LANSING, Iowa – Now that the Lansing bridge has been condemned again, a shuttle service has begun between Lansing and DeSoto on the Wisconsin side. Free vans will pick up motorists at parking lots at the Lansing City Hall and the DeSoto Community Center. At the river, the Maiden Voyage tour boat out of Marquette will ferry passengers to the other side. The shuttling is financed by the Iowa Transportation Department. It’s running Mondays through Saturdays between the Lansing Marina in Iowa to the Big Slough Landing in Wisconsin. There was a similar arrangement in 2024 when the bridge was shut down as unstable the first time.
Ferry vessel. The tour boat Maiden Voyage was brought in from Marquette, Iowa, 27 miles downriver, for emergency ferry service. The now-failing bridge was built in 1931.
