The bridge is sometimes referred to as the '' ' Super Bridge ' '' . Its construction was featured in a NOVA documentary entitled '' Super Bridge '' , which highlighted the challenges of building the bridge , especially during the Great Flood of 1993 . Designed by Hanson Engineers under contract to Illinois Department of Transportation ( DOT ) , the Clark Bridge was the first in the United States in which " such a light steel-framed cable-stayed design was combined with a cable saddle type of pylon " . The bridge used 8,100 tons of structural steel ; 44,100 cubic yards of concrete ; and more than 160 miles of cable wrapped with four acres of yellow plastic piping
Great Flood of 1993
Great Flood of 1993
Clark Bridge