Champ Clark Bridge

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Overview

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Main span

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East end

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Overview from motel

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West span

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West portal

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Plaque

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Overhead plaque

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Lower joint

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Overview

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East end

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Overview

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Main span

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View from northwest This photo was taken by Dick Brown

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State line

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Behind east portal

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East portal

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Scene from 1959 Back in 1959 the bridge was painted grey Photo submitted by Brent Freesmeyer

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Scene from 1996 This October 1996 photo shows the fall foliage as seen from Riverview Park Photo submitted by Brent Freesmeyer

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This photos was taken when the bridge was being constructed. The collapse was caused by faulty false work. One worker was killed in this collapse. Photo added by Jeremy Ruble View high-res version

Map 

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Facts 

Overview

Five-span through truss bridge over the Mississippi River on US 54 at Louisiana

Status

Open to two-lane traffic

History

Built 1927-28; rehabilitated 1981, rehabilitated 2005, also repainted silver

Builders

- Harrington, Howard and Ash
- Missouri Valley Bridge & Iron Co. of Leavenworth, Kansas
- Wisconsin Bridge & Iron Co. of Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Design

Pennsylvania through truss

Dimensions

Length of largest span: 418.5 ft.
Total length: 2,286.4 ft.
Deck width: 20.0 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 14.7 ft.

Recognition

Eligible for the National Register of Historic Places

Also called

Louisana Bridge

Approximate latitude, longitude

+39.45616, -91.04841   (decimal degrees)
39°27'22" N, 91°02'54" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")

Approximate UTM coordinates

15/667907/4369216 (zone/easting/northing)

Land survey

T. 54 N., R. 1 W., Sec. 18

USGS topographic map

Louisiana

Inventory numbers

MoDOT K-932R (Missouri Dept. of Transportation bridge number)
MONBI 5996 (Missouri bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
BH 22317 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Inspection (as of 11/2006)

Deck condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 42.1 (out of 100)

Average daily traffic (as of 2006)

4,124

Categories 

Update Log 

• May 13, 2008: New photo from Jeremy Ruble
• June 6, 2005: Posted new photos

Sources 

• Brent Freesmeyer - bcfreesmeyer [at] msn [dot] com
• Dick Brown
• Jeremy Ruble - saukee0 [at] yahoo [dot] com

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