Hamburg

Flooding in Hamburg, Illinois sends us on a detour through the town.

River View

The Great River Road, Illinois Highway 100, runs alongside the Mississippi River from Alton to Grafton with mostly-unobstructed views of the river.

Grafton Detour

Grafton, Illinois sits at the confluence of the Illinois and Mississippi rivers.  On the west end of Grafton we encountered flooding, and a detour.

Alton Riverfront Park

Alton, Illinois, is one of the few river cites we've encountered so far on our journey up the Mississippi River from which views of the river are not obstructed by levees or flood walls.

Malcolm Martin Memorial Park

The 43 foot tall Mississippi River Overlook in East Saint Louis' Malcolm Martin Memorial Park provides great views of the Saint Louis skyline.

Saint Louis

Looking at Saint Louis from Illinois...

Chester Bridge

The Chester Bridge was completed in 1942, destroyed by wind in 1944, and a rebuild completed in 1946.