Mississippi River

This page is about the river in the United States; there is also a Canadian Mississippi River (Ontario).

Notable bridges

• Stone Arch Bridge - a former Great Northern Railroad (now pedestrian) bridge in Minneapolis and National Historic Engineering Landmark.
• Washington Avenue Bridge - connects the East Bank and West Bank portions of the University of Minnesota's Minneapolis campus.
• Julien Dubuque Bridge - A bridge connecting Dubuque, Iowa and East Dubuque, Illinois that is a National Historic Landmark.
• Interstate 74 Bridge connecting Moline, Illinois to Bettendorf, Iowa is a twin suspension bridge, also known historically as the Iowa-Illinois Memorial Bridge.
• Rock Island Centennial Bridge connecting Rock Island, Illinois to Davenport, Iowa.
• Santa Fe Bridge - in Fort Madison, Iowa, the largest double-deck swing-span bridge in the world; also listed as a National Historic Landmark.
• Chain of Rocks Bridge - A bridge on the northern edge of St. Louis, Missouri; famous for a 22-degree bend halfway across and the most famous alignment of Historic US 66 across the Mississippi.
• Eads Bridge - A bridge connecting St. Louis, Missouri and East St. Louis, Illinois; the first major steel bridge in the world, and also a National Historic Landmark.
• Poplar Street Bridge - A bridge connecting downtown St. Louis, Missouri with East St. Louis, Illinois that carries three interstates and a U.S. highway; the bridge is one of the busiest on the river.
• U.S. Highway 82 Bridge connecting Greenville, Mississippi with Arkansas.
• Interstate 20 Bridge connecting Vicksburg, Mississippi, with Tallulah, Louisiana.
• U.S. Highway 84 Bridge connecting Natchez, Mississippi, with Vidalia, Louisiana.
• Mississippi River Bridge in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
• Hale Boggs Memorial Bridge near New Orleans, a cable-stayed bridge carrying Interstate 310 across the Mississippi, connecting the towns of Luling and Destrehan, Louisiana.
• Huey P. Long Bridge in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana.
• Crescent City Connection in New Orleans, LA.