Bellevue (Iowa)

Jackson County

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Bellevue is a small town ( with a status of "City" ) in Jackson County in the eastern part of the U.S. state of Iowa. In 2010 Bellevue had 2191 inhabitants.

Geography

Bellevue is located on the west bank of the Mississippi River, which forms the border with Illinois. Bellevue, which is the center of Bellevue Township, located at 42 ° 07'37 " north latitude and 89 ° 15'20 " west longitude. The city covers more than 2.7 square kilometers, spread over 2.5 km ² land and 0.2 km ² water surface.

On the southern outskirts of the city of Bellevue State Park closes at seamlessly.

Towns nearby are Sabula ( 34.1 km southeast), Preston ( 26.3 km to the south), Andrew (20,7 km southwest), La Motte (18,1 km west-northwest ) and Saint Donatus (16,6 km to the northwest ).

The nearest large towns are Dubuque (38,1 km to the northwest ), Rockford, Illinois (145 km east), the Quad Cities ( 97.2 km to the south) and Cedar Rapids (133 miles west).

Traffic

The oldest road is actually the Mississippi, on which an important part of the flow of goods transported through the center of the USA today. The river is navigable for large barges held by dams, one of which with Lock and Dam No. 12 a between Bellevue and the opposite shore of Illinois is

Through Bellevue leads along the Mississippi at this point the Iowa section of the Great River Road forming U.S. Highway 52 branches off from this in the center of the leading Bellevue to the southwest Illinois Highway 62.

Through Bellevue performs a running along the Mississippi railway line of the Canadian National Railway.

The nearest airport is 36.1 km north west of Bellevue location, Dubuque Regional Airport.