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{{Short description|Former Illinois/Missouri Mississippi River crossing}}
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|caption=Detail view of highway bridge, showing railroad bridge and lock and dam in background, looking northeast (upstream).
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|carries= 2 lanes of {{jct|country=USA|US|67}}
|crosses= [[Mississippi River]]
|locale= [[West Alton, Missouri]] and [[Alton, Illinois]]
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|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>
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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)]]

==References==
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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&ndash;1994)
|bridge signs    = Former [[Image:US 67.svg|20px]]
|upstream        = [[Louisiana Rail Bridge]]
|upstream signs  = ''Canadian Pacific Kansas City''
|downstream      = New [[Clark Bridge]]
|downstream signs = Current [[Image:US 67.svg|20px]]
}}

[[Category:Truss bridges in the United States]]
[[Category:Road bridges in Illinois]]
[[Category:Bridges of the United States Numbered Highway System]]
[[Category:Bridges completed in 1928]]
[[Category:Bridges in St. Charles County, Missouri]]
[[Category:Road bridges in Missouri]]
[[Category:Buildings and structures demolished in 1994]]
[[Category:U.S. Route 67]]
[[Category:Former toll bridges in Illinois]]
[[Category:Former toll bridges in Missouri]]
[[Category:1928 establishments in the United States]]
[[Category:Metal bridges in the United States]]
[[Category:Bridges in Madison County, Illinois]]
[[Category:Interstate vehicle bridges in the United States]]


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