East Clinton

Few communities in northwestern Illinois have a history as closely tied to the Mississippi River as East Clinton. Set on Illinois’s east bank opposite Clinton, Iowa, this small riverside locality belongs to the broad Upper Mississippi corridor, where the river forms the state boundary. The nearby Clinton Railroad Bridge carries rail traffic between Iowa and Illinois; the first railroad bridge at Clinton opened in 1866, reflecting the crossing’s long regional transport role. East Clinton is a useful reference point for the working river landscape of channels, islands and agricultural lowlands. Trace East Clinton’s place along the Upper Mississippi by browsing webcams nearby.

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