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3 unusual facts about Rock Island Railroad Bridge


Rock Island Railroad Bridge

Harry S. Truman Bridge — a 1945 Missouri River drawbridge between Jackson County and Clay County, Missouri, near Kansas City, built by the Rock Island Railroad and the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad, and now used by the Iowa, Chicago and Eastern Railroad and the Union Pacific

Harahan Bridge, also called the Rock Island Bridge — a 1916 Mississippi River bridge between Memphis, Tennessee and Arkansas, and now maintained by the Union Pacific

Rock Island Swing Bridge, also known as the Newport Rail Bridge or the J.A.R. Bridge — a former 1895 swing bridge over the upper Mississippi River between Inver Grove Heights and St. Paul Park, Minnesota, built for the South St. Paul Beltline Railroad, used by the Rock Island until 1980, also used for road traffic until 1999, and partially demolished in 2009



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