Crosses Mississippi River Longest span 640 feet (195 m) Opened 16 September 2000 Width 26 m Bridge type Truss bridge | Design Truss bridge Address Hannibal, MO 63401, USA Total length 1,369 m Location Hannibal Body of water Mississippi River | |
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Carries 4 lanes of I‑72 / US 36 Locale Hannibal, Missouri / Levee Township, Pike County, Illinois Maintained by Missouri Department of Transportation Similar Mark Twain Boyhood Home, Mark Twain Memorial Lighthouse, Wabash Bridge, Mark Twain Cave, Quincy Memorial Bridge | ||
Fdr at the dedication ceremonies for the mark twain memorial bridge
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 mark twain memorial bridge in 2000 recorded on a potato
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.
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