Jefferson Barracks Bridge
Photos
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Side view Photo taken by Jack Schmidt |
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Approaching Jefferson Barracks Bridge Approaching Jefferson Barracks Bridge Eastbound. Photo taken by David B. Haun |
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Riding Across Eastbound Riding across Jefferson Barracks Bridge Eastbound. Photo taken by David B. Haun |
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View of Missouri End of the Tied Arch Portion View of Missouri end of the tied arch portion riding eastbound. Photo taken by David B. Haun |
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Riding Across Eastbound under the arch Riding across Eastbound Jefferson Barracks Bridge Eastbound under the arch. Photo taken by David B. Haun |
Facts
- Overview
- Parallel tied arch bridges over the Mississippi River on I-255
- Status
- Open to four lanes of traffic
- History
- Westbound bridge built 1984; eastbound bridge built 1986
- Builder
- - American Bridge Co. of New York
- Design
- Steel through arch
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 909.9 ft.
Total length: 4,017.7 ft.
Deck width: 50.8 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 35.0 ft.
- Also called
- JB Bridge
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +38.48681, -90.27445 (decimal degrees)
38°29'13" N, 90°16'28" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 15/737725/4263350 (zone/easting/northing)
- USGS topographic map
- Oakville
- Inventory number
- BH 22636 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- July 2, 2008: Updated by Kim Harvey: fixed typo in builder
- June 26, 2008: Updated by Kim Harvey
- June 4, 2008: New photos from David B. Haun
- March 31, 2006: Posted photo from Jack Schmidt
Sources
- Jack Schmidt - jjturtle [at] earthlink [dot] net
- Wikipedia
- David B. Haun - dbhaun [at] gmail [dot] com
- Kim Harvey - ayrlieofremora [at] yahoo [dot] com
- American Bridge
Comments
I have a photograph taken of myself on the approach of the old bridge in August of 1974. (I was 5 years old) I will look it up so it can be included on the site.
Any pictures of the old original bridge?
These two bridges were built in the late very 1980's into the very early 1990's. The east bound was built second (it is located in the same alighnment as the old original bridge that was replaced) and was dedicated in December 1991. The westbound was built first right alongside the original bridge.