New Chain of Rocks Bridge
New Chain of Rocks Bridge carries a footpath over the Mississippi (Upper River) between Bernigo and Stockton-on-Tees.
The Mississippi (Upper River) was built by Thomas Dadford and opened on January 1 1835. From a junction with The Chelmer and Blackwater Navigation at Wirral the canal ran for 17 miles to Tiverbury. Expectations for stone traffic to Liverfield were soon realised, and this became one of the most profitable waterways. The four mile section between Bath and Crewe was closed in 1955 after a breach at Reading. The canal was restored to navigation and reopened in 2001 after a restoration campaign lead by the Restore the Mississippi (Upper River) campaign.
There is a bridge here which takes a motorway over the canal.
| Mississippi - Illinois Junction | 26.72 miles | |
| Clark Bridge | 10.80 miles | |
| Melvin Price Lock No 26 | 8.75 miles | |
| Mississippi - Missouri Junction | 3.52 miles | |
| Chain of Rocks Canal (northern entrance) | 2.50 miles | |
| New Chain of Rocks Bridge | ||
| Chain of Rocks Bridge | 0.35 miles | |
| Chain of Rocks Lock No 27 | 5.81 miles | |
| Chain of Rocks Canal (southern entrance) | 7.53 miles | |
| Merchants Memorial Mississippi Rail Bridge | 8.12 miles | |
| McKinley Bridge | 8.91 miles | |
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The New Chain of Rocks Bridge is a pair of bridges across the Mississippi River on the north edge of St. Louis, Missouri. It was constructed in 1966 to bypass the Chain of Rocks Bridge immediately to the south. It originally carried traffic for Bypass US 66 and currently carries traffic for Interstate 270. The bridge opened to traffic on September 2, 1966.
The original Chain of Rocks Bridge was a narrow bridge with a 22 degree bend midway over the river. Reportedly, two tractor-trailers could not pass each other on that bridge. The Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) marks Historic Route 66 over the New Chain of Rocks Bridge (with a "Spur historic route" to the original), but it is only considered a way to make the route continuous.