Champ Clark Bridge
Coordinates: 39 ° 27 '24 " N , 91 ° 2' 52" W.
 Champ Clark Bridge
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| use | Road bridge (2-lane) | |
| Convicted | US Highway 54 | |
| Crossing of | Mississippi River | |
| place | Louisiana (Missouri) | |
| Entertained by | Missouri Department of Transportation | |
| Building number | 5996 (MO), K-932R (IL) | |
| construction | Truss bridge | |
| overall length | 697 m | |
| width | 6.1 m | |
| Longest span | 127 m | |
| height | 17 m | |
| Headroom | 4.5 m | |
| vehicles per day | 3900 | |
| start of building | 1927 | |
| completion | 1928 | |
| opening | June 1928 | |
| planner | Harrington, Howard and Ash | |
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The Champ Clark Bridge is a steel truss bridge, the five spans of which run over the Mississippi River and connect the city of Louisiana , Missouri, to the east bank of Illinois . US Highway 54 leads over the bridge in a north-easterly direction to Pittsfield , where this highway ends.
The bridge is named after James Beauchamp Clark . He was from 1911-1919 Speaker of the United States House of Representatives and came from Bowling Green , Missouri .
The bridge is narrow and with its 6.1 m width offers just enough space for two lanes. It was built in 1928 and was originally painted silver-gray. In 1982 it was painted dark green. In 1999 and 2005 it was renovated by the Missouri Department of Transportation . In 2005 it also got its current gray color.
The structure is 697 m long and the main span over the main arm of the Mississippi River has a length of 128 m.
Web links
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- Missouri Department of Transportation. "Champ Clark Bridge" . 2005. Retrieved February 17, 2008.
- Baughn, James et al. "Historic Bridges of the Midwest | Champ Clark Bridge | Pike County, Missouri and Pike County, Illinois" . 2006. Retrieved February 17, 2008.
- Weeks, John. "Champ Clark Bridge, Louisiana, MO" . 2005. Retrieved February 17, 2008.
View of the Louisiana, Missouri Bridge.
Another view to the east.
Plaque.
Upstream Mark Twain Memorial Bridge 
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Crossing the Mississippi River |
Downstream Louisiana Rail Bridge |