Photos
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East Side Of North Approach Roadway. View To Southwest Photos taken February 1984 by David K. Atkinson Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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View To Southwest Of Through Plate Girder Spans (North Approach) Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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View To Southwest Of Masonry Piers Supporting Through Plate Girder Spans (North Approach) Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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View To North Of Masonry Piers Beneath Through Plate Girder Spans (North Approach) Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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Through Truss Span. View To Southwest Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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Through Truss Span. View To Southeast Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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Through Truss Span. View To East Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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Through Truss Span. View To West Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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View To North Of Masonry And Stone Piers Beneath Through Plate Girder Spans (North Appoach) Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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View To South Of Masonry Piers Beneath Through Plate Girder Spans (North Approach) Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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Pier No, 6. View To Northeast Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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Through Truss Span. View To Northwest Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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Through Truss Span. View To Northwest Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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Through Plate Girder And Through Truss Spans. View To North From East Side Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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Railing Along East Side Of South Approach Roadway. View To North Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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South Portal Of Through Truss Span (Through Plate Girders In Mid- And Foreground). View To North Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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View To North Of South Portal Of Through Truss Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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View To North Of South Portal Of Through Truss Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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Cresting Above South Portal Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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Detail Of Finial, Cresting, And Perforated Trefoils Above North Portal Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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View To South Of North Portal Of Through Truss Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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View To South Of North Portal Of Through Truss Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
Facts
- Overview
- Lost through truss on Eighteenth Street over the railroad tracks just south of the US 40/I-64 viaduct and Union Station
- Location
- St. Louis, Missouri
- Status
- Replaced by a new bridge
- History
- Built 1908-1910 by the American Bridge Co., reusing piers and abutments from a previous deck truss bridge constructed in 1882. Closed to traffic June 20, 1983, but remained open to pedestrians. Replaced by a new four-lane bridge in 1986.
- Builder
- - American Bridge Co. of New York
- Design
- Pin-connected, 11-panel Parker through truss with pony plate girder approaches
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 218.3 ft.
Total length: 1,054.0 ft.
Deck width: 32.0 ft.
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +38.62430, -90.20781 (decimal degrees)
38°37'27" N, 90°12'28" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 15/743075/4278785 (zone/easting/northing)
- Land survey
- T. 45 N., R. 7 E., Sec. 23
- USGS topographic map
- Cahokia
- Inventory number
- BH 22626 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Sources
- HAER MO-10 - Eighteenth Bridge
- James Baughn - webmaster [at] bridgehunter [dot] com