Editing Granite City, Illinois (section)

==Geography==
Granite City is located at {{Coord|38|43|4|N|90|7|46|W|type:city}} (38.717849, -90.129529),<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=2011-04-23|date=2011-02-12|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}}</ref> adjacent to the [[Chain of Rocks Lock|Chain of Rocks Canal]] on the [[Upper Mississippi River]], bordering [[Horseshoe Lake (Madison County, Illinois)|Horseshoe Lake]] on its southeastern side. The city sits in the [[American Bottom]], a wide, flat and fertile plain. Although at risk during the [[Great Flood of 1993]], the city never flooded and is protected by a series of levees along both the [[Mississippi River]] and Chain of Rocks Canal.

Granite City is located within a few miles of five interstate highways. [[Interstate 270 (Illinois–Missouri)|Interstate 270]] passes through the northern edge of the city and [[Interstate 255|Interstates 255]], [[Interstate 70 in Illinois|70]], [[Interstate 55 in Illinois|55]], and [[Interstate 64 in Illinois|64]] all pass just to the south and east of the city.

Route 3 is a major thoroughfare along the western edge of the city and provides access to downtown St. Louis across the recently renovated [[McKinley Bridge]].

According to the 2010 census, the city has a total area of {{convert|20.70|sqmi}}, of which {{convert|19.29|sqmi}} (or 93.19%) is land and {{convert|1.41|sqmi}} (or 6.81%) is water.<ref>{{cite web
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