Lyons-Fulton Bridge

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Lyons-Fulton Bridge

Carries	2 lanes of Iowa Highway 136/IL-136
Crosses	Mississippi River
Locale	Clinton, Iowa and Fulton, Illinois
Design	Truss bridge
AADT	9,800^[1]
Opening date	January 1975
Coordinates	41°51′53″N, 90°10′23″W

The Lyons-Fulton Bridge (actually named the Mark N. Morris Bridge, but locally called the North Bridge) is a 2 lane automobile truss bridge across the Mississippi River in the United States. It connects the cities of Clinton, Iowa and Fulton, Illinois. (The town of Lyons, Iowa, was annexed to Clinton in 1895, but the north end of the city is still referred to as Lyons; hence the name Lyons-Fulton Bridge). The bridge is the terminus of both Iowa Highway 136 and Illinois Route 136.

Wagon bridge, Fulton, Illinois (1891)

The bridge was opened in January 1975, replacing an older span upstream that once carried the Lincoln Highway, U.S. Route 30. 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 high span into the Mississippi River. He was paid $1.00 per foot for this stunt. ^[2]