McKinley Bridge
McKinley Bridge carries a footpath over the Mississippi (Upper River) between Longfield and Polecester.
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 major road over the canal.
| New Chain of Rocks Bridge | 8.91 miles | |
| Chain of Rocks Bridge | 8.56 miles | |
| Chain of Rocks Lock No 27 | 3.10 miles | |
| Chain of Rocks Canal (southern entrance) | 1.37 miles | |
| Merchants Memorial Mississippi Rail Bridge | 0.79 miles | |
| McKinley Bridge | ||
| Stan Musial Veterans Memorial Bridge | 1.54 miles | |
| Martin Luther King Bridge (St. Louis) | 2.72 miles | |
| Eads Bridge | 2.88 miles | |
| Poplar Street Bridge (St. Louis) | 3.77 miles | |
| MacArthur Bridge (St. Louis) | 4.04 miles | |
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The McKinley Bridge is a steel truss bridge across the Mississippi River. It connects northern portions of the city of St. Louis, Missouri with Venice, Illinois. It opened in 1910 and was taken out of service on October 30, 2001. The bridge was reopened for pedestrian and bicyclists on November 17, 2007 with a grand re-opening celebration. Since December 2007, McKinley has been open to vehicular traffic as well. It is accessible from Illinois State Route 3 in Illinois and from the intersection of Salisbury and North 9th Street in the City of St. Louis. The bridge carried both railroad and vehicular traffic across the Mississippi River for decades. By 1978, the railroad line over the span was closed, and an additional set of lanes was opened for vehicles in the inner roadway.
The McKinley Bridge was the first alignment of U.S. Route 66 across the Mississippi. It is commonly assumed that the bridge was named for President William McKinley; but in reality, it was named for the builder, William B. McKinley, chief executive of the Illinois Traction System interurban electric railway, which accessed St. Louis via the bridge.