Merchants Bridge
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The Merchants Bridge, officially the Merchants Memorial Mississippi Rail Bridge, is a rail bridge crossing the Mississippi River between St. Louis, Missouri, and Venice, Illinois. The bridge is owned
The bridge in 2025
The bridge in its original configuration in 2014. The exposed masonry of the piers and the lattice girders distinguish it from the current configuration.
Share of the St. Louis Merchants Bridge Company, issued June 1890
Eads Bridge
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The Eads Bridge is a combined road and rail 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 betw
Merchants Bridge
…Illinois. The bridge is owned by the Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis. It opened in May 1889 and crosses the river 3 miles (5 km) north of the Eads Bridge. The bridge was originally built by the St. Louis Merchants Exchange after it lost control of the Eads Bridge it had built to the Terminal Railroad…
The bridge in 2025
Poster showing the construction of the bridge in different phases, ca. 1874.
An 1875 drawing of Eads Bridge by Camille N. Dry.
Toll collection in 1939