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The Eads Bridge is a combined road and railway bridge over the Mississippi River connecting the cities of St. Louis, Missouri, and East St. Louis, Illinois.It is located on the St. Louis riverfront between Laclede's Landing to the north, and the grounds of the Gateway Arch to the south.
Captain James Buchanan Eads (May 23, 1820 – March 8, 1887) was a world-renowned [1] American civil engineer and inventor, holding more than 50 patents. [2]Eads' great Mississippi River Bridge at St. Louis was designated a National Historic Landmark by the Department of the Interior in 1964 and on October 21, 1974 was listed as a National Historic Civil Engineering Landmark by the American ...
Eads Bridge: 1867, 1874 1966-10-15 St. Louis: St. Louis City: Cantilever deck arch Grand Auglaize Bridge: 1931 2020-10-08 vic. of Brumley: Miller: A suspension and swinging bridge designed and built by Dice. Hargrove Pivot Bridge: 1917 1985-10-15 Poplar Bluff
The Downtown Tunnel, [1] sometimes referred to as the St. Louis Freight Tunnel, [2] is a historic railroad tunnel beneath Washington Avenue and Eighth Street in downtown St. Louis. Completed in 1874, it carried freight and passenger trains between the Eads Bridge and the rail yards in the Mill Creek Valley , bypassing busy downtown streets.
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This list of National Historic Landmarks in Illinois, has 89 entries including Eads Bridge, which spans into Missouri and which the National Park Service credits to Missouri's National Historic Landmark list. Also added are two sites that were once National Historic Landmarks before having their designations removed.
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