Suspension Bridges Crossing Mill Creek Valley
This is a list of the only bridge from the suspension bridge inventory crossing Mill Creek Valley. Please note that different rivers with the same name will be grouped together. For example, selecting 'Bear Creek' shows bridges across several different Bear Creeks. Also, similarly named rivers are grouped separately. For example, 'River Dee' (UK) bridges are grouped separately from 'Dee River' (Australia) bridges. Wherever you see a Bridgemeister ID number click it to isolate the bridge on its own page.
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1890: Grand Avenue
St. Louis, Missouri, USA - Mill Creek Valley
| Bridgemeister ID: | 96 (added before 2003) |
| Year Completed: | 1890 |
| Name: | Grand Avenue |
| Location: | St. Louis, Missouri, USA |
| Crossing: | Mill Creek Valley |
| Coordinates: | 38.629167 N 90.235611 W |
| Maps: | Acme, GeoHack, Google, OpenStreetMap |
| Principals: | Carl Gayler |
| References: | AAJ, HBE, IEA, ONF, PTS2, SSB |
| Use: | Vehicular, with walkway |
| Status: | Demolished, 1960 |
| Main Cables: | Eyebar |
| Suspended Spans: | 3 |
| Main Span: | 1 x 121.9 meters (400 feet) |
| Side Spans: | 2 x 45.7 meters (150 feet) |
| Deck width: | 60 feet |
| Characteristics: | Braced (trussed) chain/cable |
Notes:
- Sometimes misidentified as the "Jefferson Avenue" bridge.
- Braced chain (stiffened-eyebar) design often espoused by Gustav Lindenthal. ONF (an article by Lindenthal) refers to this as the Jefferson Ave. bridge while Fowler's book (IEA) calls it "Grand Avenue". AAJ describes it as "a three-hinged inverted arch with two stiffened chains, one on each side."
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