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3 unusual facts about Rock Island Swing Bridge


Rock Island Bridge

Rock Island Swing Bridge, over the Mississippi River in Minnesota between Inver Grove Heights and Saint Paul Park

Rock Island Railroad Bridge

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

Rock Island Swing Bridge

There is some evidence that gangster John Dillinger fled across the bridge into Inver Grove Heights after a running gun battle with Dakota County deputies in Newport and St. Paul Park.



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