Saint Louis Bridges

Stan Musial Veterans Memorial Bridge

The Stan Musial Veterans Memorial Bridge (known as the New Mississippi River Bridge until its formal naming in 2013 and informally known as the "Stan Span") is a bridge across the Mississippi River between St. Clair County, Illinois, and the city of St. Louis, Missouri. Built between April 19, 2010, and July 2013, the bridge opened on February 9, 2014. The cable-stayed bridge has a main span of 1,500 feet . (from Wikipedia)

Stan Musial Veterans Memorial Bridge

The Stan Musial Veterans Memorial Bridge (known as the New Mississippi River Bridge until its formal naming in 2013 and informally known as the "Stan Span") is a bridge across the Mississippi River between St. Clair County, Illinois, and the city of St. Louis, Missouri. Built between April 19, 2010, and July 2013, the bridge opened on February 9, 2014. The cable-stayed bridge has a main span of 1,500 feet . (from Wikipedia)

MacArthur Bridge

The MacArthur Bridge over the Mississippi River between St. Louis, Missouri and East St. Louis, Illinois is a 677-foot long truss bridge. Construction on the bridge was begun in 1909 by the city of St. Louis to break the Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis's monopoly on the area's railroad traffic. Money ran out before the bridge approaches could be finished, however, and the bridge did not open until 1917, and then only to automobile traffic. Railroad traffic would not use the bridge's lower deck until 1928. (from Wikipedia)

Stan Musial Veterans Memorial Bridge

The Stan Musial Veterans Memorial Bridge (known as the New Mississippi River Bridge until its formal naming in 2013 and informally known as the "Stan Span") is a bridge across the Mississippi River between St. Clair County, Illinois, and the city of St. Louis, Missouri. Built between April 19, 2010, and July 2013, the bridge opened on February 9, 2014. The cable-stayed bridge has a main span of 1,500 feet . (from Wikipedia)

Stan Musial Veterans Memorial Bridge

The Stan Musial Veterans Memorial Bridge (known as the New Mississippi River Bridge until its formal naming in 2013 and informally known as the "Stan Span") is a bridge across the Mississippi River between St. Clair County, Illinois, and the city of St. Louis, Missouri. Built between April 19, 2010, and July 2013, the bridge opened on February 9, 2014. The cable-stayed bridge has a main span of 1,500 feet . (from Wikipedia)

Stan Musial Veterans Memorial Bridge

The Stan Musial Veterans Memorial Bridge (known as the New Mississippi River Bridge until its formal naming in 2013 and informally known as the "Stan Span") is a bridge across the Mississippi River between St. Clair County, Illinois, and the city of St. Louis, Missouri. Built between April 19, 2010, and July 2013, the bridge opened on February 9, 2014. The cable-stayed bridge has a main span of 1,500 feet . (from Wikipedia)

Eads Bridge

The Eads Bridge is a steel combined road and railway bridge over the Mississippi River connecting the cities of St. Louis, Missouri and East St. Louis, Illinois. It was envisioned and financed by a young Andrew Carnegie. It was considered critical to industry and trade in both cities, and especially stimulated industrial development east of the river. Opened in 1874, it was one of the earliest long bridges built across the Mississippi, the world's first all-steel construction, and built high enough so steamboats could travel underneath. The St. Louis Landmark is listed on the National Register of Historic Places as a National Historic Landmark. (from Wikipedia)

Eads Bridge

The Eads Bridge is a steel combined road and railway bridge over the Mississippi River connecting the cities of St. Louis, Missouri and East St. Louis, Illinois. It was envisioned and financed by a young Andrew Carnegie. It was considered critical to industry and trade in both cities, and especially stimulated industrial development east of the river. Opened in 1874, it was one of the earliest long bridges built across the Mississippi, the world's first all-steel construction, and built high enough so steamboats could travel underneath. The St. Louis Landmark is listed on the National Register of Historic Places as a National Historic Landmark. (from Wikipedia)

