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Old Clark Bridge

Former Illinois/Missouri Mississippi River crossing

38°53′01″N 90°10′57″W / 38.88361°N 90.18250°W / 38.88361; -90.18250Carries2 lanes of

US 67CrossesMississippi RiverLocaleWest Alton, Missouri and Alton, IllinoisCharacteristicsDesignTrussHistoryOpenedJuly 16, 1928^[1]ClosedJanuary 5, 1994^[2]Location Map

The Old Clark Bridge was a bridge that carried U.S. Route 67 across the Mississippi River between West Alton, Missouri and Alton, Illinois. It was constructed beginning in 1927, was replaced by the Clark Bridge and was demolished in 1994. The bridge was initially a toll bridge.^[3]

Notes

Built by Alton-St. Louis Bridge Company, with construction starting in 1927.^[4]
Closed for major repairs in 1959 and 1975.
Demolished via explosives on August 21 and^[5] September 14, 1994.^[6]

References

^ "Alton Bridge to be Opened Next Monday". Alton Evening Telegraph. July 13, 1928. p. 1. Retrieved May 6, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Clark Bridges on U.S. 67 at Alton". The Times. Streator, Illinois. January 6, 1994. p. 3. Retrieved May 6, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Map of Missouri Showing State Road System Archived 2012-09-16 at the Wayback Machine, January 1, 1930
^ Alton Telegraph, July 6, 1975.
^ Eardley, Linda (August 22, 1994). "Bridge Dropping, Chunk by Chunk". The St. Louis Post-Dispatch. p. 91. Retrieved May 6, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Goodrich, Robert (September 15, 1994). "Span Goes Out With Big Bang". The St. Louis Post-Dispatch. p. 9. Retrieved May 6, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.

External links

Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) No. IL-31, "Upper Mississippi River 9-Foot Channel Project, Lock & Dam 26", 81 photos, 10 data pages, 1 photo caption page, includes photos of the lock and dam, the old Clark Bridge, and the adjacent swing span rail bridge. All three have been demolished.
Video of the Old Clark Bridge