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South Kingshighway Boulevard MetroLink Overpass
Photos
Guard rail along western edge set in stone footings
Photo taken by Mark Dellbringge in August 2010
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BH Photo #173159
Description
Only the western guard rail of this bridge is visible from South Kingshighway Boulevard. It is part of a tunnel that runs under S. Kingshighway and the hospital builidings to its east, all the way over to Euclid Avenue. The tunnel is used by the MetroLink light rail system.
Facts
- Overview
- Steel stringer bridge over the MetroLink on South Kingshighway Boulevard in St. Louis
- Location
- Central West End, St. Louis, Missouri
- Status
- Open to traffic
- History
- Built 1937
- Railroads
- - MetroLink (BSDA)
- Wabash Railroad (WAB)
- Design
- Steel stringer with stone abutments
- Dimensions
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Span length: 45.9 ft.
Total length: 45.9 ft.
Deck width: 91.9 ft.
- Also called
- Wabash Railroad Bridge 9-B
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +38.63728, -90.26611 (decimal degrees)
38°38'14" N, 90°15'58" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
- Approximate UTM coordinates
- 15/737956/4280072 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Clayton
- Land survey
- T. 45 N., R. 7 E., Sec. 18
- Average daily traffic (as of 2018)
- 45,900
- Inventory numbers
- MONBI 12950 (Missouri bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
BH 45933 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
- Inspection report (as of April 2018)
- Overall condition: Poor
Superstructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 60.5 (out of 100)
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Update Log
- May 25, 2020: New photo from James Holzmeier
- January 28, 2012: Updated by Luke Harden: Added category "MetroLink"
- February 12, 2011: Updated by Mark Dellbringge: Clarified description; updated with data from 2010 NBI.
- August 22, 2010: New photos from Mark Dellbringge
- August 19, 2010: Added by Mark Dellbringge