Poplar Street and MacArthur Bridges

The Congressman William L. Clay Sr. Bridge, formerly known as the Bernard F. Dickmann Bridge and popularly as the Poplar Street Bridge or PSB, completed in 1967, is a 647-foot-long deck girder bridge across the Mississippi River between St. Louis, Missouri, and East St. Louis, Illinois. The bridge arrives on the Missouri shore line just south of the Gateway Arch. Planned just before construction of the Arch, the builders in 1959 were to request that 25 acres of the Gateway Arch property be turned over from the National Park Service for the bridge. The request generated enormous controversy and ultimately 2.5 acres of the Jefferson Expansion National Memorial (which included all of the original platted area of St. Louis when it was acquired in the 1930s and 1940s) was given to the bridge. The MacArthur Bridge over the Mississippi River between St. Louis, Missouri and East St. Louis, Illinois is a 677-foot long truss bridge. Construction on the bridge was begun in 1909 by the city of St. Louis to break the Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis's monopoly on the area's railroad traffic. Money ran out before the bridge approaches could be finished, however, and the bridge did not open until 1917, and then only to automobile traffic. Railroad traffic would not use the bridge's lower deck until 1928. (from Wikipedia)

Eads Bridge

The Eads Bridge is a steel combined road and railway bridge over the Mississippi River connecting the cities of St. Louis, Missouri and East St. Louis, Illinois. It was envisioned and financed by a young Andrew Carnegie. It was considered critical to industry and trade in both cities, and especially stimulated industrial development east of the river. Opened in 1874, it was one of the earliest long bridges built across the Mississippi, the world's first all-steel construction, and built high enough so steamboats could travel underneath. The St. Louis Landmark is listed on the National Register of Historic Places as a National Historic Landmark. (from Wikipedia)

MacArthur Bridge Truss

Railroad trusses lead to the MacArthur Bridge with the Gateway Arch shining in the background.

MacArthur Bridge Truss

Railroad trusses lead to the MacArthur Bridge.

MacArthur Bridge Truss

Railroad trusses lead to the MacArthur Bridge with the Gateway Arch shining in the background.

MacArthur Bridge Truss

Railroad trusses lead to the MacArthur Bridge with the Gateway Arch shining in the background.

Eads Bridge

The Eads Bridge is a steel combined road and railway bridge over the Mississippi River connecting the cities of St. Louis, Missouri and East St. Louis, Illinois. It was envisioned and financed by a young Andrew Carnegie. It was considered critical to industry and trade in both cities, and especially stimulated industrial development east of the river. Opened in 1874, it was one of the earliest long bridges built across the Mississippi, the world's first all-steel construction, and built high enough so steamboats could travel underneath. The St. Louis Landmark is listed on the National Register of Historic Places as a National Historic Landmark. (from Wikipedia)

Eads Bridge

The Gateway Arch shows beneath the eastern arch of the Eads Bridge during sunset.

Eads Bridge

Ice floes pass beneath the Eads Bridge on a cold winter evening.

Eads Bridge and the St. Louis Skyline

The Eads Bridge is a steel combined road and railway bridge over the Mississippi River connecting the cities of St. Louis, Missouri and East St. Louis, Illinois. It was envisioned and financed by a young Andrew Carnegie. It was considered critical to industry and trade in both cities, and especially stimulated industrial development east of the river. Opened in 1874, it was one of the earliest long bridges built across the Mississippi, the world's first all-steel construction, and built high enough so steamboats could travel underneath. The St. Louis Landmark is listed on the National Register of Historic Places as a National Historic Landmark. (from Wikipedia)

Eads Bridge and the St. Louis Skyline

The Eads Bridge is a steel combined road and railway bridge over the Mississippi River connecting the cities of St. Louis, Missouri and East St. Louis, Illinois. It was envisioned and financed by a young Andrew Carnegie. It was considered critical to industry and trade in both cities, and especially stimulated industrial development east of the river. Opened in 1874, it was one of the earliest long bridges built across the Mississippi, the world's first all-steel construction, and built high enough so steamboats could travel underneath. The St. Louis Landmark is listed on the National Register of Historic Places as a National Historic Landmark. (from Wikipedia)

Eads Bridge

The Eads Bridge is a steel combined road and railway bridge over the Mississippi River connecting the cities of St. Louis, Missouri and East St. Louis, Illinois. It was envisioned and financed by a young Andrew Carnegie. It was considered critical to industry and trade in both cities, and especially stimulated industrial development east of the river. Opened in 1874, it was one of the earliest long bridges built across the Mississippi, the world's first all-steel construction, and built high enough so steamboats could travel underneath. The St. Louis Landmark is listed on the National Register of Historic Places as a National Historic Landmark. (from Wikipedia)