No, another surrogate does not exist. Bite-Size Bits of Local, National, and Global History, Photographed By Cosmos Mariner, September 14, 2015, Mark Twain Memorial Bridge. And, my friends, working together in the days to come, they will greatly further the prosperity and convenience of the people of the United States in every part of the Nation. (Some may not be online). Make note of the Call Number listed above. Here are 11 such bridges. In 2005, MoDOT rehabilitated and painted the bridge, replacing the green with gray. Two key reasons were the significant growth in motor vehicle traffic in the area. few minutes. The Mark Twain Memorial Bridge spanned the Mississippi River, connecting Hannibal, MO with the State of Illinois at Aladdin. There is no funding available to construct a new bridge. The old Mark Twain Memorial Bridge plaque remains in some concrete railing left in place in a park like setting. The bridge spanned 2,636 feet across the Mississippi river. that the bridge spans. Its main span is 474.6 feet and it is 2,561.3 feet in length and a deck width of 22 feet. Address at the Dedication of the Mark Twain Memorial Bridge, Hannibal In 2000, the bridge was demolished and replaced with a new bridge of the same name, carrying the newly-extended I-72 into Missouri, as well as US-36. Route 27 crosses at the short portion (20 miles) of Iowa's border with Missouri in Lee County. Restrictions Information page The first bridge (and only log bridge) over the Mississippi, about 25 feet south of its source at Lake Itasca This is a list of all current and notable former bridges or other crossings of the Upper Mississippi River which begins at the Mississippi River's source and extends to its confluence with the Ohio River at Cairo, Illinois . window.googletag = window.googletag || {cmd: []}; The four-lane bridge 86 feet wide, 4,491 feet in length and is maintained by MODOT. , . That bridge was built just north of the original Mark Twain Memorial Bridge, which had been formally opened in 1936 by President Franklin D. Roosevelt. At first glance, it seems like an ordinary railway tunnel, however, one look at the local geography and you'll find yourself asking what its builders were possibly thinking with creating the project.