April 19, 2021
By David Murray
The Port of Kimmswick. Mo., official homeport of the Delta Queen, has completed its new boat landing dock, according to Neal Breitweiser, executive director of the Jefferson County Port Authority. The city board has voted to pave a street leading from downtown to the dock and to upgrade landscaping in the frontage.
“There is a road already there that’s perfectly functional,” Breitweiser said, but the repaving anticipates a robust season of passenger vessel visits. The port has been in talks with several river cruise operators regarding adding historic Kimmswick as a stop on river cruises, he said, including American Queen and Gateway Arch Riverboat Cruises of St. Louis. Before the pandemic, Kimmswick was renowned as a picturesque river town and had several “destination” restaurants that drew diners from all over the region.