James B. Eads completed his great bridge across the Mississippi at St. Louis in 1874. It is a double deck railroad/vehicle bridge. Three steel arches, supported between stone piers, carry traffic across the Mississippi. The trains, now MetroLink, cross on the lower deck where the structure can be seen.

 

Eads Bridge with Coal Barge

 

 

West Approach

 

 

East Abutment

 

 

Train Deck

 

 

Wind Brace

 

 

Upper and Lower Rib and Scewback at East Pier

 

 

Main Brace and Train Deck Support

 

Coupling

 

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