Eads Bridge

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arch bridge historic bridge road-rail bridge steel bridge

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 →
connects	East St. Louis, Illinois → St. Louis, Missouri →
constructionCost	about 10 million US dollars (19th century) →
constructionStartDate	1867 →
country	United States →
crosses	Mississippi River →
crossesAt	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 → St. Louis Landmark →
length	about 1,964 meters → about 6,442 feet →
locatedIn	St. Louis, Missouri →
locatedInMetropolitanArea	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	United States authorities →
openingDate	1874-07-04 →
originallyCarried	railroad traffic →
owner	Bi-State Development Agency →
partOf	St. Louis riverfront historic area →
river	Mississippi River →
state	Illinois → Missouri →
upperDeckUsedFor	road traffic →

Referenced by (4)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
St. Louis, Missouri, United States →	hasLandmark
Tom Lee Park ("Mississippi River bridges") →	hasView
National Historic Civil Engineering Landmark →	notableExample
Interstate 70 ("Mississippi River bridge at St. Louis") →	notableStructure