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Old Clark Bridge

Old Clark Bridge

Former Illinois/Missouri Mississippi River crossing

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]

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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]

See also

References

  1. [1]
    "Alton Bridge to be Opened Next Monday". Alton Evening Telegraph. July 13, 1928. p. 1. Retrieved May 6, 2019 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  2. [2]
    "Clark Bridges on U.S. 67 at Alton". The Times. Streator, Illinois. January 6, 1994. p. 3. Retrieved May 6, 2019 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  3. [3]
    Map of Missouri Showing State Road System Archived 2012-09-16 at the Wayback Machine, January 1, 1930
  4. [4]
    Alton Telegraph, July 6, 1975.
  5. [5]
    Eardley, Linda (August 22, 1994). "Bridge Dropping, Chunk by Chunk". The St. Louis Post-Dispatch. p. 91. Retrieved May 6, 2019 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  6. [6]
    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. Open access icon


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