Mark Morris Memorial Bridge
The bridge was opened in January 1975, replacing an older span upstream that once carried the Lincoln Highway, U.S. Route 30.) In 1982, Iowa DOT announced that it would be removing a 20 cent toll from the Gateway Bridge and the Mark Morris bridge beginning January 1983. Iowa and Illinois agreed to split responsibility for the maintenance of the two bridges with Iowa maintaining the Mark Morris bridge and Illinois the Gateway bridge.
1891 bridge
The older span was originally built in 1891 with a wooden deck; this was replaced in 1933 with a metal grate to allow snow to melt through. When the renovation was completed the bridge fathers held a grand ceremony during which a 19-year-old Cedar Rapids high dive artist, Walter W. Simon, dove from the 100-foot (30 m) high span into the Mississippi River. He was paid $1.00 per foot for this stunt.
See also
- Transport portal
- Engineering portal
- Iowa portal
- Illinois portal
- List of crossings of the Upper Mississippi River
References
- ^ Weeks, John. "Lyons-Fulton Bridge". The Bridges And Structures Of The Mississippi River.
- ^ "Bridges: Iowa, Illinois order safety inspections". Quad City Times. Retrieved 2007-12-19.
- ^ Clinton (1991). 1:24000 Topographic Quadrangle Map. US Geological Survey, 1992.
- ^ "Obituary MORRIS, Mark Nelson 1910-1972". The Clinton Herald via iagenweb.org. January 10, 1972.
- ^ "Mark Morris Memorial Bridge". Iowa DOT. Retrieved 15 March 2015. (note that Iowa DOT seems to be combining two persons into one: Mark Benton Morris (1893-1977) of the Iowa State Highway Commission and Mark Nelson Morris (1910-1972), chairman of the Clinton Bridge Commission.
- ^ White, Lee F. (19 December 1974). "Bridge Dedicated". The Clinton Herald via iagenweb.org.
- ^ "Bridge Tolls to be Discontinued". The Daily Reporter. Spencer, Iowa. August 28, 1982.