Took an afternoon drive from the Quad Cities up to Dubuque and back utilizing portions of the Great River Road system.

U.S. 52-61-151 see traffic lights with Jones Street and the Locust Street/U.S. 20 connector before upgrading to another freeway leading northeast from downtown Dubuque to Wisconsin. The freeway elevates onto a viaduct from 4th Street and splits with U.S. 52 at 11th Street west before spanning the Mississippi on the arched Dubuque-Wisconsin Bridge.
The Dubuque-Wisconsin Bridge opened to traffic in 1982 and is the second longest arch bridge across the Mississippi (the first is the Interstate 255 Jefferson Barracks Bridge).

Crossing the Mississippi River on the narrow Julien Dubuque Bridge of U.S. 20. The steel-arch truss bridge opened in 1943.
U.S. 67 continued northwest with U.S. 52 to Dubuque between 1934 and 1967.

Iowa 136 becomes Illinois 136 as it crosses the Mississippi River via the Lyons-Fulton Bridge between Lyons, Iowa and Fulton, Illinois. This steel truss bridge opened to traffic in 1975.

U.S. 30 enters Clinton, Iowa from East Clinton, Illinois along the Gateway Bridge. This suspension bridge opened to traffic in 1956 and was rebuilt in 1999.
Great shots from the road. We like to see people exploring our own backyard here in the tri-state area. Thanks for sharing. From your friendly hosts for visitor information, the Galena/Jo Daviess County Convention & Visitors Bureau