This massive Pennsylvania through truss bridge was once a critical crossing of the Mississippi River

St. Louis, St. Louis City, Missouri to Venice, Madison County, Illinois

Owner: Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis

Status: Replaced by a new bridge

Built 1890, 1903 and 1910

by

Union Bridge Company of Athens, Pennsylvania; Massillon Bridge Company of Massillon, Ohio and Unknown

for

St. Louis Merchants Bridge Terminal Railway

Design:
3-520' Pennsylvania through trusses and deck plate girder

Description:
Pennsylvania through truss bridge over Mississippi River

Significance: