Jefferson Barracks Bridge
Jefferson Barracks Bridge | |
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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] |
Location | |
The Jefferson Barracks Bridge, officially the Jefferson Barracks Memorial Arch Bridge and locally referred to as the JB Bridge, is a pair of bridges across the Mississippi River on the south side of St. Louis, Missouri metropolitan area. Each bridge is 3,998 feet (1,219 m) long with a 909-foot (277 m) long arch bridge spanning the shipping channel.[2] The northern bridge was built in 1983, and the southern opened in 1992. A delay occurred during the construction of the southern bridge when a crane dropped a section of it into the river and it had to be rebuilt.[3]
The original Jefferson Barracks Bridge was a steel truss
The current bridge carries traffic for both Interstate 255 (part of the St. Louis beltway) and U.S. Route 50. However, I-255 itself was not built until a few years after the northern bridge opened in 1983.[3]
The names comes from the nearby
See also
References
- ^ "2008 District 6 Traffic Volume and Commercial Vehicle Count Map" (PDF). MoDOT. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 April 2010. Retrieved 9 July 2010.
- ^ "Jefferson Barracks Bridge (Saint Louis/Columbia, 1983)". Structurae. Retrieved May 15, 2019.
- ^ a b c "Like a Bridge Over Muddy Water". www.stlmag.com. 2013-09-20. Retrieved May 15, 2019.
- ^ Map of the Missouri State Highway System Archived 2012-09-13 at the Wayback Machine as of January 1, 1953
- ^ Hamilton, Esley (1990). "Lemay - Inventory of Historic Buildings - Phase 1" (PDF). Missouri Department of Natural Resources. p. 4. Retrieved May 15, 2019.