Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis

Reporting mark: TRRA
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Eads Bridge (St. Louis, Missouri)
Built 1869-1874 under the direction of engineer James Buchanan Eads; automobile deck closed 1989-2003 for rehabilitation and replacement; reopened July 4, 2003
Three-span steel arch bridge over the Mississippi River and N. Leonor K. Sullivan Blvd. in downtown St. Louis
Upper vehicular deck open to vehicular traffic on weekdays. Closed on weekends; Lower railroad deck open

Illinois Terminal - Iron Horse Trestle (St. Louis, Missouri)
Built in 1930 by the McClintic-Marshall Company of Chicago, Illinois
Elevated plate girder trestle over numerous city streets on the Illinois Terminal Railroad in St. Louis
Abandoned but awaiting plans to convert into a pedestrian trail. Purchased by Great Rivers Greenway District.

Illinois Terminal - McKinley Yard Bridge (Madison County, Illinois)
Lost Pennsylvania through truss bridge over Railroad Yard on Illinois Terminal System
Removed

Illinois Terminal - Venice Trestle (Madison County, Illinois)
Built 1910; Wood trestle destroyed by fire and collapsed 1990s; Portions of burned trestle removed ca. 2004; Steel trestle removed 2006-2007; Truss bridge removed late 2008.
Lost Stringer and Truss bridge over various streets on former Illinois Terminal Railroad approach to McKinley Bridge
Abandoned, with most of the structure removed

Jefferson Avenue Viaduct (Older) (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

MacArthur Bridge (St. Louis, Missouri)
Built 1907-1917 by the City of St. Louis to break the monopoly of the Terminal Railroad Association, which controlled the two other bridges at St. Louis and charged unreasonable tolls. Automobile deck closed to traffic in 1981.
Three-span through truss bridge over the Mississippi River in St. Louis, south of the Poplar Street Bridge
Open to railroad traffic only

Merchants Bridge (St. Louis, Missouri)
Completed in May 1890; approaches rebuilt in 2005
Three-span through truss railroad bridge over the Mississippi River between St. Louis and Venice, Illinois on Terminal Railroad Assosiation
Open to two tracks of railroad traffic. Only one train is allowed to cross the bridge at a time, due to its age.

MLK Memorial Bridge Approach Span (St. Clair County, Illinois)
Built 1950; rehabilitated 1989; demolished 2019
Lost warren through truss bridge over WB I-70, Missouri Ave. & railroad on M. L. King Bridge Approach in East St. Louis
Replaced by a new bridge

North Kingshighway TRRA Viaduct (St. Louis, Missouri)
Built 2003
Modern arch bridge over Terminal Railroad on North Kingshighway Blvd. in St. Louis
Open to traffic

NS/TRRA Overpass (St. Louis, Missouri)
Replaced an earlier through-iron girder bridge originally erected in 1902
Steel stringer bridge over Terminal Railroad (TRRA) belt line on Wabash, later N&W, later NS Railway
Open

PSCO/TRRA Overpass (St. Louis, Missouri)
Lost Pony/through plate girder bridge over Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis on St. Louis Public Service Co.
Removed

St. Louis Freight Tunnel (St. Louis, Missouri)
Built in 1875 along with the completion of Eads Bridge as a route to Union Station. Later used as a freight route as passenger trains bypassed the tunnel for Merchants and MacArthur Bridges.
Tunnel under downtown on the MetroLink in St. Louis
Open to two tracks of MetroLink light rail service with bypass to original freight alignment

TRRA - Angelica Street Overpass (St. Louis, Missouri)
Deck plate girder bridge over Angelica Street on the Terminal Railroad in St. Louis
Open to railroad traffic

TRRA - Arch Grounds Tunnel #1 (St. Louis, Missouri)
Built 1963
Tunnel under a hill on the Jefferson Nat'l Expansion Memorial Park on TRRA Railroad
Open to railroad traffic

TRRA - Arch Grounds Tunnel #2 (St. Louis, Missouri)
Built 1963
Tunnel under the Gateway Arch on the TRRA Railroad
Open to railroad traffic

TRRA - Arch Grounds Tunnel #3 (St. Louis, Missouri)
Built 1963
Tunnel under a hill on the Jefferson Nat'l Expansion Memorial Park on TRRA Railroad
Open to railroad traffic

TRRA - Broadway Overpass (St. Clair County, Illinois)
Girder bridge over Broadway on Trra&Southern R.R.
Open to traffic

TRRA - Cahokia Canal Crossing (St. Clair County, Illinois)
Deck plate girder bridge over Cahokia Canal on Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis
Open to traffic

TRRA - Deer Creek Bridge (St. Louis County, Missouri)
Two-span Closed-spandrel arch bridge over Deer Creek on Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis in Maplewood
Abandoned

TRRA - Forest Park Parkway Overpass (St. Louis County, Missouri)
Pony/through plate girder bridge over Forest Park Parkway on formerly Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis
Open to authorized vehicles only

TRRA - Merchants Elevated Viaduct (St. Louis, Missouri)
Rebuilt in 1997, replacing a pre-existing structure
Deck plate girder bridge over 5 city blocks of Laclede's Landing on TRRA Railroad in St. Louis
Open to railroad traffic

TRRA - North Hanley Overpass (St. Louis County, Missouri)
Deck plate girder bridge over North Hanley Road on Central Midland Railway
Open to traffic

TRRA - Pennsylvania Avenue Overpass (St. Louis County, Missouri)
Deck plate girder bridge over Pennsylvania Avenue (Missouri State Highway Spur 180) on the St. Louis Terminal Railroad in Pagedale, just north of Page Avenue
Open to one track of railroad traffic

TRRA - Poplar Street Viaduct (St. Louis, Missouri)
Rebuilt in 1997, replacing a previous bridge that carried two tracks of railroad traffic. The portions over I-55 / I-70 and over Poplar Street were from the previous bridge and not replaced.
Concrete deck girder bridge over I-55 / I-70 and seven city blocks on the Terminal Railroad in St. Louis
Open to one track of railroad traffic

TRRA - River Des Peres Bridge (St. Louis County, Missouri)
Abandoned deck girder bridge over a drainage creek on former segment of TRRA Railway in University City
Abandoned

TRRA - Riverfront Trestle (St. Louis, Missouri)
Built 1882; Removed 1961 as part of the Gateway Arch Project
Lost Deck plate girder bridge over multiple streets on Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis
Removed but not replaced

TRRA - Union 70 Center Parkway Bridge (St. Louis, Missouri)
Through truss bridge over TRRA RR on Union 70 Center Parkway


TRRA/UP Brooklyn Flyover (St. Clair County, Illinois)
Deck plate girder bridge over Union Pacific Railroad on Terminal Railroad Assoc. of St. Louis
Open to traffic (?)