, Illinois By: American Bridge Company of New York, New York By: Union Bridge Company of Athens, Pennsylvania and Buffalo, New York Black Forest Park: Though most people know you can see the river from Bellerive Park, another less-known spot is Black Forest Park in Lemay, right next to Notre Dame High School. The prison held a total of about 13,000 Confederate prisoners during the year and a half it was open. This view from the island shows that the piers were slanted and pointed on their upstream sides to minimize damage from ice, debris, or boats that might strike them. Despite national significance as the design work of famous engineer George Morison and extremely long truss span length, this bridge was sentenced to scrapping. This is a list of all current and notable former bridges or other crossings of the Upper Mississippi River which begins at the Mississippi River's source and extends to its confluence with the Ohio River at Cairo, Illinois . Roadway: 30ft. This dam is notable to bridge enthusiasts for its bridge structure consisting of a rare K-truss design. The bridge's construction began in 1867 and ended in 1874. (Photo Courtesy of the Putnam Museum, Davenport, Iowa), In 1868 a tornado severely damaged the second bridge, shown in this view from Davenport. MainSpan: 444ft. Two proposals were developed to fix the bridge, one a partial retrofit, MainSpan: 380ft. By: Keystone Bridge Company of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and American Bridge Works of Chicago, Illinois, Great River Road (IL-9) and Railroad (BNSF) Over Mississippi River in Fort Madison and Niota: Lee County, Iowa and Hancock County, Illinois, United States, Metal Multiple-Type-Connected Baltimore Through Truss, Movable: Swing (Rim Bearing Center Pier) and Approach Spans: Metal 14 Panel Multiple-Type-Connected Baltimore Through Truss, Fixed, Length: 3,347ft. and Charles Frederick Loweth, Mohrs Road Over Mississippi River in Ottawa (Galletta): Ottawa City, Ontario, Canada, Concrete Closed Spandrel Deck Arch, Fixed, US-84 and US-425 (Westbound) (John R. Junkin Drive) Over Mississippi River in Natchez and Vidalia: Adams County, Mississippi and Concordia Parish, Louisiana, United States, Metal Cantilever 20 Panel Rivet-Connected Warren Through Truss, Fixed and Approach Spans: Metal Continuous Deck Girder, Fixed, Length: 4,205ft. This web page is an expansion of a presentation prepared and presented by Curtis C. Roseman to the 3rd Annual Henry Farnam Dinner, held on Feb. 22, 2006 in Davenport, Iowa. 68-79. Missouri side of the river. and A. F. Robinson, MN-5 (Fort Road, 7th Street) Over Mississippi River in St. Paul: Hennepin County, Minnesota and Ramsey County, Minnesota, United States, Metal Continuous Variable Depth Deck Girder, Fixed, Length: 1,199ft. Martin Luther King Bridge: It opened in 1951 as the Veterans Bridge. Destimap is a cool platform to present the best 10 attractions for every place (city,village) in the world. landing located northeast of the bridge. MainSpan: 400ft. WALLY ROAD We appreciate their cooperation. Because the stone piers of these first two bridges were not well anchored to the rock bed of the river, they slid along the bottom under the pressure of strong winds. Cairo, Illinois, located at the confluence of the Mississippi and Ohio rivers, was faced with the problem of bridging not one, but two, major rivers to link with outlying areas. At the same time, the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad built a bridge over the Mississippi River at Burlington, which opened 1868. The first train on the Mississippi and Missouri left this depot in August 1855, destined for Walcott, eight months before the bridge connected Iowa with Illinois. MainSpan: 740ft. By: American Bridge Company of New York, New York (Photo courtesy of the Putnam Museum, Davenport, Iowa), Here is the other photo. This bridge is on the TransAmerica Trail, U.S. Visible is the first Arsenal building on the island, today called the Clock Tower Building and headquarters of the Rock Island District of the U. S. Corps of Engineers. New Orleans, LA 70129. Additionally it is commonly used by touring bicyclists riding the Mississippi River corridor on either the Mississippi River trail or the Adventure Cycling . and E. Lionel Pavlo of New York. Roadway: 23.3ft. The current length of the Mississippi is 2,340 miles. The bridge was built in 1961 and is 5,202 feet long and rises 119 feet above the river. Chicago: Andreas Atlas Co.), This 1888 panoramic map shows Davenport and the third bridge. The Little Falls to Monticello area is where the Mississippi River practices for the big time with larger flows, wider river crossings, and deeper river banks. MainSpans: 7, Built 1917 ), While the draw span of the current Government Bridge was under construction in February 1896, a fierce ice jam caused this damage. MainSpan: 628ft. MainSpan: 300ft. By: Bethlehem Steel Company of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania (Photo courtesy of the Rock Island District, U. S. Corps of Engineers), This 1863 panoramic map, facing southwest, shows the Civil War prison camp that had been established on the island in that