Merchants Bridge
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Facts
- 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
- George S. Morison
- Design
- Pennsylvania through truss
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +38.67482, -90.18642 (decimal degrees)
38°40'29" N, 90°11'11" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 15/744765/4284449 (zone/easting/northing)
- USGS topographic map
- Granite City
- Inventory number
- BH 22652 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Sources
- Jack Schmidt - jjturtle [at] earthlink [dot] net
- HAER NE-2 - (p. 280)
Comments
Merchants Bridge
what rr is this on?
Merchants Bridge
The steel inside the bridge was modified a long time ago to accomodate taller freight. The approaches to the Merchants Bridge were rebuilt in 2005.
Merchants Bridge
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".