Wellington Avenue River des Peres Bridge
Facts
- Overview
- Lost concrete stringer bridge over River des Peres on Wellington Avenue (at Ellendale Avenue)
- Location
- St. Louis, Missouri
- Status
- Demolished. Replacement bridge currently under construction
- Future prospects
- To be demolished and replaced. The replacement bridge will be built on a new alignment, and will eliminate the 90-degree hairpin turn on the north end.
- History
- Built in 1931. Demolished April 30th, 2012.
- Design
- Concrete stringer
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 40.0 ft.
Total length: 120.1 ft.
Deck width: 49.9 ft.
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +38.60154, -90.31557 (decimal degrees)
38°36'06" N, 90°18'56" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 15/733766/4275978 (zone/easting/northing)
- Land survey
- T. 45 N., R. 6 E., Sec. 35
- USGS topographic map
- Webster Groves
- Inventory numbers
- MONBI 12436 (Missouri bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
BH 45715 (Bridgehunter.com ID) - Inspection (as of 04/2009)
- Deck condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 47.3 (out of 100) - Average daily traffic (as of 2009)
- 14,654
Update Log
- May 11, 2012: Updated by Mark Dellbringge: Status change: Bridge has been demolished.
- April 30, 2012: Updated by Mark Dellbringge: Status change: Bridge is now closed and is being demolished; removed description; updated history.
- April 4, 2012: Updated by Mark Dellbringge: Status change: Bridge to be demolished and replaced.
- June 9, 2011: New photos from Mark Dellbringge
- July 28, 2010: Updated by Mark Dellbringge: Added year built from NBI
- July 27, 2010: Updated by Mark Dellbringge: Edited bridge description
- July 26, 2010: Updated by Mark Dellbringge: Added short description
Comments
Matt:
I agree. I also think that a lot of our visitors mistakenly think that we are either a government website, or are affiliated with contractors.
What a dumb, pointless rant. All it does is show complete lack of intelligence. Save your cursing for Facebook; it doesn't belong here.
Ummmm, cows don't have those...
Yeah, that turn was not a lot of fun - I think the road right before and right after had a 30 or 35 speed limit but you had to slow down to 15 to make the turn. You can see what the result of that was in the picture of the railings.
I'm going to miss the 30's style railings, but I'm happy this one is getting replaced. I wish just the city would put the jersey barrier inside the sidewalk and replicate the styling of the old bridge on the outside of the sidewalk.
A shame to see the bridge go, but if it was as beat up as it appears in the photos, perhaps it was for the best.
It is reported that people would hit the southern barrier about once a week.
Wellington over River Des Peres is no more.
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