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List of crossings of the Upper Mississippi River

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This is a list of all current and notable former bridges or other crossings of the Upper Mississippi River which begins at the Mississippi River's source and extends to its confluence with the Ohio River at Cairo, Illinois.

The inland and intercoastal waterways, with the Upper Mississippi highlighted in red.

Minnesota

Headwaters to Crow Wing River

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Lake Itasca – Source of the Mississippi 47°14′23″N 95°12′28″W
Headwaters rock weir pedestrian ford Itasca State Park[1] 47°14′23″N 95°12′28″W
Log bridge
Footbridge 47°14′22″N 95°12′33″W
Footbridge (accessible) 47°14′24″N 95°12′35″W
Hiking / Bicycle path 47°14′27″N 95°12′32″W
CSAH 117 (Wilderness Drive) 47°14′36″N 95°12′39″W
MN 200 Just north of Itasca S.P. 47°15′12″N 95°13′32″W
CSAH 37 6½ miles east of Zerkel 47°18′40″N 95°14′48″W
CSAH 2 (Great River Road) 4 miles (6.4 km) south of Alida 47°19′34″N 95°13′29″W
CSAH 40 7 miles (11 km) west of Becida 47°20′24″N 95°12′35″W
Stumpghes Rapids Road
State Forest Road (gravel)
Mississippi Headwaters State Forest 47°23′56″N 95°08′52″W
CSAH 5 (Centerline Rd SW) 6 miles (9.7 km) south of Solway 47°26′00″N 95°07′49″W
CSAH 7 (Becida Rd) 6½ miles southwest of Bemidji 47°26′7″N 94°59′55″W
Fern Lake Road SW 4 miles (6.4 km) southwest of Bemidji 47°27′11″N 94°56′56″W
CSAH 11 (Carr Lake SW) 2½ miles south of Bemidji 47°26′11″N 94°53′38″W
US 2 / US 71 Just southwest of Bemidji 47°26′44″N 94°53′20″W
Yellowhead Rd. SE 47°26′46″N 94°53′17″W
BNSF Railway Bemidji 47°27′59″N 94°52′45″W
Former Soo Line Railroad (abandoned) 47°28′00″N 94°52′43″W
Midway Drive (closed) 47°28′01″N 94°52′42″W
MN 197 (Paul Bunyan Drive) 47°28′03″N 94°52′43″W
Paul Bunyan State Trail
Former Northern Pacific Railway
47°29′30″N 94°50′04″W
Lake Avenue 47°29′30″N 94°49′56″W
Power Dam Road 7 miles (11 km) east of Bemidji 47°28′58″N 94°43′39″W
CSAH 8 (Roosevelt Road) 47°27′12″N 94°42′41″W
CSAH 8 (Roosevelt Road) 9½ miles east of Bemidji 47°26′17″N 94°40′19″W
CSAH 33 (Mission Road) 4 miles (6.4 km) north of Cass Lake town 47°26′01″N 94°38′36″W
CSAH 39 (Scenic Hwy) East end of Cass Lake 47°27′17″N 94°28′29″W
Forest Route 2171 2½ miles east of Beltrami County Road 39 47°26′39″N 94°25′31″W
Former Forest Route 2171 (demolished) 1-mile (1.6 km) east of current USFS Rt. 2171 47°26′43″N 94°24′57″W
Winnibigoshish Lake Dam

CSAH 9 / CSAH 9

About 15 miles (24 km) northwest of Deer River 47°25′47″N 94°03′04″W
US 2 Ball Club 47°19′29″N 93°57′35″W
BNSF Railway 47°19′28″N 93°57′35″W
CSAH 18 / CSAH 3 3 miles (4.8 km) southeast of Ball Club 47°18′07″N 93°54′06″W
Days High Landing Bridge

CSAH 18 / CSAH 3

Morse Township–Wahnea Township (10 miles (16 km) south of Deer River) 47°15′07″N 93°48′14″W
MN 6 West of Cohasset 47°13′45″N 93°45′29″W
CSAH 62 Central Avenue Cohasset 47°15′44″N 93°37′22″W
BNSF Grand Rapids Rail Spur Bridge 47°15′05″N 93°35′25″W
Pokegama Dam

Pedestrian / Bicycle

47°15′03″N 93°35′15″W
Verne V. Skallman Bridge

CSAH 63/Pedestrian and bicycle trail

Grand Rapids 47°14′23″N 93°37′07″W
US 169/Pokegama Avenue 47°13′56″N 93°31′42″W
Grand Rapids Mississippi Riverfront Pedestrian Bridge 47°13′58″N 93°31′22″W
Robert K. Horn Bridge

