Eads Bridge

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Eads Bridge is a historic 19th-century steel arch bridge over the Mississippi River, renowned as one of the first major bridges to use steel extensively in its construction.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf arch bridge
historic bridge
road-rail bridge
steel bridge
addedToRegister National Register of Historic Places
architect James B. Eads
carries MetroLink light rail
pedestrian traffic
road traffic
city St. Louis, Missouri, United States
surface form: St. Louis
connects East St. Louis, Illinois
St. Louis, Missouri, United States
surface form: St. Louis, Missouri
constructionCost about 10 million US dollars (19th century)
constructionStartDate 1867
country United States of America
surface form: United States
crosses Mississippi River
crossesAt St. Louis, Missouri, United States
surface form: St. Louis riverfront
designedAs steel arch bridge
engineer James B. Eads
hasDecks 2
hasStructureType deck arch
heritageDesignation National Historic Civil Engineering Landmark
National Historic Landmark
City of St. Louis Landmark
surface form: St. Louis Landmark
length about 1,964 meters
about 6,442 feet
locatedIn St. Louis, Missouri, United States
surface form: St. Louis, Missouri
locatedInMetropolitanArea St. Louis metropolitan area
surface form: Greater St. Louis
lowerDeckUsedFor rail traffic
mainSpanLength about 520 feet
materialUsed steel
stone
namedAfter James B. Eads
notableFor being one of the first major bridges to use steel extensively
deep pneumatic caisson foundations
innovative use of cantilever methods during construction
NRHPListingDate 1966
numberOfSpans 3
opened 1874
openedBy U.S. federal agencies
surface form: United States authorities
openingDate 1874-07-04
originallyCarried railroad traffic
owner Bi-State Development Agency
partOf Laclede's Landing, St. Louis
surface form: St. Louis riverfront historic area
river Mississippi River
state Illinois
Missouri
upperDeckUsedFor road traffic

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Interstate 70 notableStructure Eads Bridge
this entity surface form: Mississippi River bridge at St. Louis
Tom Lee Park hasView Eads Bridge
this entity surface form: Mississippi River bridges
National Historic Landmarks in Illinois contains Eads Bridge
this entity surface form: Eads Bridge (Illinois–Missouri, East St. Louis approach)
George Eads familyName Eads Bridge
this entity surface form: Eads
James B. Eads familyName Eads Bridge
this entity surface form: Eads
James B. Eads knownFor Eads Bridge
James B. Eads notableWork Eads Bridge
this entity surface form: Eads Bridge over the Mississippi River at St. Louis
James B. Eads designed Eads Bridge