BNSF Crescent Bridge (Davenport, Iowa)

USA / Illinois / Rock Island / Davenport, Iowa
 railway, bridge, railway bridge
A railroad bridge over the Mississippi River owned by BNSF Railway.
The Rock Island Bridge and Terminal Company began construction of this bridge in 1897 and it opened in 1900. The Davenport, Rock Island and Northwestern took over in 1901, a railroad jointly owned by the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy and the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul. During 1995 the owners split the DRI&NW Railway with CP Rail (Soo Line) getting the Iowa trackage and BN getting the Illinois trackage and the bridge.
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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/Crescent_Rail_Bridge
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Coordinates:   41°30'41"N   90°35'38"W
This article was last modified 13 years ago