7th Avenue East

47°13′50″N 93°31′4″W
Bill Powers Memorial Trail Bridge

Pedestrian / Bicycle (Summer) Snowmobile (Winter)

47°13′44″N 93°30′43″W
Blackberry Bridge

CSAH 91/Bluebird Drive (Formerly CSAH 441)

Blackberry Township 47°10′28″N 93°25′15″W
Mississippi, Hill City and Western Railway Co Rail Bridge (Historical) North of Jacobson 47°01′15″N 93°15′46″W
480th Street Bridge

MN 200

Jacobson 47°00′05″N 93°16′07″W
MN 232 Palisade 46°42′33″N 93°29′04″W
Palisade Rail Bridge

Soo Line North ATV Trail

46°42′32″N 93°29′11″W
US 169 About 11 miles (18 km) northeast of Aitkin 46°39′04″N 93°36′45″W
410th Avenue Aitkin 46°32′26″N 93°42′27″W
MN 6 East of Wolford 46°32′39″N 93°57′22″W
CSAH 3, formerly MN 25 North of Brainerd 46°22′59″N 94°10′35″W
Washington Street Bridge

MN 210

Brainerd 46°21′29″N 94°12′41″W
Brainerd Rail Bridge

BNSF Railroad

46°21′23″N 94°12′38″W
Laurel Street Bridge 46°21′20″N 94°12′37″W
College Drive Bridge 46°20′55″N 94°12′28″W
Minnesota Highway 371 Bridge

MN 371

South of Baxter 46°18′46″N 94°16′3″W
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Crow Wing River to Minneapolis–Saint Paul

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Camp Ripley Bridge MN 115 North of Little Falls 46°04′28″N 94°20′06″W
United States Highway 10 Bridge US 10 46°00′00″N 94°22′00″W
Little Falls North Rail Bridge BNSF Railroad Little Falls 45°59′07″N 94°21′43″W
Broadway Bridge (Little Falls) MN 27 (Broadway) 45°58′38″N 94°22′06″W
Little Falls South Rail Bridge BNSF Railroad 45°58′12″N 94°22′11″W
Soo Line Rail Bridge at Blanchard Dam Pedestrian/Bike/ATV Trail Northeast of Bowlus 45°51′37″N 94°21′35″W
Nature Road Bridge CSAH 26 (Nature Road) West of Royalton 45°49′32″N 94°21′24″W
125th Street Bridge CSAH 1 / CSAH 2 (125th Street NW) West of Rice 45°44′52″N 94°15′42″W
Old Sartell Bridge Utility lines Sartell 45°37′05″N 94°12′11″W
Sartell Bridge CSAH 29 / CSAH 78 45°36′58″N 94°12′05″W
Bridge of Hope MN 15 Sauk Rapids 45°35′54″N 94°11′18″W
Sauk Rapids Regional Bridge 9th Avenue North (St. Cloud) / 2nd Street North (Sauk Rapids) 45°35′17″N 94°10′12″W
Sauk Rapids Bridge (Historical) Demolished
Replaced by Sauk Rapids Regional Bridge
45°35′11″N 94°10′10″W
St. Cloud Rail Bridge BNSF Railway St. Cloud 45°33′50″N 94°09′27″W
Veterans Bridge First Street North/East Saint Germain Street 45°33′47″N 94°09′22″W
Granite City Crossing MN 23 45°33′40″N 94°09′07″W
University Bridge University Drive 45°32′56.5″N 94°08′51″W
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Minneapolis–Saint Paul metropolitan area

