Mark Twain Memorial Bridge

For the 1936 bridge, see Mark Twain Memorial Bridge (1936).

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Bridge in Pike County, Illinois

Mark Twain Memorial Bridge

Coordinates| 39°43′13″N 91°21′30″W﻿ / ﻿39.72028°N 91.35833°W﻿ / 39.72028; -91.35833
Carries| 4 lanes of  I-72 / US 36 / Route 110 (Chicago–Kansas City Expressway) / IL 110
Crosses| Mississippi River
Locale| Hannibal, Missouri / Levee Township, Pike County, Illinois
Maintained by| Missouri Department of Transportation
Characteristics
Design| Truss bridge
Total length| 4,491 feet (1,369 m)
Width| 86 feet (26 m)
Longest span| 640 feet (195 m)
History
Opened| September 16, 2000; 24 years ago (September 16, 2000)
Statistics
Daily traffic| 11,000
Location

The Mark Twain Memorial Bridge is a bridge over the Mississippi River at Hannibal, Missouri, childhood home of Mark Twain, for whom the bridge is named. The bridge, north of the original bridge, was finished in 2000. The bridge carries traffic for Interstate 72 and U.S. Highway 36. The state of Missouri has put up a stone picture of Twain on the Missouri side of the bridge.

The bridge opened to traffic on September 16, 2000.[1] As part of the construction project, U.S. 36 was rerouted farther north, eliminating a dangerous sharp curve that had been on the Missouri approach. The cost of the bridge was $55 million.[2]

## See also

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* Transport portal
* Engineering portal
* United States portal
* Illinois portal
* List of crossings of the Upper Mississippi River

## References

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1. ^ MoDOT Northeast District. "Major River Bridges". Archived from the original on December 4, 2017.
2. ^ Salter, Jim (September 18, 2000). "Unknown title". The Courier (Lincoln, IL). Retrieved January 14, 2008.

Crossings of the Mississippi River

| Upstream
Wabash Bridge
Norfolk Southern Railway | Mark Twain Memorial Bridge
| Downstream
Champ Clark Bridge

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