Government Bridge - Davenport, IA
N 41° 31.242 W 090° 34.107
15T E 702886 N 4599417
This huge truss bridge was built in 1896.
Waymark Code: WM1RG5
Location: Iowa, United States
Date Posted: 07/01/2007
Views: 70
Located between the City of Davenport,IA and the island of Rock Island. Rock Island is a Federal arsenal, thus the name for the bridge. It carries two rail tracks on an upper deck with a roadway below for vehicular traffic. On the island end is one section that revolves to allow barges to move through the river lock that passes under the bridge.
This bridge has been placed on the National Registry of Historic Places.