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The Julien Dubuque Bridge is a bridge over the Mississippi River that connects Dubuque, Iowa and East Dubuque, Illinois.The bridge is part of U.S. Route 20 (US 20). It is one of two automobile bridges over the Mississippi in the area (the Dubuque–Wisconsin Bridge three miles (4.8 km) north links Dubuque with Wisconsin), and is listed in the National Register of Historic Places.
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Location of Dubuque County in Iowa. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Dubuque County, Iowa.. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Dubuque County, Iowa, United States.
It was known by several names, including DuBuque's Mines. Eventually, it became the first city in Iowa, and was named simply Dubuque in his honor. [5] Dubuque's resting place and memorial lie on a cliff facing the Mississippi river at the Julien Dubuque Monument in the Mines of Spain State Recreation Area and E. B. Lyons Nature Center.
The bridge crossing the Iowa River near Steamboat Rock is a launched steel I-girder bridge, the first of its kind in the U.S. [5] The bridge was designed to cross the old-growth woodland of the Iowa River valley with minimal impact. US 20 continues east toward Cedar Falls where it overlaps Iowa 58 for just over one mile (1.6 km).
In 1943, the Julien Dubuque Bridge was completed south of the Ice Harbor, thereby moving vehicular traffic over the Port, instead of through it, across the old Dubuque "High" Bridge. Following a record-breaking flood in 1965, the City of Dubuque began construction on a 30-foot-high (9.1 m) flood protection wall to protect all of the city's ...
But Iowa’s connection to France developed before the period when First Consul Bonaparte was Iowa’s de jure ruler 1800-1803 and is evident in towns such as Dubuque - named after Julien Dubuque ...
Downtown and North Dubuque, Iowa, looking north from the Fourth Street Elevator. The city of Dubuque, Iowa stretches back over 200 years, when Julien Dubuque first settled in the area in the late 18th century. Within the modern era, the city has focused on subjects such as flooding, racial issues, and redevelopment. First European Settlement Dubuque was the first permanent European settlement ...