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Photo taken by Jack Schmidt

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Overview: Three-span through truss railroad bridge over the Mississippi River between St. Louis and Venice, Illinois
Status: Open to railroad traffic only
History: Completed May 1890
Builders: - E.L. Corthell (Co-designer)
- George S. Morison (Co-designer)
Design: Pennsylvania through truss
Approximate latitude, longitude: +38.67482, -90.18642 (decimal degrees)
38°40'29" N, 90°11'11" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Inventory number: BH 22652 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

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March 10, 2006: Posted photo from Jack Schmidt

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Jack Schmidt - jjturtle [at] earthlink [dot] net
HAER NE-2 - (p. 280)

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Merchants Bridge

Posted October 29, 2005, by KEN AVIS (d1avis [at] comcast [dot] net)

I LIVED IN A SMALL HOUSEBOAT WE CALLED "THE SHACK" WHICH WAS ON THE BANK OF THE RIVER NOT MORE THAN 100 YARDS SOUTH OF THIS BRIDGE ON THE ST. LOUIS SIDE FROM 1942 THROUGH 1947. MY BROTHERS AND I DELIGHTED IN CLIMBING INTO THE STRUCTURE OF THE BRIDGE TO FIND PIGEON NESTS.

MY SISTER USED TO MIMICK THE SOUND OF TRAIN ENGINES CROSSING THE BRIDGE AND THEREBY GAINED HER NICKNAME WHICH SHE IS STILL KNOWN BY TODAY WHICH SHORTENED IS "CHUKE".