{{Short description|Former Illinois/Missouri Mississippi River crossing}} {{Use American English|date=January 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}} {{Infobox Bridge |bridge_name= Clark Bridge |image=DETAIL VIEW OF HIGHWAY BRIDGE, SHOWING RAILROAD BRIDGE AND LOCK AND DAM IN BACKGROUND, LOOKING NORTHEAST (UPSTREAM) - Upper Mississippi River 9-Foot Channel Project, Lock and Dam HAER ILL,60-ALT,3-36.tif |image_size=300px |caption=Detail view of highway bridge, showing railroad bridge and lock and dam in background, looking northeast (upstream). |official_name= |also_known_as= |carries= 2 lanes of {{jct|country=USA|US|67}} |crosses= Mississippi River |locale= West Alton, Missouri and Alton, Illinois |maint= |id= |design= Truss |mainspan= |length= |width= |clearance= |below= |traffic= |open= July 16, 1928<ref>{{cite news |title=Alton Bridge to be Opened Next Monday |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/31286353/alton_bridge_july_13_1928/ |accessdate=May 6, 2019 |work=Alton Evening Telegraph |date=July 13, 1928 |page=1|via=Newspapers.com}} {{open access}}</ref> |closed=January 5, 1994<ref>{{cite news |title=Clark Bridges on U.S. 67 at Alton |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/31286298/clark_bridge_january_6_1994/ |accessdate=May 6, 2019 |work=The Times |date=January 6, 1994 |location=Streator, Illinois |page=3|via=Newspapers.com}} {{open access}}</ref> |toll= |map_cue= |map_image= |map_text= |map_width= |coordinates={{coord|38|53|01|N|90|10|57|W|region:US_type:landmark}} }} 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.<ref>[http://www.modot.org/newsandinfo/publications/documents/1930.pdf Map of Missouri Showing State Road System] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120916165545/http://www.modot.org/newsandinfo/publications/documents/1930.pdf |date=2012-09-16 }}, January 1, 1930</ref>
==Notes== * Built by Alton-St. Louis Bridge Company, with construction starting in 1927.<ref>Alton Telegraph, July 6, 1975.</ref> * Closed for major repairs in 1959 and 1975. * Demolished via explosives on August 21 and<ref>{{cite news |last1=Eardley |first1=Linda |title=Bridge Dropping, Chunk by Chunk |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/31286259/clark_bridge_august_22_1994/ |accessdate=May 6, 2019 |work=The St. Louis Post-Dispatch |date=August 22, 1994 |page=91|via=Newspapers.com}} {{open access}}</ref> September 14, 1994.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Goodrich |first1=Robert |title=Span Goes Out With Big Bang |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/31286218/old_clark_bridge_september_15_1994/ |accessdate=May 6, 2019 |work=The St. Louis Post-Dispatch |date=September 15, 1994 |page=9|via=Newspapers.com}} {{open access}}</ref>
==See also== * {{Portal-inline|Transport}} * {{Portal-inline|Engineering}} * {{Portal-inline|United States}} * {{Portal-inline|Illinois}} * List of crossings of the Upper Mississippi River * Lock and Dam No. 26 (historical)
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==External links== *{{HAER |survey=IL-31 |id=il0555 |title=Upper Mississippi River 9-Foot Channel Project, Lock & Dam 26 |photos=81 |data=10 |cap=1}}, includes photos of the lock and dam, the old Clark Bridge, and the adjacent swing span rail bridge. All three have been demolished. *[http://www.riverbender.com/video/details/clark-bridge-1994-video-69.cfm Video of the Old Clark Bridge]
{{Crossings navbox |structure = Crossings |place = Mississippi River |bridge = Old Clark Bridge (1928–1994) |bridge signs = Former 20px |upstream = Louisiana Rail Bridge |upstream signs = ''Canadian Pacific Kansas City'' |downstream = New Clark Bridge |downstream signs = Current 20px }}
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