Downtown West, Missouri

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Eighteenth Street Bridge (St. Louis, Missouri)
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.
Lost through truss on Eighteenth Street over the railroad tracks just south of the US 40/I-64 viaduct and Union Station
Replaced by a new bridge

Illinois Terminal - Tucker Tunnel (St. Louis, Missouri)
Built in 1931; demolished in 2010
Cut-And-Cover Tunnel under Tucker Blvd. on Illinois Terminal Railroad tunnel on in St. Louis
Filled in. Tunnel has been filled in with new roadway built on top.

Jefferson Avenue Viaduct (1916) (St. Louis, Missouri)
Built 1916; Replaced 1967
Lost Concrete stringer bridge over Missouri Pacific Railroad/St. Louis-San Fransisco Railway/Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis on Jefferson Avenue
Replaced by a new bridge

Jefferson Avenue Viaduct (1967) (St. Louis, Missouri)
Built 1967; Replaced 2008
Stringer bridge over Metrolink, Trra & on Jefferson Avenue
Replaced by a new bridge

Jefferson Avenue Viaduct (Pre 1916) (St. Louis, Missouri)
Replaced 1916
Lost Steel stringer bridge over Missouri Pacific Railroad/St. Louis-San Fransisco Railway/Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis on Jefferson Avenue
Replaced by a new bridge

Tayon Avenue Bridge (St. Louis, Missouri)
Built 1882 by H.S. Hopkins & Co.; superstructure replaced 1908
Lost cable-stayed bridge over rail yard on Tayon Avenue (now 18th Street)
Replaced by a new bridge

Twenty-First Street Bridge (St. Louis, Missouri)
Built 1892 by the City of St. Louis. Closed to traffic in 1976 and demolished after 1984
Lost three-span through truss bridge over the railroad tracks on 21st Street south of Highway 40
Demolished but never replaced