Mark Twain Memorial Bridge
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| Coordinates | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
| Carries | 4 lanes of   I‑72 / US 36 |
| 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 |
| Statistics | |
| Daily traffic | 11,000 |
The Mark Twain Memorial Bridge is the name for two bridges over the Mississippi River at Hannibal, Missouri, childhood home of Mark Twain, for whom the bridge is named. The current bridge, north of the original bridge, was finished in 2000. The bridge currently 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.
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1936 span
See Mark Twain Memorial Bridge (1936).
2000 span
The current bridge opened to traffic on September 16, 2000. As part of the construction project, U.S. 36 was rerouted further north, eliminating a dangerous sharp curve that had been on the Missouri approach. The cost of the bridge was $55 million.[1]
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- Pages using deprecated coordinates format
- Truss bridges
- Bridges over the Mississippi River
- Road bridges in Illinois
- Buildings and structures in Pike County, Illinois
- Buildings and structures in Marion County, Missouri
- Mark Twain
- Quincy–Hannibal Area
- Bridges completed in 2000
- Bridges on the Interstate Highway System
- Bridges on the U.S. Highway System
- U.S. Route 36
- Road bridges in Missouri
- Interstate 72
- Great River Road
