The Black Hawk Bridge spans the Mississippi River, joining the town of Lansing, in Allamakee County, Iowa, to rural Crawford County, Wisconsin. Named for Chief Black Hawk, it is popularly referred to as the "Lansing bridge". Length 6,270 km Elevation of the source 450 m Average discharge Saint Louis¹: 5,500 m³/s Vicksburg²: 16,800 m³/s Baton Rouge³: 12,800 m³/s Area watershed 2,980,000 km² Origin Lake Itasca Mouth Gulf of Mexico Basin countries United States (98. ... Lansing is a city located in Allamakee County, Iowa. ... Allamakee County is a county located in the state of Iowa. ... State nickname: The Hawkeye State Other U.S. States Capital Des Moines Largest city Des Moines Governor Thomas Vilsack (D) Official languages English Area 145,743 km² (26th)  - Land 144,701 km²  - Water 1,042 km² (0. ... Crawford County is a county located in southwest Wisconsin. ... One of the periods of glaciation was also termed the Wisconsin glaciation. ... Black Hawk Black Hawk (1767 - October 3, 1838) was a chief of the Sauk Native Americans in the United States. ...

This riveted cantilever through truss bridge was completed in 1931. It carries Iowa State Highway 9 and Wisconsin State Highway 82. Iowa State Highway 9 is the most northern of Iowas east-west highways, traversing the entire northern tier of counties from the Wisconsin state line (in the middle of the channel of the Mississippi River on the Black Hawk Bridge) in the city of Lansing, in Allamakee County on...

The 1999 movie, The Straight Story, has aerial footage of the Richard Farnsworth character driving a riding lawn mower across it. The Straight Story is a motion picture, released in 1999 and directed by David Lynch. ...

Sources and External Links

• An excellent site
• Iowa Department of Transportation site
• Library of Congress site with photographs