September 27, 2015: A boat passes under the US 52/IA 64 Savanna-Sabula bridge. A new bridge has been built immediately downstream (foreground) over the past two years.
The easternmost bridge in Iowa had a “closing ceremony” Oct. 21. A parade of vintage and antique cars led the way across the bridge weeks before its successor is scheduled to open. Story: KWQC; photo gallery: Quad-City Times; head-on photo, Carroll County News.
The new bridge’s opening date has been set for Nov. 11 – Veterans Day — and it will be named for Savanna native Dale Gardner, a Navy captain who became an astronaut.