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[[Image:bridge-6.jpg|left|thumb|200px|Photo courtesy: Bob Reding]]THE BRIDGE RESTAURANT AND LOUNGE. In 1989 John and Theresa Hall sold the restaurant they had operated for thirteen years to Jim and Kathy Jones.  
[[Image:bridge-6.jpg|left|thumb|200px|Photo courtesy: Bob Reding]]THE BRIDGE RESTAURANT AND LOUNGE. In 1989 John and Theresa Hall sold the restaurant they had operated for thirteen years to Jim and Kathy Jones.  


On New Year's Eve 1992, the restaurant was closed due to poor access and parking problems during work on Highway 61 and the [[JULIEN DUBUQUE BRIDGE]]. The Halls re-opened the 250-seat restaurant in August, 1992.
On New Year's Eve 1992, the restaurant was closed due to poor access and parking problems during work on Highway 151 and the [[JULIEN DUBUQUE BRIDGE]]. The Halls re-opened the 250-seat restaurant in August, 1992.


The 1962 through 2014 ''Dubuque City Directory'' listed 35 Locust.
The 1962 through 2014 ''Dubuque City Directory'' listed 35 Locust.
See: [[MURPH'S SOUTH END TAP]]
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Revision as of 04:37, 6 November 2017

Pictured in the 1960s before highway construction.Library of Congress
Photo courtesy: Bob Reding

THE BRIDGE RESTAURANT AND LOUNGE. In 1989 John and Theresa Hall sold the restaurant they had operated for thirteen years to Jim and Kathy Jones.

On New Year's Eve 1992, the restaurant was closed due to poor access and parking problems during work on Highway 151 and the JULIEN DUBUQUE BRIDGE. The Halls re-opened the 250-seat restaurant in August, 1992.

The 1962 through 2014 Dubuque City Directory listed 35 Locust.

See: MURPH'S SOUTH END TAP

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Dickel, Dean. "Restaurant to Reopen," Telegraph Herald, August 1, 1992, p. 3A, Online: https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=aEyKTaVlRPYC&dat=19920801&printsec=frontpage&hl=en