Large Steel Bridges

Photos of Large Steel Bridges from the back roads, small towns, and cities of America, by Joann M. Ringelstetter; for Wall Art, Media, Commercial Use, Prints, Canvas, Greeting Cards, and Keepsakes

Savanna-Sabula Bridge, Carroll County, Illinois

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Savanna-Sabula Bridge, Carroll County, Illinois

This continuous through truss bridge over the Mississippi River was built in 1932 and operated as a toll bridge by the Savanna-Sabula Bridge Company. The bridge was advertised as part of a "Short Route" between Chicago and Cedar Rapids. "Construction
of the Sabula-Savanna Bridge across the Mississippi added employment in the first three years of the depression," the Iowa Writers' Project reported in 1942. It connects the riverfront town of Savanna (Illinois) and the island town of Sabula (Iowa). The brige was on the National Register of Historic Places, but was replaced and then demolished in March, 2018.

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