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The old Chain of Rocks Bridge spans the Mississippi River on the north edge of St. Louis, Missouri, United States. The eastern end of the bridge is on Chouteau Island (part of Madison, Illinois), while the western end is on the Missouri shoreline. Its most notable feature is a 22-degree bend occurring at the middle of the crossing, which was ...
Burfordville Covered Bridge: 1858 1970-05-19 Burfordville: Cape Girardeau: Howe truss: Chain of Rocks Bridge: 1929, 1936 2006-12-01 St. Louis: St. Louis City: Warrant Truss Crowder State Park Vehicle Bridge: ca. 1939: 1985-03-04 Trenton
Cemetery Road Bridge: 1894 1998-05-20 Washington: Tazewell: Stone double arch bridge Chain of Rocks Bridge: 1929, 1936 2006-12-01 Madison: Madison: Warren Truss Chicago & North Western Railway Stone Arch Bridge: 1882 1993-08-19 Roscoe
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Route distance: 300 miles. Suggested length of time: 2 to 3 days. To enter Missouri, you’ll cross over the Mississippi River via the Old Chain of Rocks Bridge (shown above).
Chain of Rocks refers to a region of exposed bedrock in a riverbed. It may refer to multiple locations near the Illinois-Missouri border: Chain of Rocks, Missouri, a small town northwest of St. Louis; The old Chain of Rocks Bridge, now restricted to pedestrian and bicycle traffic The New Chain of Rocks Bridge, its vehicular replacement
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Chain of Rocks takes its name from a partially submerged rock formation, a former impediment to navigation. The Chain of Rocks locks and canal have circumvented it. The Riverview panhandle of the 1876 city limits was designed to furnish an in-city waterworks location sufficiently upriver to procure a cleaner supply of water than could be ...