year. (Photo courtesy of the U. S. Army, Rock Island Arsenal Museum, Rock Island, Illinois. USA.gov, The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration 2, April 1956. It opened in 1910 and carried trains, horse-drawn vehicles, and automobiles. His house on that land was used as the first railroad depot in Iowa. Sources of information on and images of the railroad bridges at Rock Island are widely scattered. MainSpans: 3, Built 1973 The first bridge was built in 1983, while the south bridge opened in 1992. When this opened in 1928, it was the only vehicular bridge across the Mississippi River between St. Louis and Memphis. Among the basic sources that were helpful to this project are these: Theme by ThemeForest | Customized by GAH, Inc. | Powered by Drupal | 2016 River Action, Inc. All rights reserved. The Peoria and Burlington Railroad became part of the CB&Q in 1864, and the Burlington and Missouri River Railroad would become part of it in 1875. (Photo courtesy of the U. S. Army, Rock Island Arsenal Museum, Rock Island, Illinois. MainSpans: 1, Built 1912 Merchants Bridge: The new Mississippi bridge will cross just south of it, at the foot of Cass Avenue. This nationally significant bridge is unique for its location next to two other bridges and for its former highway deck converted for pedestrian use. MainSpans: 5, Built 1901 The Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) has completed the Preliminary Engineering and Environmental Study for the replacement of the bridge that carries I-270 over the Mississippi River connecting Madison County, Illinois and St. Louis, Missouri. and Harrington, Howard, and Ash of Kansas City, Missouri, Kinburn Side Road (CR-20) Over Mississippi River in Pakenham (Mississippi Mills): Lanark County, Ontario, Canada, Length: 268ft. (Map from Slattery, 1988), This photograph shows the third bridge under construction in 1872. the cultural and economic activities that enhance and promote our community and quality of life. This view from downstream shows Ft. Armstrong at the west end of the island. The two current bridges that cross the Mississippi River in Baton Rouge are the Horace Wilkinson Bridge on I-10 and the Huey P. Long on US 190. MainSpans: 7, Built 1961 U. S. Army Rock Island Arsenal. on the riverbank. towards the northeast side of the structure. Kris Leinicke of the Rock Island Arsenal Museum, Joe Nobiling of the U. S. Army, Corps of Engineers, and Eunice Schlichting of the Putnam Museum provided valuable assistance in accessing images. Rather, the bridges are an excuse to draw a person into areas where they might otherwise never venture. boat was heading downriver and struck a bridge pier about 5 PM. 15 were completed in the spring of 1934 at the site of the Government Bridge. MainSpans: 6, Built 1952 This is an outstanding, long, and extremely rare example of a stone arch bridge in Canada. (Photo Courtesy of Davenport Public Library; accessed from the Upper Mississippi Valley Digital Image Archive: http://www.umvphotoarchive.org/). nearly sank. steamboats.org: This covers all things steamboat-related, including river lingo, photos, and video of the boats in action. Its the site of Big Mound, the last of the Native-American mounds to be leveled on the North Side. In the upper left is a rail yard located on land that was donated to the railroad by Antoine LeClaire. Roadway: 21ft. Four bridges cross the Mississippi at Memphis: the Frisco Bridge, the Harahan, the Memphis and Arkansas, and the Hernando DeSoto. S Nevins, F. J. Like the first bridge it was made of wood trusses; unlike the first, each span had a curved top. Trains would head eastward out of the City of Rock Island, then turn north on the island, and then enter the City of Davenport from the southeast. I [ https://www.google.com/url?sa=i& Continue Reading 17 2 9 MainSpan: 140ft. the very left edge of the photo below. There are large, multi-lane highway bridges that cross the Mississippi River, including the Minnesota Highway 371 Bridge and the Interstate 90 Mississippi River Bridge, which connects Wisconsin and Minnesota. (Photo courtesy of the U. S. Army, Rock Island Arsenal Museum, Rock Island, Illinois. MainSpans: 3, Built 1930 MainSpan: 790ft. I-90 Business Loop Bridge at Oacoma.JPG 2,448 3,264; 846 KB. 10th Avenue Bridge (Hennepin County, Minnesota) Built 1929 Concrete arch bridge over Mississippi River on 10th Avenue in Minneapolis Open to traffic 3rd Avenue Bridge (Hennepin County, Minnesota) Built 1917 Concrete arch bridge over Mississippi River on MN 65 (3rd Avenue S) in Minneapolis Open to traffic Alton Bridge (Madison County, Illinois) This bridge is interesting in that it is not symmetrical. The tank in the distance in the upper photo is on Institutional social inequalities existed, such as slavery and human sacrifice. Its fed by the Bow Glacier in Banff National Park, and flows southeast past Lake Louise and Banff, where its joined by the Spray River before continuing east. Metal Rivet-Connected Polygonal Warren Through Truss, Movable: Swing (Center Pier) and Approach Spans: Metal 7 Panel Pin-Connected Pratt , Length: 1,275ft. 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