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Arsenal Street River Des Peres / BNSF Railroad Overpass
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Description
The western end of the old bridge had a sharp left-hand turn for westbound motorists. The replacement bridge is built on a straight re-alignment of Arsenal Street. The replacement bridge is heavily used by tractor-trailers to access the railroad yards a short distance south.Facts
- Overview
- Lost combination open-spandrel arch bridge over River Des Peres and concrete stringer bridge over BNSF Railroad yards on Arsenal Street, just west of Jamieson Ave. in St. Louis
- Location
- St. Louis, Missouri
- Status
- Replaced by UCEB
- History
- Built in 1928; replaced by UCEB in 1995
- Design
- Open-spandrel arch span over River Des Peres
Concrete stringer spans (balance of structure over railroad yard)
There was also a stairway on the bridge's southern face to allow access to a railroad yard security tower - Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 103.0 ft.
Total length: 645.0 ft.
Deck width: 60.0 ft.
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +38.60914, -90.30742 (decimal degrees)
38°36'33" N, 90°18'27" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 15/734451/4276842 (zone/easting/northing)
- Land survey
- T. 45 N., R. 6 E., Sec. 26
- USGS topographic map
- Webster Groves
- Inventory number
- BH 46503 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
- Inspection (as of 07/1991)
- Deck condition rating: Serious (3 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 36.9 (out of 100) - Average daily traffic (as of 1990)
- 20,369
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