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Mississippi River Bridge, Davenport, IA
The Mississippi River Bridge, otherwise known as the Government Bridge, is a double-deck, through-truss structure owned and maintained by the Army Corps of Engineers as a link between Davenport, IA on the west, Arsenal Island (in the middle of the river), and Rock Island on the east.

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The easternmost part of the main bridge over the Mississippi, showing the swing span over the locks
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The main section of the Government Bridge over the frozen winter waters. Davenport is to the left of the photo.
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The Davenport end of the bridge, showing the concrete levee. The bridge passes over US 67 and the IC&E (ex-Milw) tracks to the left of the shot.
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The other half of the Government Bridge is the connection from Arsenal Island back to Rock Island, over the other half of the Mississippi. This is looking towards the island.
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