Quad Cities Challenge
These photos offer an introduction to the Quad Cities Challenge, a bicycle ride featured in Road Biking Illinois.
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- One of the many impressive bridges in the area. This one runs between Davenport and Rock Island.
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- The Duck Creek Trail passes back and forth over creek multiple times.
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- Walkers enjoy the many miles of riverside pathway in the Quad Cities area.
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- The Duck Creek Path is the longest stretch of greenway in the Quad Cities area.
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- The Duck Creek Trail is often bordered by open grassy parkland.
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- In Iowa, the Mississippi River Trail runs underneath the I-74 bridge.
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- Duck Creek as it passes over a small dam in Davenport.
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- Heading north of the Quad Cities, the Mississippi River opens up sustantially.
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- The LeClaire Park Bandshell was built in Davenport park along the river in the 1920s.
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- The I-74 suspension bridge is a highly visible local landmark.
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- One of the mansions overlooking the Mississippi River from a river bluff in Davenport, Iowa.
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- A replica of Fort Armstrong, built as the first European settlement on Rock Island in the early 1700s.
The Quad Cities Challenge is a 45.9-mile bike ride featured in Road Biking Illinois.
