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Bellerive Bridge

St. Louis, Missouri

Photos 

Side view looking north

Photo taken May 2005 by Michael Trimble

BH Photo #107151

Map 

Street View 

Facts 

Overview
Concrete arch bridge over South Broadway on Bellerive Blvd. in St. Louis
Location
Carondelet, St. Louis, Missouri
Status
Open to traffic with a 10 ton weight limit
History
Built 1918
Builder
- Herkoltz and Herchert Construction Co. (Contractor)
Design
Closed-spandrel arch
Dimensions
Span length: 94.1 ft.
Total length: 94.1 ft.
Deck width: 40.0 ft.
Recognition
Eligible for the National Register of Historic Places
Approximate latitude, longitude
+38.56112, -90.24252   (decimal degrees)
38°33'40" N, 90°14'33" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
15/740264/4271680 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Cahokia
Land survey
T. 44 N., R. 7 E., Sec. 16
Average daily traffic (as of 2017)
250
Inventory numbers
MONBI 13483 (Missouri bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
BH 22617 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection report (as of March 2017)
Overall condition: Fair
Superstructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 82 (out of 100)
View more at BridgeReports.com

Categories 

Arch (12,650)
Built 1918 (505)
Built during 1910s (9,968)
Carondelet, Missouri (8)
Closed-spandrel arch (4,256)
Concrete balustrade (884)
Deck arch (11,887)
Have street view (28,888)
Herkoltz and Herchert Construction Co. (1)
 Missouri (6,562)
NR-eligible (4,106)
Open (40,964)
Owned by city (6,079)
Span length 75-100 feet (6,651)
St. Louis, Missouri (165)
Total length 75-100 feet (6,780)
US 67 (103)

Update Log 

  • November 26, 2010: New photo from James Baughn
  • October 5, 2010: Updated by Mark Dellbringge: Corrected typo
  • August 29, 2010: New photos from Mark Dellbringge
  • June 1, 2005: Posted photos from Michael Trimble

Sources 

  • Michael Trimble
  • Mark Dellbringge
  • James Baughn - webmaster [at] bridgehunter [dot] com
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Comments 

Bellerive Bridge
Posted December 25, 2008, by JZ (Zoomjz [at] aol [dot] com)

Does anyone know if this bridge was designed by the same people that designed the original I-64/US 40 bridge over Lindbergh Boulevard. It was built 25 years before Lindbergh, but has a very similar design.