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Side view looking north

Photos taken May 2005 by Michael Trimble
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Oblique view looking southwest

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Deck view looking west

Map 

Vicinity Map

Vicinity map

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Facts 

Overview
Concrete arch bridge over Broadway on Bellerive Blvd. in St. Louis
Location
St. Louis, Missouri
Status
Open to traffic with a 10 ton weight limit
History
Built 1918
Design
Closed-spandrel arch
Dimensions
Total length: 94.1 ft.
Deck width: 40.0 ft.
Recognition
Eligible for the National Register of Historic Places
Approximate latitude, longitude
+38.56133, -90.24256   (decimal degrees)
38°33'41" N, 90°14'33" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
15/740259/4271703 (zone/easting/northing)
Land survey
T. 44 N., R. 7 E., Sec. 16
USGS topographic map
Cahokia
Inventory numbers
MONBI 13483 (Missouri bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
BH 22617 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 05/2007)
Deck condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Appraisal: Functionally obsolete
Sufficiency rating: 82.0 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2007)
250

Categories 

Arch (8,291)
Built 1918 (267)
Built during 1910s (5,674)
Closed-spandrel arch (1,627)
Concrete balustrade (100)
Deck arch (7,404)
Functionally obsolete (6,157)
Missouri (3,619)
NR-eligible (2,768)
Open (23,112)
Owned by city (2,131)
St. Louis, Missouri (54)
Total length 75-100 feet (3,991)
US 67 (48)

Update Log 

  • June 1, 2005: Posted photos from Michael Trimble

Sources 

  • Michael Trimble

Comments 

Bellerive Bridge
Posted December 25, 2008, by JZ (Zoomjz [at] aol [dot] com)

Does anyone know if this bridge was designed by the same people that designed the original I-64/US 40 bridge over Lindbergh Boulevard. It was built 25 years before Lindbergh, but has a very similar design.