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Highway 24 Bridge MN 24; Replaced previous bridge in 2017 Clearwater 45°25′04″N 94°02′37″W
New I-94 and Highway 10 Interregional Connection Bridge East of Clearwater
Highway 25 Bridge MN 25 Monticello 45°18′31″N 93°47′29″W
Parrish Avenue Bridge CSAH 42 (Parrish Avenue) Otsego–Elk River 45°18′06″N 93°33′56″W
Betty Adkins Bridge MN 101 45°17′19″N 93°33′29″W
Anoka–Champlin Mississippi River Bridge US 169 Anoka–Champlin 45°11′30″N 93°23′43″W
Coon Rapids Dam pedestrian and bicycle bridge pedestrian and bicycle trail Brooklyn Park–Coon Rapids 45°08′37.64″N 93°18′41.77″W
Richard P. Braun Bridge MN 610 ~865 45°07′45″N 93°17′57″W
I-694 Bridge I-694 Brooklyn Center–Fridley ~860.4 45°04′09″N 93°16′54″W
Camden Bridge 42nd Avenue North to 37th Avenue Northeast Minneapolis ~857.8 45°01′56″N 93°17′00″W
Canadian Pacific Camden Place Rail Bridge Canadian Pacific Railway ~857.6 45°01′56″N 93°17′00″W
Lowry Avenue Bridge CSAH 153/Lowry Avenue ~856.4 45°00′47″N 93°16′28″W
Northern Pacific-BNSF Minneapolis Rail Bridge BNSF Railway ~855.8 45°00′16″N 93°16′28″W
Broadway Avenue Bridge CSAH 66/Broadway Avenue ~855.4 44°59′56″N 93°16′31″W
Plymouth Avenue Bridge Plymouth Avenue ~855 44°59′35″N 93°16′23″W
Wisconsin Central Boom Island Rail Bridge Pedestrian and Bicycle traffic – North end of Nicollet Island to Boom Island Park[2] ~854.7 44°59′27″N 93°15′56″W
Curved Wisconsin Central Rail Bridge Abandoned Wisconsin Central Railway over East channel connecting via
former tracks on Nicollet Island to Boom Island bridge[3]
~854.5 44°59′20.5″N 93°15′42″W
BNSF East Channel Rail Bridge BNSF Railway over Nicollet Island East channel[3] ~854.5 44°59′20″N 93°15′41″W
Minneapolis BNSF Rail Bridge BNSF Railway over the main river channel West of Nicollet Island ~854.5 44°59′16″N 93°15′57″W
First Avenue Bridge First Avenue over river channel East of Nicollet Island ~854.4 44°59′14″N 93°15′38″W
East Hennepin Avenue Bridge CSAH 52/East Hennepin Avenue over river channel East of Nicollet Island ~854.3 44°59′12″N 93°15′36″W
Hennepin Avenue Bridge CSAH 52/Hennepin Avenue over main river channel West of Nicollet Island ~854.3 44°59′07″N 93°15′50″W
Merriam Street Bridge Merriam Street over East channel of Nicollet Island ~854.2 44°59′09″N 93°15′34″W
Third Avenue Bridge MN 65/Central Avenue SE/Third Avenue S ~854.1 44°58′58″N 93°15′40″W
Stone Arch Bridge pedestrian and bicycle traffic ~853.6 44°58′51″N 93°15′13″W
Tenth Avenue (Wagon) Bridge 10th Avenue South to 6th Avenue Southeast (demolished) ~853.5
Lower Saint Anthony Falls Lock and dam restricted catwalk ~853.3 44°58′44″N 93°14′52″W
I-35W Mississippi River bridge Collapsed August 1, 2007
formerly I-35W
~853.2 44°58′44″N 93°14′42″W
I-35W Saint Anthony Falls Bridge I-35W ~853.2 44°58′44″N 93°14′42″W
10th Avenue Bridge 10th Avenue SE to 19th Avenue South ~853.1 44°58′44″N 93°14′38″W
Northern Pacific Bridge Number 9 pedestrian and bicycle trail ~853 44°58′40″N 93°14′28″W
Washington Avenue Bridge (Minneapolis) Lower Deck: CSAH 122/Washington Avenue and METRO Green Line light rail
Upper Deck: Pedestrian and bicycle
~852.6 44°58′24″N 93°14′21″W
Dartmouth Bridge I-94 ~851.7 44°57′58″N 93°13′33″W
Franklin Avenue Bridge CSAH 5/E Franklin Avenue ~851.5 44°57′50″N 93°13′22″W
Short Line Bridge Canadian Pacific Railway ~850.7 44°57′22″N 93°12′45″W
Lake Street-Marshall Bridge Lake Street and Marshall Avenue Minneapolis–St. Paul ~849.9 44°56′54″N 93°15′06″W
Intercity Bridge / Ford Bridge 46th Street and Ford Parkway ~847.6 44°55′04″N 93°12′05″W
Fort Road Bridge MN 5 Saint Paul–Fort Snelling ~845.6 44°53′40″N 93°10′54″W
Lexington Bridge I-35E Saint Paul–Lilydale, ~843.3 44°54′16″N 93°08′20″W
Omaha Road Bridge Number 15 Union Pacific Railroad Saint Paul ~841.4 44°55′24″N 93°07′02″W
High Bridge (St. Paul) MN 149/Smith Ave ~840.5 44°56′00″N 93°06′16″W
Raspberry Island Bridge Vehicles, bicycles, and pedestrians over south channel of Raspberry Island ~839.5 44°56′34″N 93°05′31″W
Wabasha Street Bridge Wabasha Street ~839.5 44°56′34″N 93°05′31″W
St. Paul Union Pacific Vertical-lift Rail Bridge Union Pacific Railroad ~839.3 44°56′39″N 93°05′18″W
Robert Street Bridge Robert Street ~839.2 44°56′38.13″N 93°05′14.65″W
Lafayette Bridge US 52 ~838.8 44°56′48″N 93°04′45″W
St. Paul Union Pacific Rail Bridge Union Pacific Railroad Saint Paul–West Saint Paul ~835.6 44°55′07″N 93°02′03″W
Wakota Bridge I-494 South St. Paul–Newport ~832.4 44°52′59″N 93°00′54″W
Rock Island Swing Bridge Former Rock Island Railroad and 66th Street East to 3rd Avenue East Inver Grove Heights–Saint Paul Park ~830.3 44°51′12″N 93°00′32″W
Hastings High Bridge Demolished Hastings ~814 44°44′47″N 92°51′10″W
Hastings Bridge US 61 ~814 44°44′48.48″N 92°51′10.7994″W
Hastings Rail Bridge Canadian Pacific Railway (Former Milwaukee Road) ~813.7 44°44′48″N 92°50′52″W
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Minnesota–Wisconsin

