Our Past

1982: Four-lane Highway 61 opens; Bawden Printing closes in 1997

Compiled by Erin M. Gentz
Posted 12/7/22

Dec. 9, 1982: The stretch of the new Highway 61 from Interstate 80 to DeWitt officially opened to traffic. Five ribbons representing Eldridge, Long Grove, DeWitt, Davenport and Bettendorf were snipped during a ceremony. The $36 million project had been under construction since 1980.

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