Cantilevered through truss over the Mississippi River in downtown St. Louis
Status
Open to four-lane traffic
History
Built 1951; rehabilitated 1987
Design
Cantilevered through truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 962.6 ft.
Total length: 4,008.8 ft.
Deck width: 40.0 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 19.4 ft.
Also called
Veterans Bridge (original name)
Approximate latitude, longitude
+38.63109, -90.17846 (decimal degrees) 38°37'52" N, 90°10'42" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Land survey
T. 45 N., R. 7 E., Sec. 13
Inventory numbers
MONBI 3954 (Missouri bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
BH 22645 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 08/2005)
Deck condition rating: Good(7 out of 9) Superstructure condition rating: Fair(5 out of 9) Substructure condition rating: Fair(5 out of 9) Appraisal: Functionally obsolete
Sufficiency rating: 48.0 (out of 100)
