Keokuk Hamilton Bridge
The Hawk Eye HAMILTON, Ill. — The Illinois Department of Transportation announced the 2021/26 Highway Improvement Program will fund improvements to the Keokuk/Hamilton bridge over the Mississippi River that connects the two towns in Iowa and Illinois. The project is expected to raise the expanse leading up the the bridge on the Hamilton side, which has flooded for decades due to poor drainage, said Belynda Allen, Hancock County Economy Development executive director, who believes the improvements will help the area's growing economy including what she says are "big things" happening in Ha...