Crosses Mississippi River Design Steel truss bridge Total length 756 m Bridge type Truss bridge Location Savanna | ID number NBI 000000000029940 Opened 31 December 1932 Width 6.1 m Body of water Mississippi River | |
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Carries 2 lanes of US 52/ Iowa 64/ IL 64 Locale Savanna, Illinois / Jackson County, near Sabula, Iowa, River Mile 537.8 Maintained by Iowa & Illinois Departments of Transportation Address US-52, Sabula, IA 52070, USA Similar Sabula Rail Bridge, Black Hawk Bridge, Eagle Point Bridge, Gateway Bridge, Dubuque–Wisconsin Bridge | ||
The Savanna–Sabula Bridge is a truss bridge and causeway crossing the Mississippi River and connecting the city of Savanna, Illinois with the island city of Sabula, Iowa. The bridge carries U.S. Route 52 over the river. It is also the terminus of both Iowa Highway 64 and Illinois Route 64. The bridge carries an average of 2,400 vehicles daily as of 2005.
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1999.
Planning for the construction of a replacement to the Savannah-Sabula Bridge is underway, with construction scheduled to begin in 2015.
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