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Grand Drive Bridge

St. Louis, Missouri

Photos 

Deck view

Photo taken by Mark Dellbringge in September 2010

Enlarge

BH Photo #178322

Map 

Street View 

Facts 

Overview
Concrete stringer bridge over Forest Park Parkway and the MetroLink on Grand Drive in Forest Park
Location
St. Louis, Missouri
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1936
Railroads
- MetroLink (BSDA)
- Wabash Railroad (WAB)
Design
Concrete stringer
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 32.2 ft.
Total length: 71.2 ft.
Deck width: 56.1 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+38.64313, -90.27008   (decimal degrees)
38°38'35" N, 90°16'12" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
15/737591/4280712 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Clayton
Average daily traffic (as of 2018)
5,000
Inventory numbers
MONBI 12948 (Missouri bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
BH 45982 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection report (as of March 2018)
Overall condition: Poor
Superstructure condition rating: Serious (3 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Serious (3 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 30.8 (out of 100)
View more at BridgeReports.com

Categories 

Beam (15,804)
Built 1936 (1,160)
Built during 1930s (11,771)
Concrete stringer (802)
Continuous (2,499)
Have street view (27,066)
MetroLink (17)
Missouri (6,315)
 Open (39,979)
Owned by county (20,849)
Span length 25-50 feet (15,709)
St. Louis, Missouri (151)
Structurally deficient (14,103)
Total length 50-75 feet (9,318)
Wabash Railroad (575)

Update Log 

  • November 19, 2014: Updated by James Holzmeier: Added link to image of bridge on westernrailimages.com
  • September 19, 2010: New photos from Mark Dellbringge
  • August 27, 2010: Added by Mark Dellbringge

Sources 

  • Mark Dellbringge
  • Grand Dr. bridge - View looking east from former Wabash Railroad track. Forest Park Blvd. is at the right.
  • James Holzmeier - wabashry [at] gmail [dot] com

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