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Veterans Memorial Bridge (Missouri)

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(Redirected from Veterans Memorial Bridge (St. Louis)) This article is about the bridge over the Missouri River. For the bridge over the Mississippi River, see Stan Musial Veterans Memorial Bridge. For another bridge over the Mississippi that once used this name, see Martin Luther King Bridge (St. Louis). Bridge in St. Louis County and St. Charles County in Missouri
Veterans Memorial Bridge
Coordinates38°44′13″N 90°31′20″W / 38.737°N 90.5223°W / 38.737; -90.5223
Carries10 lanes of Route 364
CrossesMissouri River
LocaleSt. Louis County and St. Charles County in Missouri
Maintained byMissouri Department of Transportation
Characteristics
DesignTwin tied-arch bridges
Total length988.8 m (3,244 ft)
Width2 × 27.4 m (2 × 90 ft), 54.8 m (180 ft) total
Longest span187.8 m (616 ft)
History
OpenedDecember 13, 2003
Statistics
Daily traffic46,706 (2008)
Location

The Veterans Memorial Bridge are two twin tied arch structures carrying Route 364 across the Missouri River between St. Louis County and St. Charles County, Missouri. Each bridge supports five lanes of traffic, the northern (downstream) bridge westbound, and the southern (upstream) bridge eastbound.

On the north (downstream) side of the bridge runs a bike path that connects Creve Coeur Memorial Park to the Katy Trail.

See also

References

  1. "2008 District 6 Traffic Volume and Commercial Vehicle Count Map" (PDF). MoDOT. Retrieved 9 July 2010.
Crossings of the Missouri River
Upstream
Daniel Boone Bridge

(unsigned)
Veterans Memorial Bridge
Downstream
Blanchette Memorial Bridge
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