U.S. 20 West - Jo Davies County

One mile west of their merge, U.S. 20 west & IL 84 north approach the Long Hollow Scenic Overlook.

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The lookout tower rises to 100 feet and overlooks a scenic valley fed by Furnace Creek to the east. It is included in the Great River Road parks system.

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IL 35 begins from a folded diamond interchange with U.S. 20 at the foot of the Julien Dubuque Bridge in East Dubuque. The state route represents a 1.1 mile southern extension of Wisconsin 35, a lengthy trunk highway traveling the length of the Badger State between Superior and Grant County.

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U.S. 20 elevates above Wall Street and Wisconsin Avenue to span the Mississippi River on the 1943-opened Julien Dubuque Bridge.

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The Julien Dubuque Bridge carries two overall lanes on a 28-foot wide deck. A pedestrian walkway, added in the 1990s when the bridge was repainted, lines the south side of the span.¹

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Downtown Dubuque unfolds to the northwest, with the Port of Dubuque and the gold-domed Dubuque County Courthouse coming into view.

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Paralleling north of U.S. 20 is the Canadian National Railroad truss bridge. The railroad emerges from a tunnel at East Dubuque to connect with a railroad yard below the Julien Dubuque Bridge.

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The Julien Dubuque Bridge constitutes a continuous steel arch truss bridge traveling 5,760 feet in length to a height of 64 feet. A second span is planned to parallel the bridge to the south.¹

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The Iowa state line crosses U.S. 20 midway through the steel arch of the Julien Dubuque Bridge. A sign references Dubuque at the border.

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