Crosses Mississippi River Design Steel truss bridge Address St. Louis, MO 63147, USA Opened 1889 Bridge type Truss bridge Body of water Mississippi River | Locale St. Louis, Missouri Longest span 518 feet (158 m) Construction started 1887 Total length 1,323 m Location St. Louis | |
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Carries Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis Official name Merchants Memorial Mississippi Rail Bridge Similar MacArthur Bridge, McKinley Bridge, Eads Bridge, Poplar Street Bridge, New Chain of Rocks Bridge | ||
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The Merchants Bridge, officially the Merchants Memorial Mississippi Rail Bridge, is a rail bridge crossing the Mississippi River in St. Louis, Missouri owned by the Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis. It opened in May 1889 and crossed the river three miles (5 km) north of the Eads Bridge.
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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 Exchange feared a Terminal Railroad monopoly on the bridges but it would eventually lose control of the Merchants Bridge also.
Southbound merchants bridge
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