The bridge at Medicine Bow is shaky, and would not bear the weight of the train.
Many local businesses, schools, streets and bridges still bear the names Lewis, Clark or both.
Streets, avenues, a park, two bridges and a magnificent marble triumphal arch all bear his name.
A road and bridge also bear his name.
Most people assumed the new bridge, a 1.4-mile concrete span expected to open in 1989, would bear the same name.
A bridge built across the Rhine in Basel in 1879 bears his name.
The state ordered the structure closed in August 2002 after an inspection concluded the bridge could not bear any more weight.
A bridge in Parramatta also bears his name.
The bridge over the Charles River, where he commits suicide in the novel, bears a plaque to commemorate the character's life and death.
The current bridge, like its predecessor, bears a chapel.