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The Rock Island Centennial Bridge, officially the Master Sergeant Stanley W. Talbot Memorial Bridge, connects Rock Island, Illinois, and Davenport, Iowa. The bridge is 3,850 feet (1,173 m) long and stands 170 feet (52 m) above water level. Construction of the bridge began in 1938 and it opened on July 12, 1940, [3] as a toll bridge.
- 545 feet (166 m)
- 4,447 feet (1,355 m)
- July 12, 1940; 83 years ago
- Mississippi River
The Rock Island Bridge is an infrastructure re-use project itself that reinvents 1,200 tons of blighted steel into a public crossing, trailhead and an entertainment district. It's also the catalyst in a broader movement to: Activate the Kansas Waterfront for recreation up to the Missouri River.
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The historic Rock Island Railroad Bridge is coming alive with music, dining, coffee shops & bars, trailhead services and more. And it's all 60 feet over the Kansas River! America's first entertainment district on a bridge opens this summer. Get Details.
Aug 11, 2013 · The official name of the bridge is the Rock Island Centennial Bridge. Couse and Saunders of Detroit, Michigan was the contractor for the original concrete deck. This bridge was rehabilitated in 1996 and again in 2005. In 2005, the bridge was given by the city of Rock Island to the Illinois Department of Transportation.
The first Rock Island Bridge, constructed in the 1850s and located about 1,500 feet (460 m) upstream of the present bridge, was the first railroad bridge to span the Mississippi River. It played a prominent role in the period before the American Civil War and construction of the First transcontinental railroad .
- Mississippi River
- 1896; 127 years ago
- 365 feet (111 m) (swing); longest fixed spans 258 feet (79 m)
- 1,608 feet (490 m)
Opening in spring 2024, the historic Rock Island Railroad Bridge will be reinvented as the world’s first entertainment district over a river! With live music, dining, coffee shops and bars, pop-up shops, trailhead service, and more…there’s always something to experience on the bridge. This 1905 bridge that once carried freight and livestock into the historic West Bottoms is being ...
Nov 5, 2023 · When the in-the-works Rock Island Bridge opens in 2024, the hulking infrastructure renewal project will become Kansas City’s — and America’s — first “destination landmark bridge,” said ...
