Champ Clark Bridge

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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

Builders

- Harrington, Howard and Ash (Consulting engineers)
- Missouri Valley Bridge & Iron Co. of Leavenworth, Kansas (Substructure)
- Wisconsin Bridge & Iron Co. of Milwaukee, Wisconsin (Superstructure)

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

Approximate latitude, longitude

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

Land survey

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

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 12/2004)

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

Average daily traffic (as of 2004)

4,136

Categories 

Update Log 

• June 6, 2005: Posted new photos

Sources 

• Brent Freesmeyer - bcfreesmeyer [at] msn [dot] com
• Dick Brown

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