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Old JB Bridge

Monroe County, Illinois, and St. Louis County, Missouri
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Postcard aerial view

Posted by James Baughn

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Facts 

Overview
Lost cantilevered through truss bridge over Mississippi River on IL 158, US 50 in Columbia
Location
Columbia, Monroe County, Illinois, and St. Louis County, Missouri
Status
Replaced by new bridge
History
Opened December 9, 1944, imploded August 15, 1985. Replaced the Davis Street Ferry.
Builder
- Stupp Brothers Bridge & Iron Co. of St. Louis, Missouri
Design
Cantilevered through truss
Also called
Old Jefferson Barracks Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude
+38.48630, -90.27421   (decimal degrees)
38°29'11" N, 90°16'27" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
15/737748/4263294 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Oakville
Inventory number
BH 36745 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Built 1944 (72)
Built during 1940s (2,798)
Columbia, Illinois (1)
Illinois (2,500)
Lost (10,373)
Lost 1985 (37)
Lost during 1980s (436)
Mississippi River (155)
Missouri (4,527)
 Monroe County, Illinois (25)
Owned by state (9,810)
Replaced by new bridge (7,141)
St. Louis County, Missouri (117)
State line crossing (514)
Stupp Brothers Bridge & Iron Co. (60)
Through truss (9,211)
Truss (23,575)

Update Log 

  • March 3, 2010: Updated by Robert Stephenson: Added GPS coordinates
  • September 8, 2009: New photos from James Baughn
  • July 4, 2009: Updated by Kim Harvey
  • June 26, 2008: Updated by Kim Harvey
  • June 25, 2008: Added by Kim Harvey

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Old JB Bridge
Posted August 17, 2011, by Mark Simmons (mark [dot] simmons [dot] kincaid [at] gmail [dot] com)

Does anyone know the architect of the Old JB Bridge family history says that it was Marcel Boulicaut

Old JB Bridge
Posted September 16, 2009, by Jason Crecelius (linxbl [at] yahoo [dot] com)

Great pictures of the bridge. I was 7 years old when this bridge was destroyed. I remember my parents taking me down to Cliff Cave in Oakville and watching the bridge be destroyed. As a child my parents would take me over to some place in Illinois for fried fish and I would hate having to go over this bridge. I can remember the new bridge being built and I was always interested in watching what was going on. These pictures brought back alot of memories.

Old JB Bridge
Posted July 8, 2009, by Al Bertram (abertram8297 [at] charter [dot] net)

Mr. Hoffman: Yes, it was a toll bridge for the first fifteen years of its life. I have read that the toll was removed sometime in 1959 when the bonds were paid off. The toll collectors booth was on the west end of the bridge in Missouri.

Old JB Bridge
Posted January 20, 2009, by Butch Hoffmann (butch1h [at] yahoo [dot] com)

Hi, could you tell me if the JB Bridge was ever a toll bridge???

Thank You

Old JB Bridge
Posted June 25, 2008, by Kim Harvey

http://www.americanbridge.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=271&Itemid=122 includes a photo of the old bridge.