Martin Luther King Bridge

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Overview

Cantilevered through truss over the Mississippi River in downtown St. Louis

Status

Open to four-lane traffic

History

Built 1951; rehabilitated 1987

Design

Cantilevered through truss

Dimensions

Length of largest span: 962.6 ft.
Total length: 4,008.8 ft.
Deck width: 40.0 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 19.4 ft.

Also called

Veterans Bridge (original name)

Approximate latitude, longitude

+38.63109, -90.17846   (decimal degrees)
38°37'52" N, 90°10'42" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")

Land survey

T. 45 N., R. 7 E., Sec. 13

Inventory numbers

MONBI 3954 (Missouri bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
BH 22645 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Inspection

Average daily traffic (as of 2006)

11,000

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