Jefferson Barracks Bridge
Jefferson Barracks Bridge | |
---|---|
![]() Jefferson Barracks Bridge during the Great Flood of 1993.
|
|
Coordinates | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
Carries | 6 lanes of ![]() ![]() |
Crosses | Mississippi River |
Locale | St. Louis, Missouri and Columbia, Illinois |
Other name(s) | J.B. Bridge |
Characteristics | |
Design | Twin tied arch bridges |
Total length | 3,998 feet (1,219 m) |
Longest span | 910 feet (277 m) |
Clearance below | 88 feet (27 m) |
History | |
Opened | Westbound lanes: September 30, 1983 Eastbound lanes: 1992 |
Statistics | |
Daily traffic | 63,199 (2008)[1] |
The Jefferson Barracks Bridge, officially the Jefferson Barracks Memorial Arch Bridge, is a bridge that spans the Mississippi River on the south side of St. Louis. It is a pair of 909-foot (277 m) long arch bridges. The first bridge was built in 1983, the south bridge opened in 1992. A delay occurred during the construction of the second bridge when a crane dropped a section of it into the river and it had to be rebuilt.
They replaced the former steel truss toll bridge[2] built in 1941 that originally carried U.S. Route 50. It carries traffic for Interstate 255 (part of the St. Louis beltway) and U.S. Route 50. Prior to the construction of the first bridge, river crossings in this area were made via the Davis Street Ferry in the Carondelet neighborhood of St. Louis.
The names comes from the nearby Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery, itself originally part of the large Jefferson Barracks military complex, established in 1826 and decommissioned in 1946.
See also
References
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Map of the Missouri State Highway System as of January 1, 1953
<templatestyles src="Asbox/styles.css"></templatestyles>
<templatestyles src="Asbox/styles.css"></templatestyles>
<templatestyles src="Asbox/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- Pages using deprecated coordinates format
- Road bridges in Illinois
- Bridges over the Mississippi River
- Interstate 55
- Columbia, Illinois
- Bridges completed in 1983
- Bridges completed in 1992
- Bridges on the Interstate Highway System
- Bridges on the U.S. Highway System
- Bridges in Greater St. Louis
- Bridges in St. Louis County, Missouri
- Tied arch bridges
- Buildings and structures in Monroe County, Illinois
- Road bridges in Missouri
- U.S. Route 50
- Former toll bridges in Illinois
- Former toll bridges in Missouri
- Metro-East geography stubs
- Illinois bridge (structure) stubs
- Midwestern United States bridge (structure) stubs
- Missouri building and structure stubs
- Missouri transportation stubs