Burlington Rail Bridge
The Burlington Bridge is a vertical-lift railroad bridge across the Mississippi River between Burlington, Iowa, and Gulfport, Illinois, United States. It is owned by BNSF Railway and carries two tracks which are part of BNSF's Chicago–Denver main line.Photo: Bigal888, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Bridge
- Description: historic vertical-lift railroad bridge
- Also known as: “Burlington Rail Bridge (2012)”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Burlington station and Capitol Theater.
Burlington station
Railway station
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Burlington station is an Amtrak train station in Burlington, Iowa, United States. It is served by the California Zephyr, with one daily train in each direction. Burlington station is situated 3,800 feet northwest of Burlington Rail Bridge.
Capitol Theater
Theater building
Photo: Werewombat, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Capitol Theater was a 700-seat theater in Burlington, Iowa. Opened in 1937, with the first showing being Mark Twain's classic The Prince and the Pauper. Capitol Theater is situated 1 mile northwest of Burlington Rail Bridge.
Church of St. John the Baptist
Church
Photo: Werewombat, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Church of St. John the Baptist is a historic church building located in Burlington, Iowa, United States. Together with St. Paul's Church in Burlington and St Mary's Church in West Burlington it forms Divine Mercy parish, which is a part of the Diocese of Davenport. Church of St. John the Baptist is situated 1 mile northwest of Burlington Rail Bridge.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Gulfport and Burlington.
Gulfport
Hamlet
Gulfport is a village in Henderson County, Illinois, United States. As of the 2020 census, the village population was 42, down from 54 at the 2010 census.
Burlington
Photo: Werewombat, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Burlington is a city in Southeast Iowa. It is on the Mississippi River and has a population of about 27,000. From the raising of the American flag here in 1805 by Zebulon Pike to becoming a post of the American Fur Company in 1829 and then Iowa Territory's first territorial capital in 1838, Burlington has been a place of considerable historical value.
West Burlington
Town
West Burlington is a city in Des Moines County, Iowa, United States, adjacent to the Mississippi River city of Burlington. The population was 3,197 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Burlington, IA–IL Micropolitan Statistical Area. West Burlington is situated 4 miles northwest of Burlington Rail Bridge.
Burlington Rail Bridge
- Categories: vertical-lift bridge, railway bridge, and transportation
- Location: Carman Township, Henderson, Illinois, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude
40.79855° or 40° 47′ 55″ northLongitude
-91.09191° or 91° 5′ 31″ westOpen location code
86GCQWX5+C6OpenStreetMap ID
way 706015674OpenStreetMap feature
man_made=bridgeWikidata ID
Q4999273
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In Other Languages
“Burlington Rail Bridge” goes by many names.
- Spanish: “puente ferroviario de Burlington”
- Spanish: “Puente ferroviario de Burlington”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Burlington Amtrak Station and Orchard City Lake.
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