There is an entire Eads Bridge exhibit on display at the Missouri History Museum until spring 2025, and there will be a special event during Celebrate St. Louis on July 4 at 1:35 p.m., along with ...

Eads Bridge is a combined road and railway bridge over the Mississippi River at St. Louis, connecting St. Louis, Missouri, and East St. Louis, Illinois. The bridge was named for its designer and ...

The Fourth of July is not only America’s Birthday. It’s also the day the Eads Bridge officially opened 150 years ago. It was the most prominent landmark of St. Louis before the Gateway Arch ...

ST. LOUIS (KTVI) – Traffic across the Eads Bridge was temporarily closed in both directions after a tugboat hit the bridge Thursday afternoon, resulting in a bridge worker’s death. According ...

ST. LOUIS, Mo. (First Alert 4) - On July 4, 1874, the Eads Bridge was dedicated and opened. Since then, it has played a vital role in the rise of St. Louis. The bridge cost $10 million to complete ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. When the Eads Bridge was built more than 140 years ago, it was among the first of any structure to use steel as a primary ...

The Eads Bridge was St. Louis' magnificent -- if belated -- response to the Chicago railroad bridge built in 1856 across the Mississippi River between Davenport, Iowa, and Rock Island, Illinois. St.

ST. LOUIS -- The Eads Bridge connecting Missouri and Illinois at St. Louis is closing Monday for 40 days of maintenance work. The shutdown means motorists will have to use an alternate span over ...

KSDK – The Eads Bridge is open following a double fatal car crash early Tuesday morning. According to police, the accident occurred in the middle of the bridge around 12:40 a.m. and involved two ...

From James Eads to William Bernoudy, the Special Collections give historians new perspectives on the great architectural achievements of the last 150 years. Last spring, Miranda Rectenwald, Curator of ...

Opened nine years before the better-known Brooklyn Bridge, St. Louis' Eads Bridge for more than a century did yeoman's work _ until age caught up with the span that ranks among the oldest ...