Iowa–Wisconsin

Iowa–Illinois

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Dubuque Rail Bridge Canadian National Railway Dubuque Subdivision

former Illinois Central Railroad (with Chicago Great Western Railway crossing rights)

Dubuque–East Dubuque 580 42°29′55″N 90°39′01″W
Julien Dubuque Bridge US 20 ~579.5 42°29′30″N 90°39′22″W
Dale Gardner Veterans Memorial Bridge US 52 / Iowa 64 / IL 64 Union Township–Savanna 537.7 42°06′15″N 90°09′38″W
Savanna–Sabula Bridge (Historical) US 52 / Iowa 64 / IL 64 537.7 42°06′15″N 90°09′38″W
Sabula Rail Bridge Canadian Pacific Chicago Subdivision

former Iowa, Chicago, & Eastern Railroad, Milwaukee Road

Sabula–Savanna Township 535 42°03′51″N 90°09′58″W
Mark Morris Memorial Bridge Iowa 136 / IL 136 Clinton–Fulton 520 41°51′53″N 90°10′23″W
Gateway Bridge US 30 Clinton–Garden Plain Township ~518 41°50′16″N 90°11′02″W
Chicago and Northwestern Railroad Bridge Union Pacific Railroad Geneva Subdivision
former Chicago and North Western Railway
518 41°50′11″N 90°11′05″W
Fred Schwengel Memorial Bridge I-80 LeClaire–Hampton Township ~495.5 41°34′49″N 90°21′54″W
I-74 Bridge / Iowa–Illinois Memorial Bridge I-74 / US 6 Bettendorf–Moline ~485 41°31′12″N 90°30′48″W
Government Bridge Iowa Interstate Railroad Iowa City Subdivision

former Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad

Davenport–Rock Island Arsenal 483 41°31′09″N 90°34′01″W
Rock Island Centennial Bridge US 67 Davenport–Rock Island 482 41°30′54″N 90°34′54″W
Crescent Rail Bridge BNSF Railway

former Davenport, Rock Island and Northwestern Railroad

~481.5 41°30′42″N 90°35′41″W
Sergeant John F. Baker Jr. Bridge I-280 Davenport–Blackhawk Township ~478.3 41°28′45″N 90°37′56″W
Norbert F. Beckey Bridge Iowa 92 / IL 92 Muscatine–Drury Township 456 41°25′21″N 91°02′01″W
Keithsburg Rail Bridge Railroad (abandoned)

former Minneapolis and St. Louis Railway

Eliot Township–Keithsburg 428 41°06′18″N 90°57′10″W
Great River Bridge US 34 Burlington–Gulf Port 404 40°48′43″N 91°05′44″W
Burlington Rail Bridge BNSF Railway Ottumwa Subdivision

former Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad

403 40°47′55″N 91°05′31″W
Fort Madison Toll Bridge IL 9
BNSF Railway Chillicothe Subdivision

former Santa Fe Railway

Fort Madison–Niota ~384 40°37′37″N 91°17′45″W
Keokuk Rail Bridge Keokuk Junction Railway

