Champ Clark Bridge (2019)

For former bridge with the same name, see Champ Clark Bridge (1928).

The Champ Clark Bridge is a steel girder bridge over the Mississippi River connecting Louisiana, Missouri, with Pike County, Illinois.

Champ Clark Bridge
Coordinates	39°27′24″N 91°02′52″W
Carries	2 lanes of US 54
Crosses	Mississippi River
Locale	Louisiana, Missouri / Atlas Township, Pike County, Illinois
Maintained by	Missouri Department of Transportation
Characteristics
Design	Girder bridge
Width	44 feet (13 m)
History
Opened	August 3, 2019
Statistics
Daily traffic	4,200
Location

It carries U.S. Route 54 northeast to Pittsfield, Illinois, where U.S. 54 terminates. It opened on August 3, 2019,^[1] replacing an older bridge of the same name.

History

The bridge is named after James Beauchamp Clark, a former Speaker of the House from Bowling Green, Missouri. Clark served as Speaker from 1911 to 1919.

The original bridge had opened in 1928 and had, over the years, grown functionally obsolete and structurally deficient. Its replacement was the current bridge, completed in 2019.

Design and construction

The new bridge was designed by HNTB and constructed by Massman Construction Co., both of Kansas City, MO.^[2] It was completed under a design-build contract,^[3] where both companies performed their work under a single contract with the owner.