U.S. 52 North

U.S. 52 north and Illinois 64 west separate from Illinois 84 north directly onto the Savanna-Sabula Bridge. The former steel truss bridge opened to traffic in 1932 and was redecked in 2008.

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Although still officially in Illinois, an Iowa 64 shield accompanied this U.S. 52 marker.

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A 20 foot wide steel deck carried two narrow lanes of traffic across the Savanna-Sabula Bridge.

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U.S. 52 north crosses the state line midway across the Mississippi River. Illinois Route 64 becomes Iowa 64 for a 3.7 mile overlap with U.S. 52 through Sabula.

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A second truss portion supported the western third of the Savanna-Sabula Bridge as U.S. 52/Iowa 64 reached an island ahead of Sheepshead Bay.

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The Jackson County line sign stands at a wide spot where the original toll collection facility was located. U.S. 52/Iowa 64 turn south from here and traverse the Chain of Lakes.

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Heading southward, motorists pass by the first shield for U.S. 52 north posted in Iowa.

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U.S. 52/Iowa 64 (Jackson Highway) bee line along a causeway beside the waters of Doc Wood Lake, Sabula Slough and Israel Day Lake ahead of Sabula.

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Entering Sabula, the Island City, U.S. 52 north / Iowa 64 west become Broad Street through the community of 576 (2010 census).

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The Iowa welcome sign preceded the Mississippi River overflow bridge carrying U.S. 52/Iowa 64 across a waterway linking Town Lake to the west with the Mississippi River main channel.

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Since demolished, a truss bridge spanned Town Lake just north of Sabula. High water levels along the Mississippi Rivered hampered replacement work of this crossing, resulting in major delays for reopening the causeway linking with Savanna, Illinois.

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Broad Street leads U.S. 52 and Iowa 64 south three blocks to Sycamore Street, where the pair turn west.

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U.S. 52 northbound at the turn onto Sycamore Street toward U.S. 67. Broad Street extends another six blocks south to a marina.

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Sycamore Street intersects Elk and Lake Streets before transitioning onto a causeway across Sabula Lakes.

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Traversing Sabula Lakes on the causeway west from Sabula on U.S. 52/Iowa 64 west. A DME Railroad line comes into view as the pair near the Mississippi River bluffs.

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U.S. 52/Iowa 64 intersect the northern terminus of U.S. 67 just west of the Dakota, Minnesota & Eastern (DME) Railroad Corporation underpass.

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Iowa 64 west leaves U.S. 52 north for a half mile overlap with U.S. 67 south.

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U.S. 52 resumes a northward course, following the general path of the Mississippi River northwest 20 miles to Bellevue and 44 miles to Dubuque. U.S. 67 heads south 18 miles to Clinton, while Iowa 64 remains westward 7 miles to Miles.

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U.S. 67 commences a 1,560 mile journey to Presidio, Texas from rural Jackson County, Iowa. The highway serves Clinton and the Quad Cities in Iowa before departing to Illinois, St. Louis, Little Rock, Texarkana, Dallas, and San Angelo, Texas.

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U.S. 52 leading north from both U.S. 67 and Iowa 64. Prior to 1967, U.S. 67 continued northward with U.S. 52 to a terminus at U.S. 61/151 in south Dubuque.

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