Sept. 17, 2007: View of the Decatur Toll Bridge from the Nebraska side. Like US 52/IA 64 on the Mississippi River, it has a steel deck.
In a deal similar to ones made in the past for toll bridges spanning the Mississippi and Missouri rivers in Iowa, the IA 175/NE 51 toll bridge will be sold to the states — eventually. The Sioux City Journal has the story.
Currently, it is one of three toll bridges left on Iowa’s western border and the second-oldest by construction date but fourth-oldest by opening date. (It did not open immediately.) In 2008, it carried just under 2000 vehicles daily.