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The inland and intercoastal waterways, with the Upper Mississippi highlighted in red. 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.
List of crossings of the Upper Mississippi River – crossings north of the Ohio River List of crossings of the Lower Mississippi River – crossings south of the Ohio River This article includes a geography-related list of lists .
The Upper Mississippi River is the portion of the Mississippi River upstream of St. Louis, Missouri, United States, [1] a city at the confluence of its main tributary, the Missouri River. [ citation needed ] Historically, it may refer to the area above the Arkansas Post , above the confluence of Ohio River , or above Cape Girardeau .
This is a list of bridges and other crossings of the Lower Mississippi River from the Ohio River downstream to the Gulf of Mexico. Locations are listed with the left bank (moving downriver) listed first.
The Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish Refuge is the longest contiguous river refuge in the continental U.S., spanning 261 river miles from Wabasha, Minnesota to Rock Island, Illinois.
HAER No. MO-36, "Upper Mississippi River Nine-Foot Channel Project, Lock & Dam No. 24, Clarksville, Pike County, MO", 44 photos, 9 data pages, 3 photo caption pages; HAER No. MO-37, "Upper Mississippi River Nine-Foot Channel Project, Lock & Dam No. 25, Cap au Gris, Lincoln County, MO", 93 photos, 9 data pages, 7 photo caption pages
This past spring, many towns along the upper Mississippi saw near-record flooding, including McGregor, Iowa, across the river from Prairie du Chien, where the river hit its third-highest crest on ...
Madeline Heim is a Report for America corps reporter who writes about environmental issues in the Mississippi River watershed and across Wisconsin. Contact her at (920) 996-7266 or mheim@gannett.com .