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The west approach This is a bridge that drivers have dreaded for years, hoping to not meet a large truck coming from the other direction. The concrete abutment is as scary today as it was in the heyday of the Lincoln Highway. Photo taken by J.R. Manning in July 2007 |
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The Rock Island Bridge Looking west from under the C&NW Bridge. Westbound drivers go under the subject bridge then immediately vault up and over the Rock Island Railroad. Old photos, from before this bridge was replaced and the grade lengthened, show that these bridges, in sequence, made much more of a white-knuckle experience for Lincoln Highway drivers back then. Photo taken by J.R. Manning in July 2007 |
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UPRR Crosses Indian Creek & the Rock Island RR These bridges are just west of the subject bridge and parallel the Lincoln Highway bridge over the same obstacles. The Union Pacific acquired the Chicago & North Western Railway in the mid 1990's. Photo taken by J.R. Manning in July 2007 |
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The east approach Oncoming traffic here can be an adrenalin-surging adventure. Photo taken by J.R. Manning in July 2007 |
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The east portal Photo taken by J.R. Manning in July 2007 |
