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Old Clark Bridge

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Detail view of highway bridge, showing railroad bridge and lock and dam in background, looking northeast (upstream).
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Built by Alton-St. Louis Bridge Company, with construction starting in 1927.
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Upper Mississippi River 9-Foot Channel Project, Lock & Dam 26
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Demolished via explosives on August 21 and September 14, 1994.
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and was demolished in 1994. The bridge was initially a
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Bridges of the United States Numbered Highway System
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Former Illinois/Missouri Mississippi River crossing
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Coordinates
38°53′01″N 90°10′57″W / 38.88361°N 90.18250°W / 38.88361; -90.18250
US 67
Mississippi River
West Alton, Missouri
Alton, Illinois
U.S. Route 67
West Alton, Missouri
Alton, Illinois
Clark Bridge
toll bridge
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Transport portal
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Engineering portal
United States portal
Illinois portal
List of crossings of the Upper Mississippi River
Lock and Dam No. 26 (historical)
"Alton Bridge to be Opened Next Monday"
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"Clark Bridges on U.S. 67 at Alton"
Streator, Illinois
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Map of Missouri Showing State Road System
Archived
Wayback Machine
"Bridge Dropping, Chunk by Chunk"
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch

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