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Museums hoot about chance to preserve old I-74 bridge

By: Kenda Burrows|March 30, 2023
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    • Rock Island County Historical Society volunteer Leonard Lopez holds an owl statue once used to scare away birds on the old Interstate 74 Bridge between Bettendorf and Moline. CREDIT I-74 RIVER BRIDGE

    Unique bits and pieces of the old Interstate 74 bridge are now museum pieces at two key Quad Cities historical repositories courtesy of the Iowa Department of Transportation (DOT) and Helm Group.

    The DOT and the company demolishing the old bridge jointly announced they had donated pieces of the old I-74 suspension bridge to the Rock Island County Historical Society for public display…

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