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Today in Quad-City History: The Iowa-Illinois Memorial Bridge

Posted on November 18, 2016 by SCblogger

If you’re like most Quad City residents, you don’t think about our bridges (unless with no small amount of frustration when traffic clogs things up.) It’s hard to think about not having bridges today, but on this date, November 18, in 1935, … Continue reading →

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Spanning the Years: the Iowa-Illinois Memorial Bridge

Posted on January 22, 2014 by SCblogger

Preparations for the new 1-74 bridge across the Mississippi River have been making headlines in our area newspapers lately, so we thought it was time to take a look at the bridge that’s been connecting the two halves of the … Continue reading →

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