former Toledo, Peoria and Western Railroad

Keokuk–Hamilton ~364.1 40°23′28″N 91°22′24″W
Keokuk–Hamilton Bridge US 136 ~363.9 40°23′25″N 91°22′24″W
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Quincy Rail Bridge BNSF Railway Brookfield Subdivision

formerly Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad

Fabius Township–Quincy 328 39°56′30″N 91°25′51″W
Bayview Bridge US 24 westbound 327 39°56′00″N 91°25′17″W
Quincy Memorial Bridge US 24 eastbound 327 39°55′53″N 91°25′14″W
Wabash Bridge Norfolk Southern Railway Springfield–Hannibal District

formerly Wabash Railroad

Hannibal–Levee Township ~309.9 39°43′27″N 91°21′44″W
Mark Twain Memorial Bridge I-72 / US 36 ~309.5 39°43′13″N 91°21′30″W
Old Mark Twain Memorial Bridge (Historical) Demolished 309 39°42′58″N 91°21′15″W
Champ Clark Bridge US 54 Louisiana–Atlas Township 283 39°27′24″N 91°02′52″W
Old Champ Clark Bridge (Historical) Demolished as of 2019 283 39°27′24″N 91°02′52″W
Louisiana Rail Bridge Kansas City Southern Railway Roodhouse Subdivision

formerly Alton Railroad

Louisiana–Ross Township 282 39°26′43″N 91°02′01″W
Golden Eagle Ferry Automotive / pedestrian Rivers Township–Point Precinct 228 38°57′44″N 90°26′13″W
Grafton Ferry Automotive / pedestrian (seasonal)[5] Rivers Township–Grafton 218 38°52′07″N 90°34′03″W
Alton Bridge (Historical) formerly Burlington Northern

(Demolished 1988)

West Alton–Alton ~202.9 38°52′53″N 90°11′09″W
Old Clark Bridge (Historical) Demolished
US 67
~202.9 38°53′01″N 90°10′57″W
Clark Bridge US 67 ~202.8 38°52′56″N 90°10′44″W
New Chain of Rocks Bridge I-270 St. Louis–Chouteau Township ~190.8 38°45′53″N 90°10′25″W
Chain of Rocks Bridge Bicycle trail

formerly US 66

~190.5 38°45′38″N 90°10′35″W
Merchants Bridge Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis Merchants Subdivision St. Louis–Venice ~183.3 38°40′29″N 90°11′10″W
McKinley Bridge US 66

formerly Illinois Traction System interurban electric railway

~182.6 38°39′54″N 90°10′58″W
Stan Musial Veterans Memorial Bridge I-70 St. Louis–Brooklyn ~181.2 Est.38°38′40″N 90°10′42″W
Martin Luther King Bridge Route 799 St. Louis–East St. Louis ~180.2 38°37′52″N 90°10′46″W
Eads Bridge Washington Avenue
St. Louis MetroLink
~180 38°37′45″N 90°10′47″W
Poplar Street Bridge I-55 / I-64 / US 40 ~179.2 38°37′05″N 90°10′59″W
MacArthur Bridge Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis MacArthur Bridge Subdivision ~178.8 38°36′53″N 90°11′01″W
Jefferson Barracks Bridge I-255 / US 50 Mehlville–Precinct 10 ~168.8 38°29′14″N 90°16′38″W
Ste. Genevieve - Modoc River Ferry Automotive / pedestrian Ste. Genevieve Township–Brewerville Precinct ~125.5 38°00′25″N 90°03′21″W
Chester Bridge Route 51 / IL 150 Bois Brule Township–Chester ~109.9 37°54′11″N 89°50′11″W
Grand Tower Pipeline Bridge Natural gas Brazeau Township–Grand Tower ~80.8 37°38′31″N 89°31′03″W
Cape Girardeau Bridge (Historical) Demolished Cape Girardeau–McClure Precinct ~51.6 37°17′50″N 89°30′57″W
Bill Emerson Memorial Bridge Route 34 / Route 74 / IL 146 ~51.5 37°17′43″N 89°30′57″W
Thebes Bridge Union Pacific Railroad Chester Subdivision Kelso Township–Thebes ~43.6 37°13′00″N 89°28′01″W
Cairo I-57 Bridge I-57 Tywappity Township–Cairo ~7.5 37°01′23″N 89°12′42″W
Cairo Mississippi River Bridge US 60 / US 62 Ohio Township–Cairo ~1.5 36°58′43″N 89°08′52″W
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