Fort Madison, IA Condo for Sale

River and railroad traffic were the historical building blocks of Fort Madison, with the two modes still converging at the city's signature double-decker swing-span bridge that traverses the Mississippi River and the Illinois-Iowa state line. “It’s a major east-west crossing for Burlington Northern Santa Fe, so we get about 85 trains a day,” says Carrie Fraise, a longtime local and co-owner of Fraise Auction & Real Estate. “We’re a big train town for sure.” Today, the bridge opens for shipping barges and river cruises that stop into the city to ...