Photos 

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Overview

These first two photos were taken Oct. 1988 by John P. Herr for the Historic American Engineering Record while documenting the Alton Lock and Dam
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One span

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Historic postcard

Facts 

Overview
Lost seven-span through truss bridge over the Mississippi River on US 67 at Alton
Status
Replaced by the Clark Bridge
History
Built 1928; replaced 1994
Design
Pennsylvania through truss
Also called
Clark Bridge (official name)
Inventory number
BH 15487 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Alton, Illinois (3)
Built 1928 (518)
Built during 1920s (4,003)
HAER documented (282)
Illinois (815)
Lost (491)
Madison County, Illinois (22)
Mississippi River (88)
Missouri (2,322)
Owned by state (6,495)
Pennsylvania truss (97)
Replaced by new bridge (416)
St. Charles County, Missouri (26)
State line crossing (143)
Through truss (5,175)
Truss (15,704)
US 67 (41)

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