Dubuque–Wisconsin Bridge

42.515555555556 - 90.635555555556Koordinaten: 42 ° 30 ' 56 "N, 90 ° 38 ' 8 " W

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U.S. Highways 61, 151

Mississippi River

The Dubuque - Wisconsin Bridge is a steel arch bridge that crosses the upper Mississippi River and connects the city of Dubuque in Iowa with the rural Grant County, Wisconsin. The Dubuque - Wisconsin Bridge is a four-lane road bridge, the U.S. Highways 61 and 151 run together on the. She is one of two road bridges in the area around the city of Dubuque. Between the two, there is another railway bridge. The Julien Dubuque Bridge - the other road bridge - located downstream 5 km and runs from Dubuque to East Dubuque, Illinois.

History

In the late 1970s and early 1980s, the city officials Dubuque became convinced that the old Eagle Point Bridge did not meet the demand. It was decided to build a four-lane river crossing.

The now begun construction work rested than on the planned bridge access in Wisconsin an old Indian cemetery was found. A Winnebago medicine man blessed the site and the remains of the deceased were transported to another location.

In 1983 the traffic from the Eagle Point Bridge was diverted to the new bridge. A little later the Eagle Point Bridge was demolished. In the early 1990s the access bridge was widened to four lanes in Dubuque. During the renovation work on the Julian Dubuque Bridge of U.S. Highway 20 was rerouted over the Wisconsin Dubuque Bridge, which was given a new road surface in 2003.