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Papin Ave. Bridge

St. Louis, Missouri
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Overview
Lost Parker pony truss bridge
Location
St. Louis, Missouri
Status
Lost
History
Built when original Highway 40 freeway opened ca. 1937. Apparently removed or replaced when new Tower Grove Overpass built.
Design
Parker pony truss
Approximate latitude, longitude
+38.63088, -90.25491   (decimal degrees)
38°37'51" N, 90°15'18" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
15/738952/4279391 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Clayton
Inventory number
BH 48224 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Built 1937 (545)
Built during 1930s (8,579)
Lost (10,499)
Missouri (4,536)
Owned by state (9,854)
Parker pony truss (299)
Parker truss (1,273)
Pony truss (13,213)
St. Louis, Missouri (121)
Truss (23,618)

Update Log 

  • February 23, 2011: Added by Kim Harvey

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Papin Ave. Bridge
Posted July 10, 2012, by jayhawk

I've linked to a 1938 document that contains a bit more info about this bridge and a lot of other interesting information about the 1930's Express Highway through St. Louis and its construction.

Looking at the map with the text below and tracing the current Papin Ave, this bridge would have been right where the Kingshighway ramps merge with Highway 40 east of the interchange.

There is a picture of this bridge on page 21 of the PDF, original page number 17:

http://scholarsmine.mst.edu/thesis/pdf/Campbell_1937_09007dcc807ac958.pdf