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Fred Schwengel Memorial Bridge

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Carries
  
4 lanes of I‑80

Daily traffic
  
33,500

Total length
  
1,062 m

Location
  
Le Claire

Body of water
  
Mississippi River

Crosses
  
Mississippi River

Opened
  
27 October 1966

Width
  
20 m

Design
  
Girder bridge

Fred Schwengel Memorial Bridge

Locale
  
LeClaire, Iowa and Rapids City, Illinois

Similar
  
Sergeant John F Baker Jr, Government Bridge, Norbert F Beckey Bridge, Keokuk–Hamilton Bridge, Rock Island Centenni

The Fred Schwengel Memorial Bridge is a 4-lane steel girder bridge that carries Interstate 80 across the Mississippi River between LeClaire, Iowa and Rapids City, Illinois. The bridge is named for Fred Schwengel, a former U.S. Representative from Davenport, Iowa and one of the driving forces behind the Interstate Highway Act. The bridge opened October 27, 1966 and overlooks the Illinois Welcome center as well as Rapids City, Illinois and LeClaire, Iowa.

References

Fred Schwengel Memorial Bridge Wikipedia